Re: Salt Tips and Facts
OK,
I'm a bit confused!
According to the e-mail on March 7th, "Cooking Myths Debunked" you posted this:
True or false? A raw potato added to an overly salty soup or stew
will soak up the extra salt and save the meal.
Answer: False. "This is an attractive idea, but it doesn't work,"
says professor of chemistry Robert Wolke. "Potatoes are not
particularly absorbent" says Wolke, who conducted his own
soup-and-potato experiment for his book. "There is no reason they
would attract salt." If you remove the potato from the soup, the
potato will taste salty, but so would a sponge -- it has simply
soaked up some of the salty liquid. Still, there is hope for salty
stews: Adding a bit of vinegar or sugar can "cancel out" the
saltiness by giving your taste buds competing flavors.
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