In article >, "Bob"
> wrote:

> Barb replied to Janet:
>
> > > Now I know for sure that you are from the mid-West. No one else
> > > I know uses potato water to make gravy.
> >
> > Yer kidding! Waste not, want not.

> Just because it isn't being used for gravy doesn't mean it's going to
> waste.

Sure. And I'll bet your average bear tosses it unless gravy's planned
and its one's habit to use it in the gravy making. My sister (a fine
cook) does not use it -- she thinks it adds too much starch to the
gravy. Whatever.

> One of my basic bread recipes uses potato water. For that
> matter, the _Vegetarian Epicure_ series relies on a basic potato peel
> stock in most of its soups.
> Bob

I know -- and am guilty of not keeping it around for such a purpose.
Unless I'm making gravy, I drain the potatoes over the sink drain.
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