Why oil doesn’t get salty when adding salt to potatoes while frying?

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I use to fry potatoes reusing the same (olive) oil several times (about 5-6 times), and I salt them while frying. But the the oil doesn’t get salty. What’s the reason for that?

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Salt doesn’t dissolve in oil.

Salt dissolves in water, because water molecules have a slight charge to them that allows the sodium and chlorine of the salt to pull away from each other a bit and stick to the water molecules. Fats and oils don’t have that.

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