Melba's Jammin' > wrote in message >...
> In article >, "Janet Bostwick"
> > wrote:
> > Now I know for sure that you are from the mid-West. No one else I
> > know uses potato water to make gravy.
>
> > Janet
>
> Yer kidding! Waste not, want not.

That's the reason my mom did - nothing wasted. I do it when I have
potato water & want gravy....potato water is good for making yeast
rolls, too.

N.