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Old 31-08-2009, 19:18
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I made a pan of leek and potato soup today, but it is too salty for my wife
Is there anything I can do to reduce the salt content ?
Personally, I don't think there is.
She doesn't like salt in ANYTHING.
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Old 31-08-2009, 19:35
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I read that adding potato helps, but whether it's true...

Can you not just add more potato and water/stock to 'dilute' it?
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Old 31-08-2009, 19:54
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First off, it is a leek and POTATO soup !
If I started diluting it to the point my missus would eat it, it would be like a bowl of water !!
She can be a right pain at times !
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Old 31-08-2009, 19:59
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First off, it is a leek and POTATO soup !
If I started diluting it to the point my missus would eat it, it would be like a bowl of water !!
She can be a right pain at times !
I know, that's why I said add MORE

Just don't let her have any, it'll serve her right for being fussy
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Old 31-08-2009, 20:09
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The potato thing does work, by the way. A whole raw potato, bunged in will draw out salt. Turn the heat up full for a bit, till the soup starts to boil. Don't cook this newly added potato through, and make sure you remove it before you serve the soup.

But for future reference, there are two ways of avoiding such a scenario happening again
A) Don't put salt in anything while you're cooking it, to suit her. You can put salt on your portion of it when it comes to the table
B) Let her do all the cooking, so she can suit herself. You can put salt on your portion of it when it comes to the table
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Old 31-08-2009, 20:11
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If she doesn't like salt in anything, well basically you're fcuked! Potatoes need salt, as do most foods, to bring out the flavour. Particularly starches like potato and rice. The body actually needs a certain amount of salt.
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Old 31-08-2009, 20:48
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In contrast, I love salt !
I put salt on my foot even before I taste it !
I'm forever refilling our salt cellar from the big container !
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Old 31-08-2009, 20:51
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Have you tried a sea salt like Maldon? A lot less harsh than table salt. It makes a real difference.
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Old 31-08-2009, 20:55
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No I haven't tried that.
I've only used Saxa table salt
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Old 31-08-2009, 22:53
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Once you get used not having it, food actually tastes better without salt, and it is difficult to eat it with it in.
I haven't eaten salt since I was a child, for medical reasons, and food now tastes horrible if its been cooked with loads of it. Sometimes, if we eat out, the food in inedible to me.
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Old 31-08-2009, 22:54
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I have loads of salt on everything. Instead of sauce I'll have a 'salt dip'. I'm always thirsty though!
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Old 31-08-2009, 23:01
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A girl I used to live with was quite addicted to salt. She would... and this is no exaggeration... empty the whole salt pot in one meal.

She wouldn't pour it all over the food, but she would get a fork full of whatever she was eating and sprinkle salt over it. The amount she would put on one fork full was the same I put on a whole meal.

In the end we had to lock it away and she would have to come to us when she wanted salt. Then we would salt her dinner for her and put it away again. She eats a lot less now but still couldn't imagine eating a meal without any.
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Old 31-08-2009, 23:15
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I can't imagine a meal without it! I even keep sachets of salt in my bag... just in case.
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Old 31-08-2009, 23:35
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I don't add salt to anything - on the premise that salt can be added at a later stage, but once added cannot be taken away.

I should qualify that by saying that when cooking Thai etc. I use Soy sauce; when preparing courgettes or aubergines for mediterranean pasta dishes I do sprinkle them with salt to extract juices.

I once asked my doctor how much salt it was healthy to add to my food. His response was that a healthy diet should not need added salt - but went on to say that he could never eat fish and chips without salt and vinegar!

Don't do as I do - do as I say.
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Old 31-08-2009, 23:48
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I stopped putting salt in while cooking food when I was told I had high blood pressure. I found after a while I didn't miss it at all. I just put one twist of the salt grinder on now when the food is cooked.
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Old 31-08-2009, 23:59
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In contrast, I love salt !
I put salt on my foot even before I taste it !
I'm forever refilling our salt cellar from the big container !
What a strange person you are.
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Old 01-09-2009, 10:15
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maybe put some cream in it, it would dilute it slightly yet not make it watery, if it's fine for you then put some aside for her with cream in it.
Whilst we're on the salt debate, I personally like salty food, we normally cook everything from scratch so nowt wrong with using it really. My step mum thinks salt is the devils dandruff, if I salt my food in her company I get the kind of reaction I would expect if I'd just injected heroin or something, yet all her and my dad live on is ready meals, loaded with the stuff (salt, not heroin!)
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Old 02-09-2009, 19:48
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King Lear has three daughters. He asks each of them how much they love him. The eldest two proclaim they love him more than anything in the world. However, the youngest daughter, Cordelia, tells him that she loves him "as fresh meat loves salt”. The king is very angry. He thinks that Cordelia doesn’t love him at all. He throws her out of palace and says that he never wants to see her again. So you see salt is very important within reason.
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