November 19, 2009

• Chili

  I got a craving for chili this morning.  I make a big pot of it two or three times a year, and today was the day.

  Welll, I screwed it up by putting too much salt in.  I called my friend, Addie, to see what to do, and she said to put a raw potato in it to absorb the salt.  I did that.

  Then I called my son-in-law, Chef Mike, and he said the only way to get rid of a too-salty dish is to dilute it.  Following Mike's instructions, I added another can of beans, another can of tomato sauce, and a can of crushed tomatoes.  That diluted the salt, but it made the chili so tomatoy.  I wasn't the good chili I usually make.

  The irony?  Beth had chili for lunch, and she brought home the leftovers for me.

  ED

  • 12:07 am
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