Potato Magic
Sure potatoes are great mashed and creamy with lots of butter and maybe a dash of horse radish for the more adventuresome among us, but did you know that this versatile food can be used to polish your shoes? How about using a spud as a sleep aid?
This inexpensive and always at the ready staple is there to save your day as well as your money. Yup, behold the potato; it isn’t just for dinner anymore.
Anti aging agent
Wash your face daily with potato juice (raw potato can be ground with water) which prevents wrinkles on face and make your face glow.
Skin burn
Take a raw sliced potato and make it as a paste by mixing water. Apply the paste on minor skin burns to relieve pain.
Diaper Rash
Scrape away potato pulp with the edge of a spoon, the finer the scrapings the better. Place over the affected area and diaper the child to hold things in place. (Don’t panic by the potato turning black. That is a natural process and is OK)
Headache
Take a half sliced raw potato, and rub it on your temples to get relief from headache.
Tired eyes
Place two round slices on your eyes to reduce the tiredness of your eyes.
Remove glue on hands
Potato can remove glue from hands. Use Potato to wash hands when you find it hard to remove the stickiness on hands after handling some sticky vegetables like pumpkin.
Shoe polish
Rub a raw potato on your old, dirty shoes before polishing them. They should come out nice and shiny.
Sleeping pill
Potato prevents the action of acids in our stomach that disturb our sleep. Take a boiled and mashed potato with milk before sleeping to have a peaceful sleep.
Silverware Polish
Boil potatoes in some water and remove the potato from water. Place your silver ware in the water for an hour.
Extract salt from soups and stocks
If your recipe tastes too salty as you are preparing it, toss some large sliced potatoes into the pot or pan while still on the stove. In about 5 to 10 minutes the potato slices absorb the excess salt. Remove the potato after it has done its job.
Keep glasses clear
Rubbing a potato on the glasses can prevent them from fogging up in the early morning.
Lure worms out of houseplants
If the worms crawl around the roots of plants, place a sliced raw potato around the base of the plant. The worms crawl up to eat it, you can grab them out. (Or have your man-child grab them for you! 
If you insist on cooking your potatoes then you might want to try these out:
Amish Hot Potato And Onion Salad
6 med potatoes — up to 8 potatoes
2 tbsp bacon drippings
1 onion — chopped fine
1/4 c water
1/2 c cider vinegar
1 tbsp sugar
1 tsp salt
1/4 c butter
Pepper to taste
Boil the potatoes in their jackets. Drain and put back over heat to
dry. Peel as hot as possible and slice, set aside and keep warm. Heat
the bacon dripping, add the onion, stir until brown here and there,
pour the whole over the potatoes. Bring to a boil, the water, vinegar,
sugar, salt, butter and pepper. Pour boiling hot over the potatoes and
toss together lightly. Place in a warm dish. Sprinkle top with
parsley.
Apple And Potato Meat Loaf
1 pound ground chuck
1 medium potato, grated
1 medium apple, grated
1/4 cup chopped onion
1/4 cup chopped green bell pepper
1 egg
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper
Combine ground chuck, potato, apple, onion, green
pepper, egg, salt, and pepper in bowl; mix well. Pack
into foil-lined loaf pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 1
hour. Makes 6 servings.
Potato Puffs
2 lb Potatoes
2 tb Flour
2 Eggs — Beaten
1 Clove Garlic — Crushed
2 tb Chopped Parsley
1 tb Butter — Melted
Peel, boil, and mash the potatoes. Blend the flour, eggs, garlic,
parsley, and melted butter into the potatoes. Add salt, pepper and
nutmeg to taste. Mix well and place large tablespoons of the mixture
(not quite touching) in a buttered baking dish. Bake in a 325 oven
for about 12 minutes. Sprinkle with paprika. Run under broiler to
brown.
Potato Rolls
1 pk Active dry yeast
1/2 c Water,warm(105-115′F.)
1 c Milk,scalded
1 c Potatoes,mashed
2/3 c Vegetable shortening
2 ts Salt
2 Eggs,well beaten
8 c Flour,all-purpose
Butter,melted
1. Soften yeast in water.
2. Place potatoes, sugar, shortening and salt in large bowl; stir in
scalded milk.
3. Let cool to lukewarm; add eggs and yeast; mixing well.
4. Sift about 6 cups flour into mixture; stir until dough is stiff enough
to knead.
5. Turn out onto lightly floured surface; knead, gradually adding flour
until dough doesn’t stick to hands and is smooth and elastic.
6. Shape dough into ball; place in greased bowl; turning dough to bring
greased surface to top.
7. Cover with towel; let stand in warm, draft-free place until doubled.
8. Shape dough into rolls; place in greased muffin cups and let rise until
double.
9. Bake in preheated 400′F. oven 15 to 20 minutes; cool on racks.
10. Brush tops with melted butter.
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