Help! My soup is bitter! - Democratic Underground

The Night Owl

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Sat Sep-25-10 07:55 PM
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Help! My soup is bitter!

So, my wife made fish soup. I think she added too much lime and now the soup is bitter. Is there anything we can do to salvage it?

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ornotna

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Sat Sep-25-10 08:11 PM
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1. sugar

http://www.chefsline.com/blog/culinary_answers/too-sour/

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RandomThoughts

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Sat Sep-25-10 08:17 PM
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2. Side note, many people use 'bitter' and 'sweet' as metaphors.

It is in many writings.

If you can find the sweetness in a lemon, is it bitter?

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madinmaryland

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Sun Sep-26-10 12:52 PM
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8. That's kind of bittersweet, if you ask me.

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Bossy Monkey

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Sat Sep-25-10 08:23 PM
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3. Consider tamarind or cinnamon

I put tamarind chutney on my cod or haddock on fish days. Helps with bitterness. You could try A1 if you don't have tamarind chutney.

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MiddleFingerMom

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Sat Sep-25-10 11:50 PM
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4. The NASTIEST thing I've ever had in a restaurant...

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...was in Little China in NYC. We had walked around 'til we say a restaurant
with nothing but Asian people to be seen through the windows -- looking for
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GREAT place, except one of the entrees we ordered was "Beef with Bitter Melon".
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YOWZERS -- WAS THAT EVER NAUSEATINGLY AWFUL!!!!!
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Apparently, the Chinese don't fuck around when they combine adjectives and fruit.
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Liberal_in_LA

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Sun Sep-26-10 12:49 PM
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7. bitter melon is awful

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HopeHoops

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Sun Sep-26-10 09:27 AM
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5. That's because you have a fly in it who just lost his house in a divorce.

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old mark

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Sun Sep-26-10 12:35 PM
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6. Title of the OP sounds like a really bad Japanese mystery novel

poorly translated into English.

Probably make a TV series out of it.

mark

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Callalily

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Sun Sep-26-10 12:56 PM
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9. Odd as it may sound,

sometimes a little salt takes away bitterness.

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mzteris

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Sun Sep-26-10 03:26 PM
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10. ditto on the salt -

that's why people put salt in their coffee - to take away the bitter.

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mzteris

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Sun Sep-26-10 03:29 PM
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11. put in a raw potato -

cut in say two or three pieces if it's big

cook for a while, then remove before serving

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RushIsRot

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Sun Sep-26-10 06:16 PM
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12. My neighbor suggests black olive juice to remove the bitter from

spaghetti sauce. Maybe it would work with your fish.

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Rabrrrrrr

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Sun Sep-26-10 06:27 PM
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13. You can always add some cream or milk or butter, or even creme fraiche.

Edited on Sun Sep-26-10 06:27 PM by Rabrrrrrr

I'd suggest that you ladle out some of the soup into a bowl first and experiment with just a little of the soup to see if it works, and then go from there.

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