Sentences with phrase «lye bath»

Cennini described how the gem rough had to be pounded harder than a bad lawyer's table, mixed with melted resin, wax and oil, wrapped in fine cloth, and kneaded three times in a lye bath to produce a pigment worth its weight in gold and fit for the painted robes of Christ and the Virgin Mary.

Some experts blame this anomaly on the hot lye bath method of removing the tough pepper skins, a technique which provides additional sodium by absorption and reduces the potassium through leaching.

Or could be you are looking for the type that are given a lye bath.

Not exact matches

(Traditional pretzels are given a bath of lye water — but frankly, lye is terrifying to me.

I love this bath as you can lye baby down on the built in seat and the padded back supports their head right from newborn so you have both hands free for washing.