soaking

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The soaking describes a process in which an object is placed in a liquid to produce a change in consistency cause. This is intended to soften the substance of the object or adhering matter and make it accessible for processing.

Examples:

  • Foods such as dried legumes often need to be soaked in order to process them or to make them palatable.
  • Rattan and rattan cane are soaked before processing to make them soft and elastic.
  • Soiled textiles or cookware are often easier to clean if they have been soaked in water or soapy water before the actual cleaning process .
  • Activation of enzymes and metabolic processes in seeds before eating or processing, see also malt

  • Soaking of dried white beans (I): "at the beginning of the soaking process"

  • Soaking from dried. white beans (II): "puffy beans on the following day"

  • Dried and soaked Judas ears (Mu-Err mushrooms)

  • Soaking of soiled and particularly sensitive cutlery (with Bakelite handles )