Dish washer or washing up ?

[palinurus]

Kitchen's too small. Decided against a toaster for that reason so a dishwasher is definitely out.

 

[Salad Dodger]

Dishwasher or wash up by hand?
A bit of both for me. Bung all the crockery and cutlery in the machine (which I actually call the cupwasher because we drink a lot of cups of tea and coffee), but wash the saucepans and oven dishes by hand, thus leaving a tidy kitchen and making Mrs S happy.....

 

[tyred]

Don't see much point in getting a dishwasher.

Just throw the empties away when you've finished lunch and job done

 

[slowmotion]

Don't see much point in getting a dishwasher.

Just throw the empties away when you've finished lunch and job done
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Salad with fish and chips!
I used salt and vinegar......now it's vinaigrette

 

[Accy cyclist]

Salad with fish and chips!
I used salt and vinegar......now it's vinaigrette

The other night i had veggie curry,rice and a side order of mushy peas.

 

[PaulSB]

Always the dishwasher. We'd have been divorced without one before the kids left home.

Glasses washed by hand as are saucepans or other metal cooking vessels. Anything which has been in contact with mashed potatoes needs rinsing first.

 

[PaulSB]

I have had dishwashers for the last 30 years. I hate washing up. Just rinse the worst off, put them in the dishwasher and shut the door. No mess. My last one bit the dust at the beginning of this year, and i can't aford to replace it yet.

You really need these BIG HUGS.

 

[biggs682]

Well back to the sink for me this morning only a few items but hey i dont mind

 

[DCBassman]

We have a slimline DW, but if I were given the choice, I'd ditch it.

I'm not given the choice.

 

[woodbutcher]

This may sound a touch obsessive but we don't have a dishwasher so we pre-rinse everything a bowl of hot water and washing up liquid and chuck that down the drain. Then in another bowl of hot water with no wash-up liquid we do a final wash. Then this is decanted into a watering can and when its cool it is used to water the plants in the garden . We started doing this in June and there has been only a tiny amount of rain since then. It just seemed crazy to throw water away in these conditions. Having just read what l have written it does sound a bit bonkers though

 

[biggs682]

TThen in another bowl of hot water with no wash-up liquid we do a final wash. Then this is decanted into a watering can and when its cool it is used to water the plants in the garden . We started doing this in June and there has been only a tiny amount of rain since then. It just seemed crazy to throw water away in these conditions. Having just read what l have written it does sound a bit bonkers though

not at all @woodbutcher we have been putting our washing up fluid on the veg patch since middle of summer to keep it going

 

[woodbutcher]

not at all @woodbutcher we have been putting our washing up fluid on the veg patch since middle of summer to keep it going

And doesn't it just go to show how much expensive water we flush down the drain otherwise ?

 

[PK99]

And doesn't it just go to show how much expensive water we flush down the drain otherwise ?

And how much less we flush with a dishwasher.

 

[woodbutcher]

And how much less we flush with a dishwasher.

I have no idea how much water a dishwasher uses per wash cycle, or how much electricity they use over a given period or what the initial financial outlay would typically be. But l do know that the water they use goes down the drain

 

[Pale Rider]

Even those who like their dishwashers say some stuff has to be rinsed and some stuff has to be washed by hand.

Thus the overall water use for a 'dishwasher user' is what the machine uses plus the amount used by rinsing and hand washing.

It seems to me inevitable the dishwasher household will be using more water to wash up than the household which washes only by hand.

And as has been observed, the hand wash household has the option to use the washing up water on the garden or down the toilet.