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Post by Moose on Jul 18, 2013 18:44:10 GMT
I would technically prefer to cook but for the sake of the other guests it's probably better if I do the washing up What about the rest of you?
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Post by raspberrybullets on Jul 18, 2013 19:07:04 GMT
I prefer to cook generally. Although not every day. But I usually do the washing up anyway as I am not fond of how DG does it. Dutch have funny washing up habits.
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Post by Kye on Jul 18, 2013 19:30:05 GMT
I hate both, but I'd marginally prefer to cook.
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Post by Moose on Jul 18, 2013 19:49:43 GMT
What is a funny washing up habit?
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Post by Alvamiga on Jul 18, 2013 20:42:09 GMT
Cooking, without a question! Washing up feels like a lot of work and nothing to show at the end of it, other than having your dishes back again. Also, cooking is much more varied. Washing up is always the same.
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Post by Mari on Jul 18, 2013 20:46:11 GMT
I hate both, but if I have to choose: washing up. In my new kitchen I'll have a dishwasher though.
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Post by tangent on Jul 18, 2013 21:06:15 GMT
If it's an ox roast in the back garden, then cooking, otherwise washing up.
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Post by Alvamiga on Jul 18, 2013 22:14:26 GMT
Given a space, my dishwasher would be called back into the fray. It was a choice between the dish washer and the washing machine and that's also no contest!
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Post by jayme on Jul 19, 2013 1:33:40 GMT
Neither.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 19, 2013 5:41:09 GMT
I'd like to do more cooking, but I usually get home too late, so the washing up.
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Post by Miisa on Jul 19, 2013 7:21:27 GMT
I tend to prefer washing up. Brits have odd washing up habits, they don't rinse.
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Post by Alvamiga on Jul 19, 2013 7:36:35 GMT
That's a very sweeping statement! I know many people who obsess about it.
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Post by Miisa on Jul 19, 2013 8:35:58 GMT
I have never seen a Brit rinse a dish, it is always wash, wipe dry. Blergh. I won't even dry them with a towel as it leaves dust in the glasses, air and drip-dry only. But then Finnish kitchens have a whole cupboard above the sink for this purpose.
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Post by tangent on Jul 19, 2013 12:55:10 GMT
I usually pre-wash dirty and greasy dishes, which some might call a rinse, prior to washing them with detergent but I also rinse glasses after washing them with detergent.
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Post by bill on Jul 19, 2013 14:44:35 GMT
I can cook basic things and will if necessary but my wife hates washing up. Therefore she cooks and I wash up. It works for us.
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Post by ProdigalAlan on Jul 19, 2013 14:49:15 GMT
May the gods bless my dishwasher
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Post by JoeP on Jul 19, 2013 14:49:26 GMT
Takeaways* and dishwashers
* not actually how I live
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Post by tangent on Jul 19, 2013 17:20:57 GMT
We've never had a dishwasher and I can't say I really want one. We don't have room for one anyway.
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Post by bill on Jul 19, 2013 18:10:01 GMT
May the gods bless my dishwasher I actually don't mind washing up. My daughters both have one. You still have to rinse some of the pots and then you have to load the washer.
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Post by jayme on Jul 19, 2013 19:58:19 GMT
I want a dishwasher so hard! And a house to go with it!
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Post by Moose on Jul 19, 2013 20:30:45 GMT
I always rinse dishes under the cold tap after washing them. But I've seen people not do so .. it;s werid
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Post by Mari on Jul 19, 2013 20:43:09 GMT
Why rinse them after cleaning them? That's weird. You're supposed to soak them first, then wash them and then either leave them in a rack to dry or dry them yourself.
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Post by Miisa on Jul 19, 2013 20:45:35 GMT
Because of soap on the dishes?
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Post by Mari on Jul 19, 2013 20:48:23 GMT
Which drips off or you wipe it off when drying them? I'd say there's only need for that when you have an excessive amount of soap in your dishwater.
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Post by Mari on Jul 19, 2013 20:50:00 GMT
Oh wait, I just remembered the Japanese. Do you perhaps not make a tile of water with soap and wash your dishes in that, but instead pour the liquid on whatever you use to clean them and have the water running whilst you wash up? Then rinsing afterward would make sense.
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Post by Moose on Jul 19, 2013 21:01:27 GMT
um what Miisa said .. because of soap and goodness knows what else on the dishes
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Post by jayme on Jul 19, 2013 22:16:30 GMT
Yeah. That. ^
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Post by tangent on Jul 19, 2013 22:43:51 GMT
If the dishes are very dirty, the washing up water becomes slightly dirty. This can leave a thin film on the dishes when they're dry. More importantly, the water drains off the dishes onto the draining rack and the draining rack becomes gunged up with dry detergent. It's not unhygienic but the draining rack is very difficult to clean.
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Post by Alvamiga on Jul 20, 2013 7:31:54 GMT
I must be doing something very different. I wash the dishes and, just before putting them into the rack, I dip them under the surface to make them as wet as possible, with no bubbles on them, place them on the rack and the liquid pours down the item, taking the last of anything with it. I wash the cutlery, then the glasses, cups, plates, then other stuff. When the water is at its dirtiest, I use that to rinse out the jars and so on for recycling (not important if they're not spotlessly clean, just not vile). I suppose that none of my stuff ever has gunky food on it (probably the main benefit of my diet) so a lot of the problems people encounter with pasta, sauces, etc I totally avoid in the first place.
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Post by Mari on Jul 20, 2013 7:42:33 GMT
If the dishes are very dirty, the washing up water becomes slightly dirty. . Which is why you soak them first, so they are basically clean and non-greasy etc. when you do wash them up.
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