/ck/ - Food & Cooking

when my dishwasher gets full I turn it on

>>17612173
Lazy water wastin

>cook
>eat
>wash pots/pans, dishes/bowls and cutlery
>set in draining basket
I don't hand dry.

>choice scrub
Idk wtf that means. A sponge or something? I use a brush to wash shit. Since nothing really sits long enough to get crusty, I don't need anything that really scrubs, though if that does happen, I use a washing up powder and a bit of steel wool, rinse it then wash again with liquid detergent.
I water down the liquid detergent and put it into a foaming dispenser. I have four such dispensers, one for each bathroom sink (filled with handsoap), one for the kitchen sink (filled with liquid dish detergent) and one for shower (filled with shampoo).

>>17612195
Lies. Uses less water on average assuming you run it when full.
https://www.cnet.com/home/kitchen-and-household/how-much-water-do-dishwashers-use/

>>17612850
I started measuring the water I use when washing dishes and it's shocking how much I do. I averaged about a litre per meal per person, give or take. This includes the pan (takes me about a half litre), the plate, the cutlery and the glass. Seems like a lot to me.

>>17612171
I wash whatever I'm using as soon as I'm done with it. Only lazy faggots make a huge pile to deal with later. Disgusting.

>>17612895
You have to really try to save water doing dishes. The water-saving way is by not giving fuck about how dirty the wash water is and being as stingy as possible with the rinse water.

This is basically what dishwashers do though.. So it's no surprise the average person is more wasteful than the washer.

>>17613538
>wash water
>rinse water
That takes me back. I hadn't heard those terms since I was a baker back in uni and we had those triple sinks for washing, rinsing and sanitising.

At home, I just get shit wet, scrub it with foaming dish detergent and rinse off with running water, repeating if necessary (it seldom is). To check the amount of water I used, I removed the pipe from under the drain and put an old feed bucket from when I used to ride under it. I was completely blindsided by how much water I was using.

>>17613757
We've taken to just soaking pots/pans if they need them, hand washing those because they take up a YUGE amount of space in the washer and don't usually take too much extra water to wash by hand, and using the dishwasher for everything else. Never measured consumption but it's pretty widely accepted and demonstrated that the machine is a more efficient dishwasher than humans.

Are those countertop dishwashers where you just pour water in a reservoir worth it?
We live in a pretty small appartment with no space for a real washer and no extra water outlets.

>>17612171
I hand wash my dishes with a natural bar soap by hand,

and let them air dry on a wooden rack like a man.

>>17612171
I "wash" my dishes immediately after I finish eating. I lick the plate or bowl clean, then wipe it down with a paper towel, then put them back on the shelf. Sometimes I spray a little water on a paper towel to give everything a little extra polish. I do the same thing with pots and utensils.

>>17612171
Is dish soap bad for the environment? I want to know if I should use more or not.

>>17612171
I aim for washing dishes after every meal, it's just easier.
Spent some time outside of the city and I became aware of my water waste, so I just try to improve on that.
For a scrub? I like sponges witha scratchy green pad. Dishwashing sticks are great but everyone makes them so you have to know whats good. My all time favorite scrub is a simple washing cloth,, you can clean dishes and all surfaces with a clean rag.
Dawn dishsoap is soft on my hands but palmolive dries them out.

>>17614764
Surprisingly, yes, though mine connected to the tap directly by unscrewing the aerator and screwing on the dishwasher's intake hose. As I can only fit four plates, four shallow bowls and four glasses at a time in mine, I used to run it about once daily, give or take. The cutlery basket is about half the size of a normal dishwasher's, too.
I bought a house ten years ago and can't for the fuck of me get the aerator off the kitchen tap so my countertop dishwasher just sits about collecting dust now.

>>17616296
>washes dishes
>thinks he a man
You’re a soy cuck.

>>17616661
>being a dirty pig is masculinity

>>17616555
Who the fuck cares you little queer?

>>17616673
Dishwashing is cunt's work.

>>17616678
then get to work, cunt

>>17616678
aw be nice to your mom anon
it's hard cleaning up after whinging faggots all day

>>17616632
Good to know, thanks!

Imagine the roaches...