How stupid I was to be chatting to a guest while cooking and
carelessly deposit a heaped teaspoon of salt into the sauce instead of
the 10 litres of simmering water, awaiting its pasta.

Does the potato trick work effectively? Sure, I used it and created a
few very salty potatoes, but are there any better remedies for acute
over salting?

On Thu, 27 Oct 2005 23:42:52 +0100, Peter
> wrote:

>How stupid I was to be chatting to a guest while cooking

Were you expecting a random Usenet reader to interpret your ineptness?

Peter wrote:
> How stupid I was to be chatting to a guest while cooking and
> carelessly deposit a heaped teaspoon of salt into the sauce instead
> of the 10 litres of simmering water, awaiting its pasta.
>
> Does the potato trick work effectively?

No. It doesn't. The potato absorbs a little water and carries however
much salt is dissolved in just that amount of water into itself.

> Sure, I used it and created a few very salty potatoes,

I'm afraid I don't believe you.

> but are there
> any better remedies for acute over salting?

Dilution. Period.

Pastorio

On Fri, 28 Oct 2005 00:19:16 GMT, Ward Abbott wrote:

> On Thu, 27 Oct 2005 23:42:52 +0100, Peter
> > wrote:
>
> >How stupid I was to be chatting to a guest while cooking
>
> Were you expecting a random Usenet reader to interpret your ineptness?
>
That's just plain mean. She asked an honest question and prefaced it
with the reason why she needs to ask it.

"Peter" > wrote in message
...

> Does the potato trick work effectively? Sure,
> I used it and created a few very salty potatoes,
> but are there any better remedies for acute
> over salting?

Chucking it and starting over.
-j

On Thu, 27 Oct 2005 22:14:18 -0700, sf >
wrote:

>That's just plain mean. She asked an honest question and prefaced it
>with the reason why she needs to ask it.

SHE OPENED the door and asked the question. Moral of the
story....never ask a question that you don't want to hear the answer
to. Yes...the truth can be painful at times.

Take an honest look at the subject line....just endless blather when a
four word subject line would be more appropriate.

"Ward Abbott" > wrote

> On Thu, 27 Oct 2005 22:14:18 -0700, sf >
> wrote:
>
>>That's just plain mean. She asked an honest question and prefaced it
>>with the reason why she needs to ask it.
>
> SHE OPENED the door and asked the question.

A *rhetorical* question, it's this new thing. Just poking a little
fun at themselves.

nancy

On Fri 28 Oct 2005 04:51:03a, Nancy Young wrote in rec.food.cooking:

>
> "Ward Abbott" > wrote
>
>> On Thu, 27 Oct 2005 22:14:18 -0700, sf >
>> wrote:
>>
>>>That's just plain mean. She asked an honest question and prefaced it
>>>with the reason why she needs to ask it.
>>
>> SHE OPENED the door and asked the question.
>
> A *rhetorical* question, it's this new thing. Just poking a little
> fun at themselves.
>
> nancy

Like, how stupid am I to be reading this? No, don't answer that. It's a
rhetorical question. :-)

--
Wayne Boatwright *¿*
_____________________________

http://tinypic.com/eikz78.jpg

Meet Mr. Bailey

In article >, sfpipeline_at_gmail.com wrote:
>On Fri, 28 Oct 2005 00:19:16 GMT, Ward Abbott wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 27 Oct 2005 23:42:52 +0100, Peter
>> > wrote:
>>
>> >How stupid I was to be chatting to a guest while cooking
>>
>> Were you expecting a random Usenet reader to interpret your ineptness?
>>
>That's just plain mean. She asked an honest question and prefaced it
>with the reason why she needs to ask it.

At this end of the globe a she Peter is a Peta. YMMV.

(But a he Peter would explain a lot of this incompetence -- take that
"chatting" with a bottle of red and salt in the sauce is probably
inevitable. ;-)

Cheers, Phred.

--
LID

On Fri, 28 Oct 2005 13:35:51 GMT, Phred wrote:

> (But a he Peter would explain a lot of this incompetence -- take that
> "chatting" with a bottle of red and salt in the sauce is probably
> inevitable. ;-)

If a certain liquid was consumed during the cooking period... so what?
Why pick on her? It's not an unusual situation.

Ward Abbott wrote:
> On Thu, 27 Oct 2005 22:14:18 -0700, sf >
> wrote:
>
>
>>That's just plain mean. She asked an honest question and prefaced it
>>with the reason why she needs to ask it.
>
>
> SHE OPENED the door and asked the question. Moral of the
> story....never ask a question that you don't want to hear the answer
> to. Yes...the truth can be painful at times.
>
> Take an honest look at the subject line....just endless blather when a
> four word subject line would be more appropriate.
>

Before you fire off a smart-arse reply to a post, Ward, you might want
to check your own reading ability. Do you see a question in the OP's
first paragraph? No, it's a statement - "How stupid I was...".

That you would take the effort to write a pompous, arrogant and "just
plain mean" response but not take the effort to read the OP carefully
first tells us a hell of a lot about you, namely, that you're pompous,
arrogant and "just plain mean."

Have a nice day.

In article >, sfpipeline_at_gmail.com wrote:
>On Fri, 28 Oct 2005 13:35:51 GMT, Phred wrote:
>
>> (But a he Peter would explain a lot of this incompetence -- take that
>> "chatting" with a bottle of red and salt in the sauce is probably
>> inevitable. ;-)
>
>If a certain liquid was consumed during the cooking period... so what?
>Why pick on her? It's not an unusual situation.

I was going to reply, but I'm afraid I'll be wholly misconstrued
again.

Cheers, Phred.

--
LID

On Sat, 29 Oct 2005 10:51:45 GMT, Phred wrote:

> In article >, sfpipeline_at_gmail.com wrote:
> >On Fri, 28 Oct 2005 13:35:51 GMT, Phred wrote:
> >
> >> (But a he Peter would explain a lot of this incompetence -- take that
> >> "chatting" with a bottle of red and salt in the sauce is probably
> >> inevitable. ;-)
> >
> >If a certain liquid was consumed during the cooking period... so what?
> >Why pick on her? It's not an unusual situation.
>
> I was going to reply, but I'm afraid I'll be wholly misconstrued
> again.
>
> Cheers, Phred.

Wise man, Phred.
LOL

On Fri, 28 Oct 2005 10:16:46 GMT, Ward Abbott >
wrote:

>On Thu, 27 Oct 2005 22:14:18 -0700, sf >
>wrote:
>
>>That's just plain mean. She asked an honest question and prefaced it
>>with the reason why she needs to ask it.
>
>SHE OPENED the door and asked the question. Moral of the
>story....never ask a question that you don't want to hear the answer
>to. Yes...the truth can be painful at times.

You were replying to her posting style, not the query. This is, after
all, a cooking newsgroup, and questions about cooking are part of this
community's posts. You replied, quite unpleasantly:

> Were you expecting a random Usenet reader to interpret your ineptness?

Yes, up to a point, she *was* "expecting a random Usenet reader" to
reply to her question about accidental over-salting, which I believe
we all have done at one time or another, and has nothing to do with
"ineptness" and everything to do with inattention or carelessness.
>
>Take an honest look at the subject line....just endless blather when a
>four word subject line would be more appropriate.

You are complaining about a *header*??? So what? You really need to
up your meds if this is the sort of thing that aggravates you, aulde
son.

Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd
AAC(F)BV66.0748.CA

"If the soup had been as hot as the claret, if the claret had been as
old as the bird, and if the bird's breasts had been as full as the
waitress's, it would have been a very good dinner."

-- Duncan Hines

To reply, replace "spaminator" with "cox"

: How stupid I was to be chatting to a guest while cooking and
: carelessly deposit a heaped teaspoon of salt into the sauce instead of
: the 10 litres of simmering water, awaiting its pasta.

: Does the potato trick work effectively? Sure, I used it and created a
: few very salty potatoes, but are there any better remedies for acute
: over salting?


A teaspoon of salt doesn't really sound like that much - how much sauce
did you dump it into? You didn't say. A heaped tablespoon is another
matter altogether. Just eat it, it won't be that bad. Or are you just
trolling...

On Mon, 31 Oct 2005 21:31:16 +0000 (UTC), wrote:

> : How stupid I was to be chatting to a guest while cooking and
> : carelessly deposit a heaped teaspoon of salt into the sauce instead of
> : the 10 litres of simmering water, awaiting its pasta.
>
> : Does the potato trick work effectively? Sure, I used it and created a
> : few very salty potatoes, but are there any better remedies for acute
> : over salting?
>
>
> A teaspoon of salt doesn't really sound like that much - how much sauce
> did you dump it into? You didn't say. A heaped tablespoon is another
> matter altogether. Just eat it, it won't be that bad. Or are you just
> trolling...

sorta-regular poster, not known as a troller