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Rob R
Joined: 28 Oct 2004 Posts: 31902 Location: York
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Posted: Wed Dec 30, 09 7:44 pm Post subject: |
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You run half a bowl of water, add some washing up liquid, dip in the glasses to rinse, put them to drain. Then the mugs (without dregs!) go in, and then the cutlery is dumped in and the plates go on top. They're washed, and if need be theres space for more water to rinse bits off. And then come the pans... And the whole job is done, the dishes are draining, and it took ten minutes and they're all clean. |
I've been trying to get my head round this and spotted the huge problem with the way I wash up, so I've gone back to read the ten minute routine. I could only ever do it that way by pre-heating all the dirty cutlery, pots and pans or the water would be too cold for effective washing by the time the cutlery is in. Plates in particular sap the heat from the water, the only way I could make that work is using just boiling water from the start (obviously I can't). It would be completely cold by the time it came to pans- and if you've had anything at all fatty you need fresh water and heat to cut the grease.
Our busy lives mean that, as much as I'd like to have the time to wash up after every meal, some days I hardly have time for a meal at all! So I may only be able to wash up once per day, or less often and have to tackle it in batches- all the cutlery, all the plates, pans, etc. The milking stuff is one area that has to be washed daily.
I'm guessing the ten minute routine is for two people, one meal? If so three meals in the day would be 30 minutes, if you have a couple of kids that could be an hour per day. As a family of four, depending upon what was being cooked, the dishwasher tended to go on every other day. Some things are best washed immediately (as they need regular use, or putting away after use, or are too bulky for the dishwasher). |
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Silas
Joined: 29 Oct 2004 Posts: 6848 Location: Staffordshire
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Posted: Wed Dec 30, 09 9:12 pm Post subject: |
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Rob R wrote: |
cab wrote: |
You run half a bowl of water, add some washing up liquid, dip in the glasses to rinse, put them to drain. Then the mugs (without dregs!) go in, and then the cutlery is dumped in and the plates go on top. They're washed, and if need be theres space for more water to rinse bits off. And then come the pans... And the whole job is done, the dishes are draining, and it took ten minutes and they're all clean. |
I've been trying to get my head round this and spotted the huge problem with the way I wash up, so I've gone back to read the ten minute routine. I could only ever do it that way by pre-heating all the dirty cutlery, pots and pans or the water would be too cold for effective washing by the time the cutlery is in. Plates in particular sap the heat from the water, the only way I could make that work is using just boiling water from the start (obviously I can't). It would be completely cold by the time it came to pans- and if you've had anything at all fatty you need fresh water and heat to cut the grease.
Our busy lives mean that, as much as I'd like to have the time to wash up after every meal, some days I hardly have time for a meal at all! So I may only be able to wash up once per day, or less often and have to tackle it in batches- all the cutlery, all the plates, pans, etc. The milking stuff is one area that has to be washed daily.
I'm guessing the ten minute routine is for two people, one meal? If so three meals in the day would be 30 minutes, if you have a couple of kids that could be an hour per day. As a family of four, depending upon what was being cooked, the dishwasher tended to go on every other day. Some things are best washed immediately (as they need regular use, or putting away after use, or are too bulky for the dishwasher). |
No.We are a family of four,but more often six with the kids partners almost always around. Cab does exactly what I do and it really is 10 min absolute max. |
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gz
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Nicky cigreen
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Silas
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chez
Joined: 13 Aug 2006 Posts: 35934 Location: The Hive of the Uberbee, Quantock Hills, Somerset
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Nicky cigreen
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chez
Joined: 13 Aug 2006 Posts: 35934 Location: The Hive of the Uberbee, Quantock Hills, Somerset
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gil Downsizer Moderator
Joined: 08 Jun 2005 Posts: 18409
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Posted: Wed Dec 30, 09 9:58 pm Post subject: |
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I think myself lucky to have a pantry as well as a kitchen.
The kitchen has [ha!] a two and a half bowl sink, but no draining boards. Fat lot of use that is for washing up.
The pantry has a single, large, old stainless steel sink with a draining board on each side, where I have draining racks and a cutlery drainer. This is where the washing up gets done. Items to wash are stacked on a tea trolley by the pantry sink.
In order, into the washing up bowl, washed and drained :
1. Glasses [if done while the bowl is still filling from the tap, are rinsed under the tap]
2. Mugs/cups
3. Bowls and plates
4. Cutlery and utensils
5. Plastic boxes, mixing bowls
6. Easy saucepans [that veg have been boiled in, for instance]
7. Dirty saucepans
8. Roasting tins; anything with food burnt on - often scraped, filled with water and washing up liquid and left to soak for a while, or till next washing up sesh
Everything washed up is left to drain overnight, and put away next morning while I am making a pot of tea.
Like most things, it is easier and faster when you have a routine. |
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pookie
Joined: 01 Aug 2006 Posts: 4984 Location: Mid-Wales
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Silas
Joined: 29 Oct 2004 Posts: 6848 Location: Staffordshire
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