[Closed] Washing up.

They go in the dishwahser when it's full it gets switched on.

I'll ask the housekeeper to have a word with the cook and get an answer for you.

Really?!!

Prompted by a visit to a house where I had trouble finding the door out of the kitchen, due to the ****lesness of the inhabitants.

Scumbags. 😀

a) after I've got sick of c), but then I soon revert back to c)
I blame entropy.

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My pet hate. I detest washing up. I usually leave it until I run out of plates and cutlery before breaking out the fairy liquid.

Before the wife gets home from work or I get a bollocking. I'd rather do the dishes than load and then unload the dishwasher which I hardly ever use.

We have a dishwasher so goes on daily, but pots etc usually that night, unless it's late or we're very tired then it gets done the next day at the latest.

A friend of mine who is a high end kitchen fitter has installed 2 dishwashers in some houses, you never have to empty them, use the clean plates from one as you go and put them into the other one when dirty, wash and repeat. Lazy huh.

A, for whatever can't/ doesn't fit in the dishwasher.

B and C will only lead to ............ mice!

Really?!!

Did you get your man bag?

I was hoping this was going to be a thread about techniques for washing up. I thought it was obvious, glasses first then cleanest-->dirtiest, but living with other people has shown that some people prefer a 'throw everything in the sink' approach. I've even seen people fill the sink with water while dirty plates/pots have been in it. Incredible.

As for the original question:

I normally do (a) or

d) When I get home from work and before cooking.

Ours goes on when its full - Why can't women load dishwashers? I can literally get 4 times the stuff in the dishwasher than my wife. They don't seem to struggle fitting 100 pairs of shoes into a small wardrobe.

After eating otherwise it gets left for about 3 week.

Got a dishwasher, but i still prefer to just wash em in sink with my flat cap on.

Did you get your man bag?

Good point.

Wash up during cooking, finish post noshing.

Lack of dishwasher was the single most hated thing about renting houses for me.

First thing i bought when we got our house was a dishwasher. Id rather do clothes by hand than wash dishes !

c) Leave it 'till your kitchen stinks and you've no more room left to pile stuff on the surfaces?

As a kind of dirty protest against the Missus. In her books; if I've cooked, it's my mess and therefore I must wash up, if she's cooked then she's done me a favour, and therefore I have to wash up.

I also have to make breakfast every day as she's "not a morning person", unfortunately the reverse doesn't hold true that I can bunk off the rest of the housework by not beuing an evening person (I actualy am, but I'd rather spend them on my bike).

I hate dishwahsers, they're not big enough to take an entire load of washing up (including pots and pans) if you've done anything more than a microwave meal, but too big to fill with just plates etc. So it ends up taking 3 days to fill with plates and get's put on because it's begun to stink, and in the meantime I've had to wash up every night anyway to do the pans, chopping boards etc! And don't get me started on people who wash knives in the dishwasher.......

dishwasher. runs about once a day; more if we have visitors.

but... some stuff (wooden handled cutlery, non D/W safe crockery, pans) will get washed up after every meal; breakfast, lunch, tea.

The two dishwashers idea isn't new to me, heard it espoused by a colleague about 20 years ago! saves putting stuff away only to get them back out again, though would need bigger kitchen!

Oh and seconded on the D/W packing, wife will chuck stuff in any old fashion with result that it's 'full' when in fact it's half empty and I have to re-pack it efficiently .. sheesh.

a and c

I seem to have not developed a cast iron rule

I got into the habit of c as I lived on a boat and water was precious so you had to have enough to justify it

These days more a and a dishwasher

Clean up any pans etc straight after I've eaten and put the plates in the dishwasher.

a) Do it after you've eaten? Sometimes
b) Do it in the morning? Other times

I hate not having a dishwasher.

I'm lazy (and not that half-assed lazy that most people are, you've got to put a bit of effort into laziness) so I do the path of least resistance. Pots and that, soak then clean before they go too crusty. Greasy stuff or things where there's lumps that'll end up all manky in the water, clean fairly quick. everything else can sit in a pile until I run out of counter.

Your dishwashers too small then tinas or your cooking three courses every day.

As long as its a full cabinat sized one itll take a family of threes daily dishes no issues. If packed right. And we more often than not cook from scratch. The only thing the dishwasher struggles with is roast dishes - they need soaked first.

half size cabinet ones - pathetic.

Mostly a) after eating. Although I am lazy and often use the machine.

Wash up as we cook then after weve eaten. Unless to drunk tired lazy then it get left till the next day.

A friend of mine who is a high end kitchen fitter has installed 2 dishwashers in some houses, you never have to empty them, use the clean plates from one as you go and put them into the other one when dirty, wash and repeat. Lazy huh.

Lazy? No the man is a genius, it's the magic pixie cupboard in the corner & I won't be without one again. Washing up is a waste of life, I hate it and will let it pile up until there nothing left to use.
My 1st job was a kitchen porter, you don't know about washing up, until you've worked in a professional kitchen 😯

Somewhere between a) & before leaving for work the next morning.

I wash them straight away.

Far easier and quicker than letting the dishes stack up.

C) but I only have a few items of crockery so it forces me to wash up with in a day or 2 anyway

Less is more betterer

My 1st job was a kitchen porter

Me too, this might explain my slightly OTT and meticulous approach to washing up.

Di-swah-shuh
Am reluctant to clutter up the kitchen with domestic stuff but bought a mini dishwasher a couple of months back and it’s ace—everything else in life might be utter poo but the dishes are spangly clean and the sink doesn’t smell like something climbed in there and died

thisisnotaspoon - Member

As a kind of dirty protest against the Missus. In her books; if I've cooked, it's my mess and therefore I must wash up, if she's cooked then she's done me a favour, and therefore I have to wash up.

I also have to make breakfast every day as she's "not a morning person", unfortunately the reverse doesn't hold true that I can bunk off the rest of the housework by not beuing an evening person (I actualy am, but I'd rather spend them on my bike).

Lazy cow, I hope she gives good blow jobs.

Usually straight after eating, except for Fridays which is lazy night.
We have a dishwasher but only use it for crockery, knive and forks, a cups and glasses.

I'm a bit of a luddite and a minimalist who doesn't really like buying things and is quick to dismiss the vast majority of consumer goods as superfluous. But having discovered the joys of a dishwasher about five years ago, there is no going back.

After five minutes with a dish washer, hand washing dishes seemed as ridiculous and archaic as bare earth floors, wall mounted gas lighting and tin baths in front of the coal fire.

Knife for the marmite to spread on the crumpets. Marmite never goes off or mouldy, so no need to wash it.

Fork for the potnoodle. Rinse it the next time you go to the kitchen.

Mug for tea. Rinse as above.

(actually do know someone whose kitchen habits are basically that)

Definitely c, every time.

wash up roughly once every 1.5 days here. Pet hate with the Mrs is when she uses a clean cup for every drink rather than rinse one out, oh and not wiping sharp knives and putting back so they get blunted in the sink, oh and putting sharp knives in the sink, oh and only washing the inside of saucepans.

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My wife actually enjoys washing up (so do I a bit) but neither of us likes drying. So, if there's too much to fit in the drainer she'll wash up and leave it to drain/dry in the dishwasher (which is only used for its proper purpose when we have guests).

The washing up is done twice a day here. The rule that's enforced is post supper. My wife insists the kitchen is sparkling every evening. The following morning the cycle starts again. In recent times this has all been much helped by a dishwasher and 3 children. If they ever complain, without fail, get the story of my duty as a child of 7 having to solo wash and dry for a family of 8 twice a week. Used to take ages. That along with wood processing duties,bins, dogs, hanging out washing unloading clay deliveries/packing kilns at dads pottery...hang on, my old man had it sorted!!

Having been in a shared house for the last 4 years one thing I can't understand is the degrees of washing up I've seen.

IMO it's either clean or dirty, but some people have this shades of grey approach, do they think 'it may still be a bit dirty, but at least now it's clean dirt'? Je ne comprends pas.

Also had a housemate who put stuff in the cupboards still wet which was always a nice surprise and another who used to put surgical gloves on underneath the marigolds.

People are weird.

Ours goes on when its full - Why can't women load dishwashers? I can literally get 4 times the stuff in the dishwasher than my wife. They don't seem to struggle fitting 100 pairs of shoes into a small wardrobe.

Are you me?

It tends to be c in my house. Mainly because my OH is in charge of the washing up and I'm not so bothered about it to spend my time nagging him. It tends to get done when he realises I don't have anything clean left to cook with or serve it onto...

Also had a housemate who put stuff in the cupboards still wet

On more than one occasion I've picked up an upside down glass which has been put in the cupboard wet and been treated to a damp whiff of stagnant muck. House sharing certainly has its quirks.

My only experience of dishwashers is that the one at work has removed the design from my STW mug (irony?)...

Bearnecessities
Wash up during cooking, finish post noshing.

Having had many lodgers and house shares over the years, I have observed the 90% rule in action. Everyone does 90% of their washing up. Overlooking approximately 10% of washing up created. After a couple of days, this mounts up until it impinges on my consciousness and I either mention or glower (techniques vary according to lodger) or crack and do all the oddments in one washing up spree.

Even with just me and him, cafetieres seem to be invisible to the washer-upper, only to reappear when the next person goes to the sink...

"don't do the washing up, leave it till the morning and we'll go in together!"

"it is the morning, stand aside"
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I always remember as a student, we had to clear a section of worktop to make a sandwich due to no-body being arsed to do the washing up.

A friend of mine who is a high end kitchen fitter has installed 2 dishwashers in some houses, you never have to empty them, use the clean plates from one as you go and put them into the other one when dirty, wash and repeat. Lazy huh.

This is genius

nothing winds me up like washing up

best money I ever spent was buying a dishwasher

Unfortunately I have to wash up before I eat my food, god knows why. I often check to see if I have forgotten anything 🙁
During the day, if anything gets used it gets washed and put away there and then. Cannot stand anything grubby being left out.

hmmm

controversial.

See I think I'm lazy too .. so as someone said above I take the path of least resistance, but we have a tiny kitchen and don't own a dishwasher (tho the missus swears blind there's room for a slimline but I don't want one)
Path of least resistance .. wash it up as you go along during prep .. i.e. if you've chopped and waiting for stuff to boil then wash the board and knives straight away.
Wash the rest as soon as you've finished eating before it 'sets'as there's less waiting for stuff to soak and/or scrubbing.

+ I like to wake up and make a coffee in a tidy kitchen then a messy one.

The Missus and I have a deal. she cooks, I wash, but occasionally it goes the other way, and she leaves the washing up unless I moan usually just before bed, so she starts just as I'm trying to have a shower before bed 🙄

Oh, and I'm not sure a dishwasher's worth it. Maybe with a family of six but for 2 or 3 .. you still have to manually wash up so much. That and we've only got about 6 of everything so we'd have to go and buy more cutlery and crockery. And my experience of unloading my parents / in laws/ friends is that including drying the little bits of gathered water, and putting it all back nicely still takes as long as a quick load of washing up (if it had been fresh and 'un-set')

I had been a firm beleiver that dishwashers were more hassle than their worth and it was easier just to wash up.

We have been using the dishwasher a bit recently and actually, I think I'm beginning to change my mind. If we just have a little bit then I'll just wash it up, but if there is a lot then dishwasher for sure. It's also good because you can fill it up and put it on when we go out returning to clean crockery!!

It does mean we have lost the use of the dishwasher as a cupboard though!!

I dislike mess in the kitchen so the dishes are done after meal times usually by me
I do find it kinda therapeutic ,the kids will pitch in when nagged ....

New kitchen, dishwasher was soon deleted from list of appliances because
Mrs Pingu does dishes and saw no need to get a new Mrs Pingu when the old one still works.Not sure when they are actually done and its slightly weird as occasionally she moans about them not being done but as we don't have fairies I can only assume she does them sometime between meals.

A friend of mine who is a high end kitchen fitter has installed 2 dishwashers in some houses, you never have to empty them, use the clean plates from one as you go and put them into the other one when dirty, wash and repeat. Lazy huh.

I think that's possible the best idea I've heard in a long time. My next kitchen upgrade will be a second dishwasher

a)
6-10 times a day by hand, by me.

Washing Up???

Eh??

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