Influencer Alona Loewen under fire for potato-washing hack
Alona Loewen is a well-known influencer. On her profile, she shares clever tricks about cleaning and cooking. In one of her recent posts, she demonstrated how to wash potatoes, which triggered a flood of negative comments.
10:42 AM EDT, September 4, 2024
Social media platforms offer many exciting tips on cooking and maintaining order. Internet users have dubbed them "cleantoks". Videos with this hashtag have been viewed over 50 trillion times.
Alona Loewen is an influencer who publishes videos related to cleaning and cooking. Over 206,000 people follow her profile. One of her recent posts sparked controversy. "This is why parents said not to eat at other people's houses," reads one comment.
She showed how to wash potatoes. "You must be out of your mind"
Potatoes are one of the most popular vegetables. Although they are tasty, healthy, and cheap, few people like to wash or peel them. Loewen showed a method that was supposed to make it easier. According to the influencer, you just need to put the potatoes in the washing machine with a scrubber, add a little detergent, and then set it to rinse. After the cycle ends, the tubers are clean and ready for cooking.
The video went viral. Although it has been viewed over 53 million times, it was not well-received. "Am I the only one who hoped that there would be no skin on them after washing?" "If I put a notebook and a pen in the washing machine, will it do my homework?" "This is a waste of time, electricity, and water. Just no", "You must be out of your mind" - the comments read.
How to clean potatoes?
Several different varieties of potatoes are available in stores. Some are washed, while others are dirty with soil. How do you get rid of the remaining dirt? It's effortless. Place the tubers in a large, deep bowl, then pour in cold water with 3-4 tablespoons of salt. Finally, stir them vigorously with your hand and leave them for 2-3 minutes. The salt acts like a scrub and will remove the dirt.
