I'm not a fan of dishwashers. You have to handwash the dish, then put it through the dishwasher, then handwash it when it comes out. It seems a lot easier to just handwash it once at full effort.
Now, this article suggests that the first handwashing can be skipped with contemporary detergents, which is useful information if true, though I think it wouldn't help in the social situations the article talks about since it makes it look as though you're cutting corners.
Why bother with the dishwasher if you're already washing the dishes? I don't do any of those manual steps and my dishes come out clean. Modern dishwashers and soap are very good at the entire process.
Modern dishwashers are great. I was firmly of your opinion for years, stubbornly a hand washer. Now I rinse dishes until there are no chunks left, sauce, grease, etc is all OK. Put them into the washer, and most evenings decide it's full enough and click start. The next day clean dry dishes are loaded directly into the cabinets.
Oh, I forgot to mention that if your local water is hard, then no amount of handwashing will save you from your dish being made worse. Not an issue for me at the moment, though, but I've lived in places where the water seems to be about 70% calcium.
Ok. I quickly rinse the dishes before putting them in the dishwasher, and put them straight back to the cupboard once it's done. I've been washing dishes by hand for 15 years and now I have my first dishwasher. So I know the difference, and I'm loving it.
re: hard water: your dishwasher has a setting for that. Set it correctly and make the dishwasher salt compartment isn't empty and your dishwasher will deal fine with hard water.
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I'm not a fan of dishwashers. You have to handwash the dish, then put it through the dishwasher, then handwash it when it comes out. It seems a lot easier to just handwash it once at full effort.
Now, this article suggests that the first handwashing can be skipped with contemporary detergents, which is useful information if true, though I think it wouldn't help in the social situations the article talks about since it makes it look as though you're cutting corners.
Why bother with the dishwasher if you're already washing the dishes? I don't do any of those manual steps and my dishes come out clean. Modern dishwashers and soap are very good at the entire process.
Modern dishwashers are great. I was firmly of your opinion for years, stubbornly a hand washer. Now I rinse dishes until there are no chunks left, sauce, grease, etc is all OK. Put them into the washer, and most evenings decide it's full enough and click start. The next day clean dry dishes are loaded directly into the cabinets.
You have to clean the filter more frequently, is the trade off. Not a bad one IMO.
> You have to handwash the dish, then put it through the dishwasher, then handwash it when it comes out.
What?
I think a lot of dishwasher opinions are based on how your mom told you to wash the dishes 35 years ago.
"What?" Great rebuttal, you sure convinced me!
Oh, I forgot to mention that if your local water is hard, then no amount of handwashing will save you from your dish being made worse. Not an issue for me at the moment, though, but I've lived in places where the water seems to be about 70% calcium.
Most people don't wash the dishes coming out of the dishwasher.
I guess you might legitimately be confused about that.
Anyway, the other poster wasn't trying to rebut you, they were prompting to explain why you do those things.
Ok. I quickly rinse the dishes before putting them in the dishwasher, and put them straight back to the cupboard once it's done. I've been washing dishes by hand for 15 years and now I have my first dishwasher. So I know the difference, and I'm loving it.
re: hard water: your dishwasher has a setting for that. Set it correctly and make the dishwasher salt compartment isn't empty and your dishwasher will deal fine with hard water.
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