How to make soup made with bacon hock less salty?

mzm, Jul 12, 7:10am
Ideas appreciated thank you

songbird22, Jul 12, 7:44am
Chuck a couple of large peeled whole potatoes in to boil with it, but make sure that you remove the potatoes at the end of cooking, thus removing the extra salty taste :)

pussy01, Jul 12, 8:27am
boil for half an hour and change the water

cgvl, Jul 12, 8:41am
I cook bacon hock and soup mixture together but don't add seasoning until its all cooked. Always do the taste test as Bacon Hock can be very salty, as songbird22 said a couple of potatoes will help as well.

mzm, Jul 12, 9:26am
Thank you all

mzm, Jul 12, 9:30am
Does the potato trick work in the crock pot?

elsielaurie1, Jul 12, 9:41pm
Works every time for me.

rosejenny38, Jul 12, 9:44pm
I usually soak my bacon hock overnight ; still got the flavour but less salty.

calista, Jul 13, 8:55am
I do that too Rosejenny - but the potato trick should work too.

nauru, Jul 13, 9:17am
Either soak overnight or you can bring it to the boil in water, drain and add fresh water to cook. My Mum always did one or the other.

buzzy110, Jul 14, 3:32am
Bacon hocks that are actually smoked, rather than chemically flavoured don't have a salt problem and they are 'dry'.

wendalls, Mar 13, 2:11am
Buzzy, would you be able to point out who sells the good bacon hocks? Cheers.