Cooking Sherry has added preservatives (salt) to increase it's shelf-life and is not suitable for drinking. Types of Sherry: Fino is a pale straw and gold color, with a delicate crisp aroma (nutty). It is ideal with tapas, soups, seafood, fish, ham and mild cheese. Manzanilla: Straw colored, has a crisp aroma, and it is dry and light.
Potassium permanganate is a chemical that is present in organic and analytical chemistry laboratories. In organic chemistry laboratories, it reacts with and synthesizes various organic chemistry compounds.
For example, addition of potassium permanganate to an aqueous solution of sugar and sodium hydroxide produces the chemical chameleon reaction, which involves dramatic color changes associated with the various oxidation states of manganese. A related vigorous reaction is exploited as a fire starter in survival kits.Using sodium hydroxide the end product is not sodium manganate but an Mn(V) compound which is one reason the potassium permanganate is more commonly used than sodium permanganate. Furthermore the potassium salt crystallizes better).