How potato peelers can “replace” a vacuum cleaner

Carpets can probably be found in any apartment. However, this statement does not fully apply to the vacuum cleaner. Even now, some housewives do without this miracle of technology. What can we say about the past, when this device was worth its weight in gold. However, even then, our grandmothers managed to maintain perfect order in the apartment.

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And they did it with the skin that remained after peeling the potatoes.

In order to remove dust, dirt, pet hair and hair from the carpet, our grandmothers, after peeling the potatoes, sprinkled potato peelings directly on the carpet.

After that, without waiting for drying, they were cleaned immediately, sweeping the dirty surface with a brush or a regular broom.

Thus, all the garbage was collected from the floor, and the carpets again pleased their mistress with cleanliness without the use of modern complex vacuum cleaners with all kinds of nozzles designed to maintain order in the house.