Soaking weiners?

"don h" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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I love hot dogs but cant eat much of it because of high sodium. Today, I
bought a pack of Beef Master low fat with relatively low sodium. Someone
told me to soak them in cold water to further reduce the sodium.....is this
true? Thanks.

In a word it is quite possible. Most of today's hot dogs are made without a
casing.

In addition they are packed in a liquid that seems quite salty. Ergo by soaking
the "skinless" hot dogs you should be able to remove some of the salt.

Dimitri

http://www.briansbelly.com/featured/hotdogs/hotdogs3.shtml

Most hot dogs today use a celluloid casing which is removed later on in the
process.

I boil mine to reduce the salt content, then I cook them the way I want to.
In most cases that seems to remove about 1/2 of what they would have had, if
I had just roasted them or laid them in sauerkraut.

Dwayne

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I love hot dogs but cant eat much of it because of high sodium. Today, I
bought a pack of Beef Master low fat with relatively low sodium. Someone
told me to soak them in cold water to further reduce the sodium.....is
this
true? Thanks.

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I boil mine to reduce the salt content, then I cook them the way I want to.
In most cases that seems to remove about 1/2 of what they would have had,
if I had just roasted them or laid them in sauerkraut.

Dwayne

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I love hot dogs but cant eat much of it because of high sodium. Today, I
bought a pack of Beef Master low fat with relatively low sodium. Someone
told me to soak them in cold water to further reduce the sodium.....is
this
true? Thanks.

If you are going to boil them, try dropping a few pieces of raw potato in
with them. I was told years ago that adding potato to boiling water would
remove much of the sodium content from other foods because the potatoes will
absorb some of the salt.

MaryL

MaryL said:

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I boil mine to reduce the salt content, then I cook them the way I want to.
In most cases that seems to remove about 1/2 of what they would have had,
if I had just roasted them or laid them in sauerkraut.

Dwayne

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Quoted message said:

I love hot dogs but cant eat much of it because of high sodium. Today, I
bought a pack of Beef Master low fat with relatively low sodium. Someone
told me to soak them in cold water to further reduce the sodium.....is
this
true? Thanks.

If you are going to boil them, try dropping a few pieces of raw potato in
with them. I was told years ago that adding potato to boiling water would
remove much of the sodium content from other foods because the potatoes will
absorb some of the salt.

MaryL

Even if the frankfurters are skinless, how is the water supposed to
get into them to wash out the sodium? If the water could get in, they
would be so water logged, the sausages would not be edible.

Eat one hot dog at a time, instead of the several you usually consume,
eat them less frequently and enjoy them at their best. Buying the low
sodium ones is a good idea, they are just as tasty as the regular ones.

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I love hot dogs but cant eat much of it because of high sodium.
Today, I bought a pack of Beef Master low fat with relatively low
sodium. Someone told me to soak them in cold water to further reduce
the sodium.....is this true? Thanks.

don h,

You should try uncured hotdogs or vegetarian hotdogs (tofu pups) which
don't contain sodium nitrite and sodium nitrate.

Buns also contains lots of sodium.

Mustard, ketchup, pickles, relish and Sauerkraut have varying amounts.

All the fun of a hot dog is destroyed when you have to negotiate sodium!

Imho,

Andy

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MaryL said:

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I boil mine to reduce the salt content, then I cook them the way I want
to. In most cases that seems to remove about 1/2 of what they would have
had, if I had just roasted them or laid them in sauerkraut.

Dwayne

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>I love hot dogs but cant eat much of it because of high sodium. Today,
>I
>bought a pack of Beef Master low fat with relatively low sodium.
>Someone
>told me to soak them in cold water to further reduce the sodium.....is
>this
>true? Thanks.
>
>

If you are going to boil them, try dropping a few pieces of raw potato in
with them. I was told years ago that adding potato to boiling water
would remove much of the sodium content from other foods because the
potatoes will absorb some of the salt.

MaryL

Even if the frankfurters are skinless, how is the water supposed to get
into them to wash out the sodium? If the water could get in, they would
be so water logged, the sausages would not be edible.

Eat one hot dog at a time, instead of the several you usually consume, eat
them less frequently and enjoy them at their best. Buying the low sodium
ones is a good idea, they are just as tasty as the regular ones.

I wouldn't have a lot of hope that it would help much, but I thought it
would be worth trying since he was talking about boiling the hot dogs.
There could be sodium on the outside of the hot dog, and possibly even a
small amount of salt from inside the frankfurter would be released by
boiling -- which could then be absorbed by the potato. As I said, it
probably won't help a lot, but I thought it might be worth trying.

MaryL

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MaryL said:

"Dwayne" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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>I boil mine to reduce the salt content, then I cook them the way I want
>to. In most cases that seems to remove about 1/2 of what they would have
>had, if I had just roasted them or laid them in sauerkraut.
>
>Dwayne
>
>
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>>I love hot dogs but cant eat much of it because of high sodium. Today,
>>I
>>bought a pack of Beef Master low fat with relatively low sodium.
>>Someone
>>told me to soak them in cold water to further reduce the sodium.....is
>>this
>>true? Thanks.
>>
>>
>
>
If you are going to boil them, try dropping a few pieces of raw potato in
with them. I was told years ago that adding potato to boiling water
would remove much of the sodium content from other foods because the
potatoes will absorb some of the salt.

MaryL

Even if the frankfurters are skinless, how is the water supposed to get
into them to wash out the sodium? If the water could get in, they would
be so water logged, the sausages would not be edible.

Eat one hot dog at a time, instead of the several you usually consume, eat
them less frequently and enjoy them at their best. Buying the low sodium
ones is a good idea, they are just as tasty as the regular ones.

I wouldn't have a lot of hope that it would help much, but I thought it
would be worth trying since he was talking about boiling the hot dogs.
There could be sodium on the outside of the hot dog, and possibly even a
small amount of salt from inside the frankfurter would be released by
boiling -- which could then be absorbed by the potato. As I said, it
probably won't help a lot, but I thought it might be worth trying.

MaryL

MaryL, I wasn't answering your post, I thought I referred to the post
of the original poster, who wanted to soak the hot dogs. I never
mentioned boiling them.

I am sorry if you thought I found fault with your suggestion, that was
not my intention.

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MaryL said:

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MaryL wrote:

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>>I boil mine to reduce the salt content, then I cook them the way I want
>>to. In most cases that seems to remove about 1/2 of what they would
>>have had, if I had just roasted them or laid them in sauerkraut.
>>
>>Dwayne
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>>them"don h" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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>>>I love hot dogs but cant eat much of it because of high sodium.
>>>Today, I
>>>bought a pack of Beef Master low fat with relatively low sodium.
>>>Someone
>>>told me to soak them in cold water to further reduce the sodium.....is
>>>this
>>>true? Thanks.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>If you are going to boil them, try dropping a few pieces of raw potato
>in with them. I was told years ago that adding potato to boiling water
>would remove much of the sodium content from other foods because the
>potatoes will absorb some of the salt.
>
>MaryL

Even if the frankfurters are skinless, how is the water supposed to get
into them to wash out the sodium? If the water could get in, they would
be so water logged, the sausages would not be edible.

Eat one hot dog at a time, instead of the several you usually consume,
eat them less frequently and enjoy them at their best. Buying the low
sodium ones is a good idea, they are just as tasty as the regular ones.

I wouldn't have a lot of hope that it would help much, but I thought it
would be worth trying since he was talking about boiling the hot dogs.
There could be sodium on the outside of the hot dog, and possibly even a
small amount of salt from inside the frankfurter would be released by
boiling -- which could then be absorbed by the potato. As I said, it
probably won't help a lot, but I thought it might be worth trying.

MaryL

MaryL, I wasn't answering your post, I thought I referred to the post of
the original poster, who wanted to soak the hot dogs. I never mentioned
boiling them.

I am sorry if you thought I found fault with your suggestion, that was not
my intention.

Thanks. No offense intended, and none taken. I just added a final bit of
clarification because I thought you were replying to me.

MaryL

MaryL said:

"Margaret Suran" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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I am sorry if you thought I found fault with your suggestion, that was not
my intention.

Thanks. No offense intended, and none taken. I just added a final bit of
clarification because I thought you were replying to me.

MaryL

As a matter of fact, I boil raw potatoes in soups and gravies,
whenever I think I put too much salt into something. It seldom
reduces the salty taste, but it makes me feel better. :o)

Margaret Suran said:

MaryL said:

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Even if the frankfurters are skinless, how is the water supposed to
get into them to wash out the sodium? If the water could get in, they
would be so water logged, the sausages would not be edible.

Eat one hot dog at a time, instead of the several you usually consume,
eat them less frequently and enjoy them at their best. Buying the low
sodium ones is a good idea, they are just as tasty as the regular ones.

Thank you Margaret for your note of sanity. What do I know? survivor
or conjestive heart failure. Graduate of rehabilitation nutrition classes
based on NHLBI guidelines. I'm still alive. Forced student of nutrition.
Portion control is the better of specification control, but specification
control is good. Cholesterol in excess is bad, Saturated fat is bad.
Mono-unsaturated fat (in moderation) is good.

Do your own research. http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/ is a good place to
start.
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MaryL said:

Quoted message said:

Even if the frankfurters are skinless, how is the water supposed to get
into them to wash out the sodium? If the water could get in, they would
be so water logged, the sausages would not be edible.

Quoted message said:

As I said, it
probably won't help a lot, but I thought it might be worth trying.

And how would you be able to tell if it did or didn't? It seems
logical the that salt on the *outside* of a hot dog would be minimal,
and the amount *inside* is what's specified on the label. Of course,
you could dice the dogs, and soak or boil them, but the end result
might not be very appealing. :-)

Frogleg said:

MaryL said:

Quoted message said:

Even if the frankfurters are skinless, how is the water supposed to get
into them to wash out the sodium? If the water could get in, they would
be so water logged, the sausages would not be edible.

Quoted message said:

As I said, it
probably won't help a lot, but I thought it might be worth trying.

And how would you be able to tell if it did or didn't? It seems
logical the that salt on the *outside* of a hot dog would be minimal,
and the amount *inside* is what's specified on the label. Of course,
you could dice the dogs, and soak or boil them, but the end result
might not be very appealing. :-)

Of course salt can be removed from salted meats with water, even the
most ignorent people on the planet, the dumb dagos know to soak their
national meat, salt cod. Soaking hot dogs in cold water does little
but simmering definitely leaches out salts... of course it's variable,
depends on the particular dog and how long simmered. And it's fairly
easy to determine that salt has been extracted, *taste* the water...
yoose'all must be 'talian not to have figgeroed that out. Duh
Simmering also renders out significant yucky dyes (water will turn
lurid red) and fat (easy to see fat floating). I often simmer dogs,
about 30 minutes... actually not quite a simmer or the dogs will pop
(and there is the reason, heat will expand the dog so that water can
enter and leaching can readily occur. Then I'll grill or griddle to
firm up the exterior and remove that pink baby pecker appearence...
dogs don't lose much flavor either, unless you consider less salty a
flavor loss. I simmer corned beef too to remove salts and fat but
plenty of flavor remains (see my world famous corned beef recipe). I
often add sliced hot dogs to soups to add smoked flavor that I think is
sometimes better than the smoked ham flavor; pea, potato, bean, etc...
there is even franfurter soup. But I simmer the dogs first, then slice
and add to soups, otherwise the soup can become too salty... I simmer
the dogs first for franks and beans too... canned baked beans are
plenty salty enough.

Naturaly simmering hot dogs prior to grilling also ensures killing
harmful bacteria... often grilled dogs are not properly heated all the
way through.

Here simmer the franks before adding to soup and do not include the
recipe salt until afterwards, then "salt to taste"... you'll probably
not want to add any salt, not from the salt contained in the bacon and
from what remains in so many franks.

Lentil Frankfurter Soup

INGREDIENTS:
1 cup dry lentils, rinsed
2 slices bacon, diced
1/2 cup chopped onion
1 cup chopped celery
1/2 cup chopped carrots
8 cups water
2 cups canned tomatoes
1 bay leaf
6 frankfurters, sliced
salt to taste
ground black pepper to taste

DIRECTIONS:
Saute bacon and onion.
Place lentils, bacon, onion, celery, carrots, water or stock, tomatoes,
and bay leaf together in a large pot and simmer until tender, about 45
minutes.
Add sliced wieners and salt and pepper to taste, and continue cooking
for about 10 minutes.
---

Sheldon

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yoose'all must be 'talian not to have figgeroed that out

Why don't you just sheldon off?
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Vilco
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Even if the frankfurters are skinless, how is the water supposed to
get into them to wash out the sodium? If the water could get in, they
would be so water logged, the sausages would not be edible.

Osmosis.

HTH.

Shaun aRe

"don h" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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I love hot dogs but cant eat much of it because of high sodium. Today, I
bought a pack of Beef Master low fat with relatively low sodium. Someone
told me to soak them in cold water to further reduce the sodium.....is
this
true? Thanks.

Wonder fi you can find low-sodium dogs? What about Hebrew NAtionals? Just
wondering.

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