It is difficult to come across someone who doesn't like potatoes. It can be used to make so many different dishes, dry, gravies, in combo with any vegetable it goes well. It can be used in puddings, kheer and so on and on.
Now other uses of potatoes-
Now other uses of potatoes-
1. Remove Stains
Foods
like turmeric, berries, and beets are fabulous additions to any meal,
but they have a habit of leaving their traces all over your hands. It
can take a lot of scrubbing with normal soap to remove these stains, and
it's really hard to reach underneath your nails. Don't fear though,
just keep half a potato back when preparing the dish and rub it over the
affected area to magically remove the blemish! Make sure you get right
under your nails too. This will work well on grass and ink stains as
well.
2. Shine Your Silverware
If
your cutlery is cloudy and your trinkets are tarnished, why not use a
potato to restore their sparkle? You can rub a raw potato over the items
if you like, but I find it best to soak them in potato water. This also
means you don't have to use extra potatoes to perform the task, simply
use the water from the batch you have boiled for your dinner. Add any
peeled skins into the water for great results.
3. Feed Your Geraniums
The
nutrients in potatoes will help your pot plants grown. You can either
carve a small hole in the potato and plant the stem of the flower inside
it, before putting the whole thing into the soil; or you can sprinkle
some potato shavings into the soil around your already growing flowers
to give them a fantastic, natural boost.
4. Relieve a Burn
If
you burnt your fingers on a hot pan or clipped your arm against the
stove while it was still on, reach for a potato. Just 1 slice of raw
potato should do the trick - apply it to the burn and fix in place using
whatever you have handy.
5. Absorbs Excess Salt from a Soup or Cooking Pot
If
you have over-salted your pot of soup or pasta by mistake, then throw
in some potato slices or cubes to restore the balance. Leave the
potatoes in while the mixture simmers for ten minutes or so, and then
scoop them back out.
6. Banish Rust from Metal
Are
your old tools or kitchen utensils starting to look like antiques?
Restore them to their former glories by chopping a potato in half,
adding a liberal amount of soap or salt to the cut end and rubbing it
over the affected surface. Rinse and dry the object thoroughly
afterward. This works great along the edge of large carving knives!
7. Make Some Great Personalized Art
We
all remember making potato stamps and dipping them in paint in art
class at school. But don't for a second think that this practice is just
the preserve of children. Just draw the shape you want on to the cut
potato, carve out the shape and dip it in fabric paint before dabbing it
over your canvas. Personalize bags, cushions, walls - whatever you
like! It's a really fun and easy way to personalize your home and it's
great for kids too.
Note- for other health benefits of potatoes, see my cancer supportindia.blogspot.com, the site mentioned first.
For my other blogs, I'm giving the links below, feel free to view and comment too.
https://cancersupportindia.
No comments:
Post a Comment