Potatoes are a common vegetable and an essential food in many households. Potatoes are not only delicious but also nutritious. Stewed potatoes, fried potatoes, and braised potatoes are all popular home-cooked dishes. However, when we eat potatoes, we usually don't eat the skin, and we often throw away the peeled potato skins. In fact, potato skins have many uses that you may not know about.
1. Removing tea stains
Teapots often develop stubborn tea stains that are difficult to clean. Potato skins contain starch, which forms a colloidal solution with adsorption and cleaning abilities when exposed to high temperatures. This makes potato skins a great material for removing tea stains.
Place the potato skins in the teapot, then pour in boiling water and cover it. Let it sit for 5-10 minutes. Afterwards, pour out the potato skins and rinse the teapot with clean water. That's it!
When using potato skins to remove tea stains from a teapot, make sure that the boiling water covers the potato skins. Alternatively, you can heat the teapot over a flame for about 10 minutes, similar to boiling water.
2. Natural beauty treatment
Potato skins have a beauty effect in reducing acne and inflammation. When you have pimples on your face and your skin is sensitive, red, and swollen, you may not dare to use any cosmetic products. Potato skins are a safe and natural option. Fresh potato juice has excellent anti-inflammatory properties and can whiten the skin and absorb excess oil from the pores.
Usage: Apply potato skins with flesh directly to the face.
3. Natural cleanser
Cleaning a thermos can be troublesome. However, potato skins can easily remove dirt. The starch in potato skins forms a cleaning solution with high temperatures.
Usage: Put potato skins into the thermos, pour in boiling water, tighten the lid, and shake it up and down. In just 30 seconds, it will be clean and tidy. Additionally, potato skins can be used to wipe the bottom of pots and clean the sink, as they also have the ability to remove grease.
4. Natural hair dye
Hair dye can be harmful to the body. If you're afraid to try hair dye, you can safely use potato skins as a natural hair dye. It can darken the hair color. Substances in potatoes aggregate in the air and form black melanin. However, this effect is temporary.
Usage: Wash the potatoes, peel them, and put them in a pot with water in a ratio of 1:2. Boil them and let them soak for about 5 minutes. Then, let it cool down and remove the potato skins. Slightly dampen the hair and brush the potato skin water onto it. The more times you brush, the darker the hair color will be.
