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Have you tips to prepare sour fruits to be less acidic to teeth?

 
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The good news is, it's apple & plum season here. The bad news is that I get tooth pain from eating so many raw fruits. I'm looking for the best way to prepare fruits to be less acidic so that I can eat them without doing damage to my teeth. Any advice?
 
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You could have them in smoothie form and drink with a straw, bypassing your teeth altogether.
 
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A pinch of baking soda should offset some of the acidity. But I'll warn you, a lot of the flavor comes from the acidic compounds. Neutralizing them will change the taste, sometimes pretty drastically.
 
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Growing up, my mom would take crab apples, peel and slice them, add lemon, cinnamon, sugar, and salt, cook it in a pot until it got kind of gelatinous, cool it then freeze it in medium-sized bags (I imagine cans would work fine too). Boom, pie filling.

Unfortunately, turning the acidity into something sweet is the only option I know. As Ellendra said, neutralizing the acid will alter the taste of fruit by a fair bit.
 
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