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Smowball | 13:58 Sun 29th Jan 2017 | Food & Drink
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I've made a celery soup and it's way too salty. Not sure why. Can I rescue it or just throw it away?
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I've heard simmering it with a potato will help, Smow...x
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Ok I've chucked both in lol. Think it's beyond help tho - sooooo salty. God knows why
I've used the potato method, depends on exactly how salty. Don't cut the potato too small or it will collapse.
Rather than bin it could you freeze small portions and use for another soup base...without any salt.....if you can't face this batch?....x
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Think I'm going to have to do that gness - it's just not edible. I only put a tiny bit of salt in so I'm baffled : (
Probably not the answer, Smow.....but I think we're becoming used to eating less and less salt.....so even a tiny bit more is very noticeable...... x
Did you use a stock cube? If so, that probably explains the salt. Remedy for the future - never, ever use stock cubes.
Cornflour is a salt "antidote"
I suspect that the problem​ is that you've added celery, not salt.
Mmmm.... Salt soup !
I find celery in itself to be very salty.Whilst I can eat it raw I can't abide it cooked; the flavour overpowers all others in the dish.
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Yes the recipe said to use chicken stock and I did use a cube. Oh well, it's still in the kitchen but it's going to have to be binned
Diddly says not to use stock cubes but I've made home made stock and it isn't as tasty as stock cubes.

Whenever I use stock cubes I never add salt until my soup is cooked so it's just a final seasoning if it needs it.
Does anyone still use Oxo cubes? My mother used to make her gravy with cornflour and Oxo but since the advent of gravy granules I have never used them.
All the time, Jack.
I've tried other brands but oxo are far better, imo.

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