Depening pretzel in hot soda solution why?

Question

Depening pretzel in hot soda solution why?

Answer 1

The baking soda solution is alkaline (old German recipes used lye for this purpose).  The alkaline solution makes a chemical reaction on the outer layer of the pretzel that is similar to caramelization.  This affects the flavor and also gives it a brown crust when baking.

This reaction is called the 'maillard reaction'.  You can read more about it here:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maillard_re...

Answer 2

wat exactly are u asking ?

no ones gonna answer if u dont make sense

Answer 3

what he heck are you asking? what is that first word? what is a hot soda solution?