Baking Soda to Reduce the Fishy Smell in Fish? Cooking

I read this in a compilation of uses of baking soda; the compilation purported to be from the WWII era:

"Fish – to reduce the fishy smell, soak raw fish in 2 cups water and ¼ cup baking soda for 1-3 hours in the refrigerator."

I've soaked white-flesh fish in milk (min. 30 min.) and it did help. Have Redditors used, or heard of, the baking soda method?

Submitted January 22, 2016 at 08:09AM by throw667 http://ift.tt/1TaXpPX Cooking