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Ed Pawlowski[_5_]

On 6/30/2019 10:31 PM, Hank Rogers wrote:
> wrote:
>> On Sunday, June 30, 2019 at 3:42:40 PM UTC-5,
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> I recently tried a new way of clearing the excess starch off of
>>> potatoes before frying them to make french fries, and it works
>>> perfectly and it only takes about 5 minutes. I simply wash the raw
>>> potatoes in soap and water. Then rinse them very well. The way to tell
>>> if the starch has been cleared away is when your potatoes are in a
>>> strainer run water over them and place a clear glass underneath and
>>> make sure the water is not cloudy.
>> Plain water will work just as well unless you are using some odd
>> variety of
>> potato.
>>
>
> But only if it's RO filtered water.
>
>

Here at the goat barn we use OS water. Yep, dug a trench to an open
sewer behind the barn and get free water. More flavor than the RO stuff.