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Too much salt

Ok so today I was makin pasta and a scampi sauce and I thought I put garlic powder in it but I put garlic salt and it was a ton and I had to throw all the sauce out cause it was unbearably salty So my ? Is does anyone know a way to take away salt or off set salt from food? Oh and anyone else done something like that when they were cooking?

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Answer #1

Putting the potato or potato skin will help remove salt. Also sugar will offset small “overdoses” of salt. The reverse is also true, salt will counteract too much sugar. But the potato suggestions will help the most.

Answer #2

if it’s liquid enough, boil potatos in it, they will absorb salt . if not to salty you can use the potatos which ever way you like them ,

Answer #3

I know, I know, put some potato skins in there and let them soak and they will soak up any excess salt then just take the peels out, mwa

Answer #4

Yeahh, basically what mandyloo said. You can’t really “unsalt” something, unforunatly. I do that to my mashed potatos all the time.

Answer #5

heavy cream. milk works too, as does butter (unsalted)

Answer #6

I agree with the potato people.

Answer #7

Another vote for the potato. It really does work, especially with soups and stews…

Answer #8

Once you over salt something, there’s really nothing you can do.

Answer #9

Another way is to make more sauce with out salt. you might have a little left overs, but it is better than tossing away.

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