Save my soup! Soup problems thread.

Catmom

Peel a biggish potato, cut into quarters and drop into the soup, keep on a low heat for a few minutes. The potato should absorb a lot of the saltiness. HTH xx

Cannyquine

I have heard that putting raw potatoes in soup can work but I haven't tried it myself. As they cook they absorb the salt & you can then dispose of them.Hope this works. If you've added cream you may not be able to cook it further though?

meritaten

Catmom wrote: »

Peel a biggish potato, cut into quarters and drop into the soup, keep on a low heat for a few minutes. The potato should absorb a lot of the saltiness. HTH xx

^^^^^^ Yes exactly this! I have done this many a time when both OH and I have put salt in the potatoes! I always taste a bit as I know OHs habit of coming behind me and Salting everything!

zippychick

We have a thread on too salty - let us know if the potato trick works for you ill merge this later

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craigywv

thanks all for your help off to peel a spud xxx

meritaten

DO let us know how it turns out craig! I do love a good mushroom soup.

-taff

the added bonus is that the spud will thicken the soup

craigywv

ok soup been saved, I boiled a spud as you said but took it out as soon as it went softish, scum settled ontop so I skimmed this off was thinking maybe this was the salt anyway its a lot better thanks all for answering xxx

scottishminnie

I made celery and blue cheese soup yesterday to use up the remaining celery in the garden. Now the soup is beautiful but it's full of stringy bits. So full I'm not sure I could eat it again.

Is there any way of rescuing it? Shall another blitz in the blender work or is it a lost cause? I know the celery may have simply been past it's best however it chopped ok with no obvious issues.

Steve059

It's from the celery. How big bits did you chop it into? I do them very short (1cm, 1/2")

Attack it with the blender again and sieve it.