2006-07-09 03:24:54 · 10 answers · asked by sir charles 1 in Food & Drink ➔ Cooking & Recipes
You don't. You buy fresh instead.
Some people believe that a potato can absorb the salt. It's a wive's tale, doesn't work.
2006-07-09 03:26:56 · answer #1 · answered by SurferRose 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If you're speaking of canned vegetables, I always pour the water out of the can, fill, pour, fill, pour and then fill again. Rinse them thoroughly -- whether in the can like I do, or in a colander.
A lot of people freak out over using canned vegetables...because of their sodium content. However, that's what you get when you eat at a restaurant...or how many people end up adding salt to their vegetables by way of sodium-laden seasoning or table salt at the very end?
For instance, one serving of canned green beans contain 16% of the RDA of sodium. A large portion of that sodium will be removed with rinsing. Some of the sodium in the beans themselves will be cooked out in the pot, as well. So, unless you drink the green bean water...even more sodium will be drained from the beans.
Anyway, thoroughly rinsing canned vegetables will help to remove sodium. And, if cooked long enough on the stove (longer than just heating) with the right herbs and spices, you won't be able to tell the difference in canned and fresh!
2006-07-09 04:58:41 · answer #2 · answered by southernserendipiti 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Take the sodium out of canned food by rinseing the contents under cold water.
2006-07-09 05:20:37 · answer #3 · answered by RICH T 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
While it may be difficult to physically remove sodium by means other than chemical processes, you can greatly reduce the sodium content by lowering the concentration of sodium and adding more water to the mix.
A soup for example...add lots of water to dilute the broth when cooking.
2006-07-09 03:31:03 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Drain it, that will reduce the sodium somewhat. Don't forget, some foods contain sodium naturally. Soybean based products are especially bad.
2006-07-09 03:30:40 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Buy low sodium. they sell low sodium canned goods.
you can not take the sodium out
2006-07-09 03:26:45 · answer #6 · answered by ppoulett69 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Stop using canned food....it's preserved using sodium. Get the very same thing FROZEN (no expense of the can) & it's preserved by freezing, not by using sodium.
2006-07-09 03:29:14 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
you cant but you can buy low sodium or fresh stuff
2006-07-09 03:29:59 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If it is canned vegetables, drain and rinse. Things like soups, nothing can be done.
2006-07-09 03:26:45 · answer #9 · answered by Spike Spiegel 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
rinse it, like corn and beans and stuff like that, in a strainer
2006-07-09 03:29:49 · answer #10 · answered by g-dogg 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋