Reena’s Tip of the Week:

How to keep the fizz in your pop bottles!

Store pop cold (but not frozen) and closed – these are big factors in fizz loss since the solubility of carbon dioxide is greater at lower temperatures.

Squeezing the bottle before recapping is also an effective trick since smaller gas volume reduces the amount of carbon dioxide in the gas phase.

In addition, you can purchase a type of cap that can re-pressurize the bottle. Turn it in place and then operate the little attached pump which is part of and affixed to the center of the cap – these are available at many department stores.

All solutions are to be used at the risk of the user.

Reena Nerbas is the author of “Household Solutions 1 with Substitutions & Household Solutions 2 with Kitchen Secrets.”

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