On Sun, 30 Jun 2019 22:51:59 -0400, wrote:

>On Sun, 30 Jun 2019 18:55:59 -0700 (PDT), "
> 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.
>
>Much easier method; it you don't want potato starch don't eat
>potatoes, voila!... there is no way to wash away potato starch and
>still have potatoes. In fact washing will wash away the vitamins and

Actually the vitamin C is in the skin, of which most is lost in the
cooking.

>minerals but will leave most of the starch until there's no potato
>left... potato starch is not water soluable. I would suggest a
>Mr./Mrs. Potatohead for turnips.
>Less potato starch... the Christ family method:
>https://i.pinimg.com/564x/5a/70/a8/5...851742eba4.jpg

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