# Quick help please? Soup too sweet

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-help-please-soup-too-sweet/451295>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [May 31, 2008, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-help-please-soup-too-sweet/451295 "2008-05-31T20:43:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![papergirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/aca169/32.png) [@papergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/papergirl)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2008, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-help-please-soup-too-sweet/451295/1 "2008-05-31T20:43:38Z")

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I made this soup for my clients, and it’s good but I think it’ll taste too sweet for them. It has red pepper/tomato base, peppers, corn, and turkey, so…well, it’s fairly sweet.  
I think I can put my hands on some basalmic vinegar here, but the gent hates vinegar so I have to be sure that it won’t taste vinegary.  
Suggestions? Thanks!  
karol

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**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2008, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-help-please-soup-too-sweet/451295/2 "2008-05-31T21:01:15Z")

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Salt? Pepper?

I know to cut saltiness you add sugar, but I don’t know if it works in reverse.

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**Author:** ![Fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bc8723/32.png) [@Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fish)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2008, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-help-please-soup-too-sweet/451295/3 "2008-05-31T21:13:26Z")

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Take a small scoop of soup and put it into a bowl, and experiment on that. If vinegar is out of the question, I dunno… lime juice?

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**Author:** ![papergirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/aca169/32.png) [@papergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/papergirl)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2008, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-help-please-soup-too-sweet/451295/4 "2008-05-31T21:14:39Z")

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I think it’s okay. They’re eating it and they seem happy enough. It’s still good…just a little more sweet than I’d like. Still better than frozen Stauffer skillet meals, though. 🙂 Thanks, guys.