Once a long time ago I made sodium acetate with baking soda and vinegar - it crystallizes weirdly, and smells strangely horrible. Didn't occur to me to actually eat it. Try it, though, it's weird. I expect that's CH3COO- Na+ ions and H2O as the result. > I don't know if we have Chemists in the CH-Group, sorry I'm not just > experimental, but if so someone could calculate what will happen and what > will be the result if you mix equal parts of CH3COOH (vinegar) with > NaOH....Would be interesting to know and than you can see if it's useful to > 'sweeten' hot sauce > > Hot regards >