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I Hand-Wash All My Dishes . . .Anyone Else?

deepwaterdotter — Thu, 17 Sep 2020 00:07:38 GMT

Meals are prepared and eaten by just my husband and I. We find it easier to draw a sink of hot, sudsy water to clean up afterward. We prefer it to using the dishwasher.

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Boomernichols — Thu, 17 Sep 2020 00:11:26 GMT

@deepwaterdotter I have been married since 1986 and have washed "every dish" by the 10 finger method to date. I have a small kitchen and really do not want to sacrifice a few storage areas to install a dishwasher.

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KatieB — Thu, 17 Sep 2020 00:14:34 GMT

I do the same thing. I see no need is using the dishwasher when I only have dishes for 1 or 2 people.

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QVCkitty1 — Thu, 17 Sep 2020 00:13:58 GMT

@deepwaterdotter wrote:
Meals are prepared and eaten by just my husband and I. We find it easier to draw a sink of hot, sudsy water to clean up afterward. We prefer it to using the dishwasher.

I have a small older home, and there is really no room for a dishwasher. I honestly don't mind doing dishes, it's vacuuming I hate. 😏

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Sooner — Thu, 17 Sep 2020 00:14:44 GMT

No. There are two of us and no matter how many or how few dishes we use during the day we load the dishwasher as we go and wash it every night--the cycle depends on how many we have and how dirty they are.

In the morning the dishes are clean and dry, we get up and put them up and start over again. It is wonderful to have a clean sink all day, and then put up the very very clean dishes the next morning.

The glasses are sparkling and we are ready for a new day and things don't collect in the sink.

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CrazyKittyLvr2 — Thu, 17 Sep 2020 00:14:44 GMT

@deepwaterdotter I hand wash my good knives and certain pans but everything else get a quick rinse and in the dishwasher it goes.

My Mom filled the sink, washed the dishes and then put them in the dishwasher. Oy. Drove me crazy. "Mom, just rinse them, it's called a dishwasher because IT washes the dishes."

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Somertime — Thu, 17 Sep 2020 00:21:50 GMT

I love my dishwasher! Everything goes into my dishwasher except my good knives and the dog!! There is only me but with cooking and baking, I run the dishwasher every other day. Love it, especially now with the virus.

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NicksmomESQ — Thu, 17 Sep 2020 00:21:15 GMT

DH hand washes the pots & pans. The dishes, cutlery & everyday glasses get rinsed off & put in the dishwasher. I love my dishwasher & would never give it up.

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CLHS68 — Thu, 17 Sep 2020 00:23:19 GMT

Never had a dishwasher & wash all with my 2 hands & don't use paper plates.

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millieshops — Thu, 17 Sep 2020 00:26:17 GMT

In what I call my summer apartment, I use the dishwasher for storage. It's across the room from the sink and it's half the size of the ordinary machines. That makes it really inconvenient, but since it's there, I use it for a bit of extra storage. The top racks take my wraps - plastic, foil, parchment, a stash of garbage bags and in the bottom I stand cookie sheets, small pans, and lids; the silver receptacles hold all sorts of kitchen items I need but only rarely.

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ECBG — Thu, 17 Sep 2020 00:26:56 GMT

I don't put my pots and pans in the dishwasher, but everything else goes in. We rinse everything off then let it wash on "hot" when it fills.

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KailaS — Thu, 17 Sep 2020 00:41:44 GMT

I rent and have no disheasher except my two hands.

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rdwarrior — Thu, 17 Sep 2020 00:44:08 GMT

I rarely use the dishwasher. Only if I have company & guests exceed 5 people. Hand washing with hot soapy water -- have been doing since I got married in the early 80s. I remember renovating the kitchen in the mid-80s and I didn't want a dishwasher -- would have preferred an extra cabinet. But my husband won out on this and we installed the dishwasher. This was the only time in my marriage that he was right . When we eventually sold the home, and kitchen without a dishwasher would have been a negative.

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jannabelle1 — Thu, 17 Sep 2020 00:53:49 GMT

Oh my....I would never give up my dishwasher! It's just the two of us, but it's amazing how many bowls, small plates, utensils we use during the day. I run the dishwasher ever 2 days and love the squeaky clean and shiny utensils and dishes. I never, ever have a sink full of dishes - everything is rinsed and goes in the dishwasher as we use them. The only things I hand wash are my pans and knives, and I do that right after using them, and never in a sinkfull of water.

If you enjoy washing dishes, good for you. That's not my thing! I had my share of washing a sinkfull of dirty dishes in water that eventually wasn't very clean when I was growing up! No thanks, but you asked!

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kitcat51 — Thu, 17 Sep 2020 01:09:26 GMT

Always by hand...never had or wanted a dishwasher.

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Kachina624 — Thu, 17 Sep 2020 01:12:19 GMT

I have a dishwasher but find it easier to just wash my plate and silverware after every meal. The dishwasher is storing clean dishes.

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Xivambala — Thu, 17 Sep 2020 01:36:20 GMT

I am a one person household and always use my dishwasher. I had to wash the dishes by hand growing up as a child. On my own, no way. I load the dishwasher as I use my dishes, and run machine when it is full. I do put pans in my cycles as well.

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Jessa9 — Thu, 17 Sep 2020 01:45:23 GMT

Unfortunately I do too and I really hate doing dishes.

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aroc3435 — Thu, 17 Sep 2020 01:47:42 GMT

@deepwaterdotter In the townhouse I now rent there is a dishwasher. I have only used it twice, once when I moved in to learn how it worked and to be sure it worked, and the only time after that was when I had a really large social event to cook for and wanted to have the kitchen cleared and cleaned up before I left with the finished food.

My Significant Other needs things to keep him busy and doing dishes is one he enjoys doing. I also like doing dishes and we do them as we go--things don't sit in the sink unless we are soaking a dirty roasting or broiler pan.

I never put knives (other than tabletop setting) in the dishwasher or pots and pans or earthenware type items, or Lock and Lock.

Like some others I keep my oversized clean platters, casseroles, and other large, bulky dishware stored in there.

aroc3435

Washington, DC

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Meowingkitty — Thu, 17 Sep 2020 01:48:59 GMT

Ever since my husband starting working from home it seems I was always doing dishes all day long. Cat plates, regular glasses, silverware etc. I finally just had enough and started using the dishwasher a couple of times a week. Prior to that I never used it but now I like it.