Cooking potatoes is one of the activities that is carried out daily in many Slovak households daily or at least several times a week. Most often, however, after cooking potatoes, the water flows straight into the sink. See what water can be used after cooking potatoes and you will never spill it again.

In the kitchen and for cleaning

Water after cooking potatoes will be ideal especially in the kitchen.

  • Thanks to the high potato starch content, it will be an ideal basis for preparing a thick sauce. In such a situation, first of all, we will no longer have to add a flour sausage and secondly our sauce will gain another taste.
  • The second way to use water after cooking potatoes in the kitchen is soup, ie to process it as a potato broth. Just add your favorite vegetables and spices, cook, mix and cream soup is ready.

When we finished cooking, we can go to cleaning. Here, too, the water comes after cooking potatoes.

  • Above all, this is a good way to clean the cutlery. It is enough to put them in such water for 30 minutes and then wipe them dry to shine like new.
  • The second point is to clean the places where the water has settled. Water after boiling potatoes can be used to remove scale from the kettle (pour it there overnight and rinse it in the morning) or to clean the shower tray or bath.

To care for plants and… the body

Potato water is also suitable for watering plants.

  • Thanks to minerals it contains, such as phosphorus, magnesium and potassium, it is practically a natural fertilizer.

However, two things need to be remembered here – The water must not be hot and the potatoes should not be chosen during cooking, but only after draining.

The second point is body care.

  • You can use water after boiling potatoes as a hair conditioner or for hydration of hands and feet. In the latter case, we can add a little chamomile or sage.

Do not pour water after boiling potatoes. You make a brilliant cosmetics