A: When I was little, my family would often eat jianzong. Do you remember them?
B: Yes! You take them straight out of the fridge and add syrup on top: one of the joys of summertime.
A: Jianzong contain a lot of chemical additives to make them so chewy, like potassium carbonate and alkaline water.
B: For health reasons, some people now make them with baking soda instead. We should give it a try.
A: 我記得,小時候家裡常常吃到鹼粽,你有印象嗎?
B: 有啊!鹼粽都放在冰箱裡,拿出來後直接淋上果糖,真是夏天的一大享受。
A: 鹼粽的製作需要加入化學物質,通常都是用含有碳酸鉀的鹼水,糯米才會那麼有彈性。
B: 現在為了健康,有人改用小蘇打粉取代,我們下次也來試作看看吧。
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