Did You Know – Raw Potatoes
Did You Know that if you make soup and you over salt it, there is no need to throw it away.
Instead, place a peeled whole raw potato into the pot of cooking soup. The potato will absorb liquid with some of the excess salt.
You’ll need to remove the salty potato before it is fully cooked, about 30 minutes, and then throw it away.
If the soup is just a little bit salty, I cut thick slices of peeled raw potato as in the picture above, shorten the time the potato is in the soup to about 15-20 minutes or before it is fully cooked, then discard the potato slices.
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Smart and useful. We just add more water – then, pasta, rice or dried beans. Get a different recipe; but, everything gets eaten, sooner or later.
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Or just make a double batch, I’ve done that before. Thank you Ed!
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Well, isn’t th
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Thank you Mitzy!
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Oh my goodness this is an awesome tip – thanks!
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You are welcome Tierney!
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I did know this very handy tip Diane
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My husband asked how do you get extra salt out of potato soup! 🤦🏽♀️
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More potatoes
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You are really a kitchen guru. I never heard this, but it sounds too simple not to work
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Then you can eat the delicious salty potatoes as an extra! Lol
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That is an awesome tip! Thank you.
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You’re welcome Irwin!
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I only knew this because I’m such a terrible cook 😁 I’ve over-salted more than I’d like to admit! Great tip!!
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That’s so easy to do. I have when I use the Better Than Bouillon on a recipe I use to use regular broth. My old recipe will say to add salt and I forgot not to when I use the Better Than Bouillon which is very salty.
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Smart trick, my friend!
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Thank you❣️
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great tip!!
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Thank you Beth! 💕
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Great tip!
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Thank you!
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That’s good to know, I do not like salty anything ! thanks Diane
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You’re very welcome! 🥰
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Thank you for the reblog!
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Grateful for your tips Diane 👍🏽
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Thank you so much❣️
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A friend was using this trick just the other day 🙂
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How funny June, proof that it works. Lol
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I’ve heard this before, but didn’t know if it actually worked!
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The liquid is what holds the salt. The potato soaks up the liquid which reduces the salt in the soup. After all these years of cooking, I can’t even remember the last time I put in too much salt but I used to.
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What an interesting tip. I do have a savoury tooth so I’d probably eat the potato. 😆
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OMG me too! Thank you Ab! 🥰
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Love these genius tips!
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Thank you Bernadette!💕
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I wonder where I heard that before – my mom might have used it or read it in “Heloise Helpful Hints” … now when I get to use it, well that is anyone’s guess Diane. 🙂 Interesting how it works though. Hope you stay safe tonight with the potential bad weather in your state.
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We lucked out, it came and went fast and was only bad for about 1/2 hour. Thanks Linda! ❤️
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Thank goodness Diane. It’s way too early to be thinking about severe Summer-type storms, let along tornadoes.
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