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William Seibert wrote:
> 
> About getting the salt out; seems to me I recall something from somewhere or other
> about throwing in a raw potatoe, which would (by some magical process) suck up the
> salt.  True or no?
> 
> wajdi

I haven't heard that one. I'm familiar with putting a potato to cook in
a pot of oversalted food, like soup or stew. Basically the way it works
is that you've just increased the mass of the overall dish, causing some
of the salt (which works through diffusion or osmosis like many other
chemicals in solution) to enter the potato. You can do this as many
times as you need to, but each time you remove a cooked potato you
remove some salt, too.

Le Menagier advises the same thing with a little bag of meal, works the
same way. Another medieval Helpful Hint from Heloise (or is it Abelard?)
that actually works!

Adamantius
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