Could what you think is sugar sprinkled on the cookies actually be a poisonous lye?

你认为撒在干上的糖实际上是有毒的碱液吗？

That's what all the lye was for, wasn't it?

所以你才用碱水，对吧？

You mean like using lye to dissolve a human body?

你是说 用碱液溶解尸体吗？

Now we're not going to be using lye or baking soda.

现在们不会使用碱液或小苏。

Supposedly, this alters the chemical composition of the baking soda to make it perform more like lye.

据说，这会改变小苏的化学成分，使其更像氢氧化的效果。

The no-soap commandment probably came about back when soap was full of lye, a really-high-pH substance that IS super-corrosive.

禁止使用肥皂的规定很可能源于过去肥皂中含有强碱性的氢氧化（lye），这是一种具有极强腐蚀性的高pH值物质。

I got some lye, and I think it's my favorite ingredient.

有一些碱液，得它是的最爱成分。

But I do recommend, if you like pretzels, I think it's good to invest in some lye.

但还是推荐一下，如果你喜欢椒盐卷，得投资一些碱液是值得的。

Impressed with her they worshiped the well-turned phrase, the cute shape, the scalding humor that erupted like bubbles in lye.

他们为她所吸引，并崇拜她的得体的言语、她的漂亮身材以及她那像碱水里的起泡一样的尖酸幽默。

I made parathas, brushed with lye, pretzel paratha.

做了印度煎，刷上了碱液，这是椒盐卷风味的煎。

So today, people do this with lye, or calcium hydroxide, which you can find at the store, it's called pickling lime.

所以现在，人们会使用氢氧化， 或者生石灰，你可以在商店里买到， 它叫做泡菜石灰。

But  modern dish soaps don't generally contain lye, so although you shouldn't usually need  soap, a little isn't going to hurt.

但现代洗洁精通常不含碱液，所以虽然一般不需要用洗洁精，但用一点也无妨。

You may know it as lye, an extremely caustic substance that's used for everything from clearing clogged pipes to purifying drinking water.

你可能知道它叫烧碱，这是一种极强的腐蚀性物质， 用途广泛， 从清理堵塞的管道到净化饮用水都有它的身影。

So we are going to skip the lye and instead go for just a quick dunk in boiling water.

所以们跳过碱液，而是直接在沸水中快速浸一下。

The wet clothes were heavy, and the soap had lye in it. Lye is a strong substance that cleaned the clothes well. But it hurt people's skin.

湿衣服很重，肥皂里有碱液。碱液是一种强力物质，能把衣服洗得很干净。但它会伤害人们的皮肤。

They tried soap and water, earth and a scrubbing brush, and lastly a pumice stone and lye, but they could not remove the crosses.

他们尝试了肥皂和水、泥土和刷子，最后是浮石和碱液，但他们无法去除十字架。

But it's super fun, because now I, like, you just brush your pie crust with lye, and you have pretzel pie crust.

但是这超级有趣，因为现在你可以用碱液刷一下你的派皮，然后你就有了椒盐卷派皮。

So many traditional pretzel recipes let the dough rise and ferment overnight before you dip it in lye the next day.

许多传统的椒盐卷食谱都会让面团发酵一整晚，然后再在第二天将其浸入碱液中。

Back in your grandma's time, soap used to  contain lye – a super-high-pH compound – which IS capable of taking the seasoning off a pan.

在奶奶那个年代，肥皂里常含有碱液——一种高pH值的化合物——确实能够去除锅具的调味层。

It will be a luxury to have a bath in a tub that doesn't make you feel as though you wanted to scrub it out with lye and carbolic.

在浴缸里洗个澡是一种奢侈， 它不会让你得你想用碱液和石炭酸擦洗它。