Minor household wars: should cutlery be sorted in the dishwasher?
NOprophet_NØprofit
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Perhaps it's the pandemic. Little things like whether the knives, forks & spoons should be put together in a dishwasher become discussions. What is your opinion? Me: separating the cutlery in the dishwasher makes easier unpacking.
You? And what other similar things might disrupt domestic household bliss?
You? And what other similar things might disrupt domestic household bliss?
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Cutlery—or flatware as we’d say here—should be put in at random and separated when being put away. Otherwise, spoons and forks can nest while washing and may not get as clean.
And knife points down, handles of all flatware up. Otherwise, not only might you get stabbed, as @NOprophet_NØprofit says, you also may end up handling the blades that were just cleaned, or the bowls of spoons and tines of forks that’ll be going into mouths.
And good knives for food prep should be washed by hand, not put in the dishwasher.
Them’s my opinions and I’m sticking to them.
We no longer have a dishwasher and the disagreements in the kitchen have almost stopped.
"We no longer have a dishwasher and the disagreements in the kitchen have almost stopped."
Even about who does the dishes by hand?
He cooks though. And shops.
For which I give daily thanks and much praise.
@Nick Tamen I think you and I are twins. My family leaves the dishes out for me to load into the machine, because they know they will always do it wrong, and I will redo it anyway. Keep like utensils away from like or they nest and stay dirty. I completely agree with you on orientation of handles. And never, ever, ever wash a quality knife in the dishwasher.
Perhaps you and I should consider cohabiting. It looks like we agree on the most basic essentials of life together
The one that really gets me, though: the plates go in slots 1, 2 and 3. Why in the name of all that is sacred would you put them in slots 1, 3 and 5 with a space in between?
But in the meantime, we can each take comfort in the sure and certain knowledge that the other is out there, Doing Dishwashering RightTM.
I am a points-down, handles-upward organizer, on the theory that you pick them up by the handles and they stay cleaner and don't poke you. But I'm not fussed about it, and sometimes others load with handles down.
I could join you too, maybe? Because it's the One True Way™.
Wow! I knew I liked the way both of you thought. Who would have dreamed that our similarities would be so profound!
Only if they are wearing face-masks.
Maybe not, but what about knives?
Totally agree. There is, however, a distinct difference in quality among the various brands of dishwasher detergent.
And do you rinse the plates first, or load them in caked with leftover food?
We never put silver or silver-plated anything in the dishwasher.
My little kitchen has no new-fangled dishwasher, but I suspect that one will exist sometime in the future; D-U is wanting me to have a new kitchen installed. (She and her dear hubby have been helping me to update my home!)
It’s the price I pay for having a resident cook.
Why, what else would you do with your time?
(Ducks and runs, narrowly missing the carving knife thrown after him...
but falling to the small, sharp and lethal prongs of a highly-polished cake fork!)
My boyfriend and I share the cooking duties, and the one who cooks does the dishes, because I clean as I go and he doesn't.