When you cook, remember to save this cooking water instead of throwing it away! It has incredible properties that will be very useful for cleaning everywhere in your house.
When it’s time to tackle a deep cleaning, it’s better to be equipped with good products if you don’t want to spend too much time and energy. To do this, turn to nature, and more specifically to food. Because cooking, beyond its culinary delights, is full of little ecological and economical tips. Some natural agents are even more effective than certain chemical products. This is the case with potato cooking water.
While many throw it away without thinking twice, this water can turn out to be a valuable ally for cleaning the house. Why waste when you can transform food scraps into precious resources? Indeed, this water has amazing cleaning properties.
When they cook, potatoes release the starch they contain into the water, giving it degreasing and stain-removing properties that are very effective in fighting dirt on all surfaces. Inexpensive and easy to use, this liquid can advantageously replace certain traditional household products, which are often expensive and full of chemicals.
This cooking water is particularly effective for cleaning tiles and joints in depth, degreasing splashbacks, removing limescale, removing stubborn stains, descaling household appliances, or making stainless steel dishes or silverware shine. To use it, simply let it cool and apply it to the surface to be cleaned using a cloth or sponge. The starch works by removing grease and absorbing impurities, thus allowing for a deep clean.
Being natural, this product has several advantages. For example, it does not have an unpleasant odor and does not pose any health risks – unless you are allergic to potatoes of course, but that is another story. In addition, it is also biodegradable, which makes it an environmentally friendly option, unlike conventional household products, which are often aggressive for the hands and harmful to the ecosystem. This should please fans of natural solutions and zero waste! Also, the next time you prepare potatoes, remember to keep their cooking water!