Giusi wrote:
>
> "Dan Abel"
>
> In no case has anybody actually claimed to have tried
> > this. So I'm asking, has anybody actually tried this, or is this just >
> > something that keeps getting repeated and repeated?
>
> Relax. I have done it. It works on a little extra salt, but if it is a lot
> too much nothing I know of works. Slice the potato for more surface and
> more pick up.

If it's a lot too much, increasing the rest of the ingredients in
proportion to the excess will pretty much always work. If you dump an
entire box of salt in, be prepared for a years supply of leftovers
however.