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  • verb Present participle of oversalt.

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Examples

  • Otherwise you run the risk of oversalting, which is a tendency that's greatest when you use store-bought stock that's high in sodium.

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Kitchen Daily 2012

  • Ruby Tuesday is big on oversalting their food for some reason.

    The Ruby Tuesday Burger is Good? | Midtown Lunch - Finding Lunch in the Food Wasteland of NYC's Midtown Manhattan 2008

  • Except for some oversalting during one of my two visits, and the occasional overly thickened cream sauce, the food was consistently very good, with some excellent surprises.

    NYT > Home Page By STEPHANIE LYNESS 2011

  • Except for some oversalting during one of my two visits, and the occasional overly thickened cream sauce, the food was consistently very good, with some excellent surprises.

    NYT > Home Page By STEPHANIE LYNESS 2011

  • Hunks of slow-cooked veal shin were dressed with a perky salsa verde and accompanied by long-baked aubergine which, oversalting aside, had a soft, melting texture.

    Travel news, travel guides and reviews | guardian.co.uk 2010

  • I am forever oversalting the oatmeal or scorching the butter or flipping pancakes into unnatural postures, and each time I want to kick the stove and walk away.

    NYT > Home Page By PETE WELLS 2010

  • He tricks her into sleeping with him by oversalting her food and essentially demanding sex in exchange for a glass of water.

    Slate Magazine Eliza Griswold 2010

  • My tactful coaching has opened many a hostess 'eye to the dangers of oversalting, even if subsequent visits reveal they're still not mashing their avocados with a real molcajete.

    Seattle Weekly | Complete Issue 2009

  • Nobody knows, however, that she privately mistreats him, oversalting his food or wheeling him "into the sunlight to let stray dogs sniff and growl at him," as payback for childhood abuses.

    NYT > Home Page By DON WATERS 2009

  • Experts say another solution for oversalting is lemon juice.

    KDKA - Pittsburgh's Source for Breaking News, Weather and Sports 2009

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