Potassium Chips???
By Jim Bauer
@porwest (91089)
United States
December 18, 2018 7:41pm CST
I love potato chips, and in fact, these were always a very big favorite nighttime snack for me. But since my salt restriction I have been avoiding them.
So, I got to thinking. There is that No Salt salt substitute which has been marketed for years...and NO SALT is apparently what that is...
I have read that potassium is a good thing to have to help wash out any salt in our bodies...
What if I made homemade potato chips and "salted" them with NO SALT?
I wonder if I did this could I have my cake and eat it too?
I already know how to make homemade potato chips. It's actually a simple recipe. You simply slice potatoes thin, and put them into an icy bath, then fry them minimally, and serve them.
But mostly you have to make these fresh. I wonder if there is a way that I could make a batch of homemade potato chips, 'salt' them with NO SALT, and store them for about a week?
This might be something worth looking into, and I could still have my favorite nighttime snack. Anyone have any suggestions how I might be able to pull this off?
If I had to make the potato chips fresh every time when I am ready for a snack, I would probably never do it.
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@porwest (91089)
• United States
31 Dec 18
@marlina Just interested in reducing my salt, and wondering if making them at home and using No Salt substitute would help to do that. I am sure there is a reduced sodium variety out there but usually they want an arm and a leg for anything like that.
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@dgobucks226 (35621)
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19 Dec 18
I thought you were going to provide some big discovery for tasty non-salt potato chips. That would be some feat for sure! My suggestion eat your chips in moderation and look for low-salt alternatives. It beats the time you will put in making your own 
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@porwest (91089)
• United States
31 Dec 18
Please stay tuned. I swear I am going to make myself into a billionaire coming up with a complete line of tasty foods that are salt free. Seems to be a "health" spot in the market seriously lacking. Of course, I am all talk. But you just wait. I might actually do this. Worst case scenario I start developing some recipes for salt free cooking that are delicious and I will make millions from it. Probably wishful thinking...but...stranger things have happened. 
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@dgobucks226 (35621)
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3 Jan 19
@porwest Wishing you the best of luck on your quest for the tastiest salt-free potato chip! What a discovery that would be 
Wishing you the best of luck on your quest for the tastiest salt-free potato chip! What a discovery that would be 1 person likes this
@RasmaSandra (79929)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
19 Dec 18
Hope you can find a way to make a very big batch to last for a while. Perhaps this might help.
https://www.ehow.com/how_7728511_store-homemade-potato-chips.html
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@andriaperry (116936)
• Anniston, Alabama
19 Dec 18
I actually take potassium and it had helped my blood pressure.
No I love potato chips and I cant have them because of salt and diabetes, that is why I had to give up my wonderful delicious lays dill chips.
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@hillhjill (23717)
• United States
19 Dec 18
I hope you can find a good way to make homemade chips last longer.
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@porwest (91089)
• United States
31 Dec 18
@hillhjill Well, if you find an answer, please do let me know. Of course, BHT is probably some sort of salt, so not sure if I would be accomplishing anything really. Ugh. This just sucks. Of ALL the things I'd have to give up. Salt. Which is in practically EVERYTHING. 
@porwest (91089)
• United States
3 Jan 19
@CarolDM According to everything I have read, most people take in WAY more salt than they need, and way more salt than they should. It only becomes a problem when you start to develop health issues that make it a really bad thing, such as my high blood pressure.
@MommyOfEli2013 (84034)
• Rupert, Idaho
20 Dec 18
That sounds like an interesting idea....worth trying out! There are lower sodium chips, out there but I don't know how low they actually are.
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@MommyOfEli2013 (84034)
• Rupert, Idaho
3 Jan 19
@porwest Yeah, that is very true...I have seen the saltines...so probably similar.
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@MommyOfEli2013 (84034)
• Rupert, Idaho
5 Jan 19
@porwest I haven't heard of Ruler, we don't have that here. Yes, sounds like Walmart's has a little more...but not too bad. And that's good that you can still have up to 2000. And that's great that you bought the no salt! Will definitely help balance the salt and give you extra potassium! Sounds good to add that to your fish. Hope it is just as good :)
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@Sandeep_81 (33)
• India
19 Dec 18
Here in India, we have a different recipe for potato chips. It would taste diff from that fresh ones. We cut them into thin slices , boil water , put the cut chips into boiling water , after 5 mins , strain water and dry them into sun by spreading each one of them onto some spreadsheet. After they dry up, store them into some container. When u wish to eat them, fry and sprinkle NO SALT :)
