Where can I get food grade lye / saltpetre on the high street?

[longdog]

Quite a few bread recipes I've been looking at recently include a 'boil in lye water' stage and though things have come out fine without I like experimenting...

And I want to make some nice pink salt-beef so some saltpetre would be nice

PS: I live in Hull which is pretty multi-cultural these days so there are plenty of <insert racial epithet here> shops

 

[DotCommunist]

yeah, you want saltpetre for breadmaking. Thats entirely believable. Check some dung piles, the crystals in that make for better black powder

 

[longdog]

Why would I make black powder when I know how to make nitroglycerine, TNT and ANFO?

 

[Greebo]

ViolentPanda? Seriously you'll probably need to go via a chemist and ask them to get it in for you. Or get it over the net

Lye water for cooking can sometimes be found in Asian shops.

 

[Belushi]

We used to buy saltpetre at the chemists when I was a teen and make smoke bombs with it : thumbs:

 

[ViolentPanda]

Yep, saltpetre from the chemist, or from ebay or Amazon, where there are plenty of suppliers selling food-grade saltpetre.