Thanks for all the tips and yummy recipes. I've been wanting to make a ricotta pie for some time, but totally forgot about it. I'll have to try your recipe, Dave's Wife.

As for the potato to desalinate? Never tried it. but I did hear that vinegar might work...however, I never had to nerve to try, either...all I could picture was an oversalted dish that now tasted sour, too. I now use salt sparingly, with the same idea of letting people spice to taste. Someone, I think it was Lydia Bastianich, said to check what your recipe calls for and then put it in a separate little dish and when it's gone, that's it...e.g., a tsp. Makes sense.

I've also heard about Cola, but not Dr. Pepper. On the beer thing, though, do you actually insert the can itself inside the chicken? Obviously with the top popped. I have used beer to make Flemish Pot Roast...makes a nice gravy. Thanks for the links, too. Happy Easter and Bon Appetit!