How can I tell self raising flour from plain. without cooking.?!
Answers: I have this flour I want to use but no indication of which it is.
Take a small teaspoon full and add some vinegar to it. If you get foaming then it will be self rising. The baking soda will react with the vinegar
No way of telling without the packaging.
S/R has a finer texture than A/P.
Also, tasate them. You will be able to taste a bit of salt in the S/R flour, whereas A/P will taste very flat.
you cant - just go and buy some new flour!
i would love to know myself. i don't think there's a way unless a chef knows of some chemical reaction by adding something to it. that's a question for alton brown.
Look at the label?
read the writing on the packet
I am a former chef and one sure way is take some about a tablespoon and put a bit of vinegar, plain or what ever, if it fizzes it is self-rising, it has baking powder and soda in it, there will be a chemical reaction.
One sure way to make this never happen again is buy a container and mark it as Plain flour or Self rising, or just the initials PF and SF.
seriously...buy some more flour is cheap!
self raising has baking powder in it.
Simple
Get 2 small clear cups
place 1/3 cup water in each
add 1tbsp of each flour to cups and mix
Whichever one fizzes is the self raising one.
Look for the CO2 bubbles!
Then lable your flours!
Good Luck
texture is finer of self raising