Batteries, potato skins, eggshells

[firefighterjake]

Just to keep this thread on track, I scrub unpeeled potatoes with a vegetable brush before baking, then eat the whole thing, skin and all. My Irish roots I guess, but there is fiber in the skin.

Hand scrub before baking . . . and when we do a New England dinner, pot roast, etc. we always leave the peelings on the carrots and potatoes . . . less work, more flavorful.

 

[Gark]

Haven't heard of those things doing any real good for creosote, but the saved eggshells are good to plant under tomatoes to help prevent BER (blossom end rot).

 

[ArsenalDon]

Just to keep this thread on track, I scrub unpeeled potatoes with a vegetable brush before baking, then eat the whole thing, skin and all. My Irish roots I guess, but there is fiber in the skin.

The skin is maybe my favorite part

 

[Lumber-Jack]

They say that eating potato skins is healthy and helps keep your arteries clean, perhaps it works the same way for your chimneys
Problem is, if I put all my potato skins in the wood stove I'll have to start using my chimney brush on my arteries, and that doesn't sound like fun to me.

 

[Defiant]

Love to eat the skins
Potatoes are a versatile carbohydrate source that can be eaten for breakfast, lunch or dinner. The tuber is a low calorie food high in vitamin C, vitamin B and beneficial iron. But it's not just the meat of the potato; potato skins are high in fiber and other vital nutrients.

Read more: http://www.livestrong.com/article/442807-the-benefits-of-eating-potato-skins/#ixzz2NzviLh8B

 

[Salharmonic]

You can burn garbage in your stove if you want but, I find a regular sprinkle of T.S.P. on hot coals keeps a chimney clean as a whistle.

What is TSP?

 

[JP11]

A cleaner.. something something phosphate.

 

[Salharmonic]

any idea where one would find this? Is there a brand name? Thanks....

 

[BrotherBart]

Any hardware store.

Trisodium Phosphate.

 

[Salharmonic]

Any hardware store.

Trisodium Phosphate.

Thanks