hand-washing dishes versus dishwasher...

[Arch]

You wash up before you eat? That's way past weird...that's deranged. No offense.

Makes sense to me. Goes like this.

Pasta cooked, sauce simmering. Drain pasta into colander, while it's dripping quickly wash out pasta pan and refill with water, replace on cooling hob plate. Dump pasta in bowl, pour over sauce, wash out sauce pan, refill with water put on other cooling hotplate. Takes seconds. The sauce would be to hot to eat anyway.

Obviously, I wash my bowl and fork after I eat!

 

[Night Train]

The AmDram theatre group I was with do Christmas dinners for the local elderly every year and we would feed about 90 people. I would help serve the starter and main and then set to at the sink washing everything by hand while pudding and coffee was served. The washing up would use all the hot water in the tank and then washed pans would be on the cooker heating water to carry on with. It could be 2-3 hours over a sink pot washing.
I am always happy to do that as I don't mind it and everyone else hates it. Hand washing is quicker then a dishwasher too as we need to wash the crocks from the first served to reuse for the last served, and starter crocks for the pudding.

 

[rodgy-dodge]

right haven't read any of the other replies jumped straight to reply recently I tried to do without mine, we're having a new kitchen fitted soon and thought seeing as there are just the two of us at home I'd go back to washing the dishes by hand. I was 50 / 50 wether to have a new intergrated dishwasher fitted in to the new kitchen. Husband was 100% for no dishwasher. So I tested (him) how it would work...He left all his dishes for me to wash and to be quite frank I can find better things to do with my time. I found I was washing up what seemed like 'all the time'. With the dishwasher its great rinse then put them in the machine, no dirty dishes hanging around...Can't stand to see dishes in the sink or round work spaces, We put it on every two days (any longer than this and the dishes start to smell even when they've been rinsed), I'm not sure if this saves on water usage but I'm led to believe it does. Yes we're having a new dishwasher wouldn't be without it now. Oh and its great when we have family dinners no one minds putting their dishes in the dishwasher rather than stood there washing up.

 

[rodgy-dodge]

Erm...Shouldn't it have been the other way round?

Yeah to right, that was the test! but I seem to be affected with 'ocd' when dishes are left!

 

[Fab Foodie]

Quick domestic here ....
The saintly Mrs FF and I come to blows over this (we've been together 30 years so we have more straws than camels have backs).
There's five of us, and we do proper cooking so all meals are a catering event, but at the end when clearing-up she'll fill a large part of the dishwasher with colander and a couple of pans and then leave a stack of dirty plates sitting on the side for the next loead (some hours later). She gets really annoyed when I remove the pans and quickly wash-em by hand to fill the space with all the dirty plates - voila, tidier kitchen!
I'm not appreciated ....

 

[Simba]

By the time you have scraped the food off, filled up the dishwasher and turned it on, you could have finished washing them by hand. I am anti-dishwasher as it's a lazy man/woman's appliance. Yes I have had one in the past but it's just too much pissing around.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

...at the end when clearing-up she'll fill a large part of the dishwasher with colander and a couple of pans and then leave a stack of dirty plates sitting on the side for the next loead (some hours later). She gets really annoyed when I remove the pans and quickly wash-em by hand to fill the space with all the dirty plates - voila, tidier kitchen!
I'm not appreciated ....

I tend to rearrange the plates, etc. Mrs 3BM has put in the dishwasher to fit more stuff in - Dishwasher Nazi she says!

 

[Chromatic]

I too have often to rearrange things after the less competent members (well, one member in particular) of our household have thrown stuff in willy nilly.

 

[rodgy-dodge]

Quick domestic here ....
The saintly Mrs FF and I come to blows over this (we've been together 30 years so we have more straws than camels have backs).
There's five of us, and we do proper cooking so all meals are a catering event, but at the end when clearing-up she'll fill a large part of the dishwasher with colander and a couple of pans and then leave a stack of dirty plates sitting on the side for the next loead (some hours later). She gets really annoyed when I remove the pans and quickly wash-em by hand to fill the space with all the dirty plates - voila, tidier kitchen!
I'm not appreciated ....

Aw you would be here thats exactly what I do clean the pans by hand but load as many dishes in the machine as poss' saves time mess and money thank god its only happens once in a blue moon

 

[Fnaar]

Bosch or Siemens are the ones to go for.

Or Smeg?

I find that a quick Bosch puts paid to the Siemens and Smeg*

*especially with large jugs and decent-sized cups. But it doesn't seem to do too well with fried eggs. Unless you have already excited the residue somewhat beforehand. Or perhaps put a little blue tablet in.
And if you're in the mood for a fish supper, then a Bosch is unnecessary. Same with a kebab. However, if you want to put some horseradish sauce on the wife's beef, you'll really need a Bosch.
But if you're simply having one of these (see pic), then you probably don't need one. Or maybe you do. I can't remember. It's been a while.

 

[SavageHoutkop]

Hand washing is quicker then a dishwasher too as we need to wash the crocks from the first served to reuse for the last served, and starter crocks for the pudding.

You have clearly not come across an industrial-strength dishwasher. There is one in our church, which does 'lightly soiled' dishes in 2 minutes (teacups, saucers) and plates in 3. Cannot be beaten!

 

[ArDee]

Our first dish washing machine came free with a new kitchen when we replaced the old one in a previous house in the late 80's early 90's, Mrs ArDee didn't want it. Every house we've moved into since we've either installed one or it's been already installed; wouldn't be without a dish washer now.

There is a down side though; at Christmas after Christmas dinner people used to offer to help with the washing up, they never offer to help load the dishwasher .

 

[Fab Foodie]

There is a down side though; at Christmas after Christmas dinner people used to offer to help with the washing up, they never offer to help load the dishwasher .

That's a very interesting observation ... and it's true!
The big wash-up used to be an essential part of the 'family' experience!

 

[Night Train]

You have clearly not come across an industrial-strength dishwasher. There is one in our church, which does 'lightly soiled' dishes in 2 minutes (teacups, saucers) and plates in 3. Cannot be beaten!

They wouldn't be able to afford it, it is only a 'just surviving' church hall with almost no income.

 

[sheddy]

OT, but has anyone used a tabletop dishwasher ? Mum is having trouble doing the washing up in one go and I wondered if this could be a solution (there's no room for a full size one)