How do you prefer to wash your dishes?

[sheikalana]

Handwash

Dishwasher

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1 mo

I never used to use my dishwasher but recently with all the cooking that I've been doing during the Holy Month of Ramadan it's been very convenient and I've been using it nearly every day. I still rinse all the dishes before throwing them into the dishwasher but don't really spend time thoroughly washing each and every kitchen utensil and it's been saving me so much time.

[Lliam]

I hand wash pans, cooking bowls and utensils. But I rinse cups, dishes and bowls and stack them in the dish washer. That way, I only have to run the washer once a week or so.
I usually wash plates by hand and put them in the dish washer to dry. And I often take them out of the washer and reuse them rather than taking fresh ones out of the cupboard.
My wife is the one who has more of a tendency to want to "sterilize" things in the dish washer. LOL

[GuyAnswersGirls123]

Dishwaters aren't really popular here in Japan and we don't have much space in our kitchen for one. So I just wash them by hand.

I miss it sometimes though. I had dishwaters when I was living in the US and they were so handy. Yet I've gotten used to washing the dishes now.

I also optimized my cooking to use the minimum dishes, like I have an immersion blender where I can blend things directly in a pot without having to transfer to a separate blender and then have more stuff to wash.

[GuyAnswersGirls123]

I also use wooden chopsticks when possible. They're dirt cheap and I don't have to washing a bunch of extra spoons and forks.

[GuyAnswersGirls123]

I just throw them away after (disposable).

[TheSpaceGnome]

"we don't have much space in our kitchen for one" I think this might be one of the very few things I dislike about japan (minimalism and not enough space), I need a huge mansion filled to the brim to be happy. I'd never be able to put one in the middle of akihabara though lol.

[GuyAnswersGirls123]

@TheSpaceGnome Yeah, it's quite expensive to buy a spacious house in more rural areas. Aside from generally lacking dishwaters, we also generally lack dryers. Most Japanese hang clothes out to dry.

[TheSpaceGnome]

Thats the other issue, I love mansions AND metropolis areas, so I'd not be happy if it were in a rural area, I'd need it in the middle of a big city, one that caters to my hobbies.

[Nikki1989]

Handwash. It is hilarious people will spend 10 minutes loading a dishwasher, wait an hour for the machine to wash them and then spend another few minutes unloading when handwashing and drying could have been done in 10 minutes in total.

[PBandJ_Nerd]

We usually do the dishwasher. Unless there's something that can't go in the dishwasher, then we handwash it.

[FreyaRed]

Dishwasher. Only hundred of dollars woth fine old porcelain figures deserve hand wash, everything else is exchangeable.

[EmmaMary]

@sheikalana

There's a very old saying that goes "you don't have a dog and bark yourself"!

[Siri137]

I have a dishwasher, but if I have to I'll just use the sink and my own hands. I don't mind washing the dishes, because it helps me to become calm and relaxed. It's like a form of meditation.

[matchrestore]

Dishwasher. Hell if I could fit a wok or dutch oven in there, I'd wash those in the dishwasher as well. I've got better things to do with my time.

[strateguy632]

dishwasher if i had. but ramadan is less dishes, only one meal instead of 3?

[sheikalana]

Well, when I cook for Iftar I cook a big meal.

[IslaTheWitch]

dishwasher only

[sheikalana]

Every day?

[IslaTheWitch]

yeah... I have a creative teenager at home :D

[sheikalana]

Creative... LOL

[TheSpaceGnome]

Dishwasher, it does a better job, is more sanitary, and less is labor intensive, which is good because washing dishes is boring.

[AviatorTom]

I prefer to use the dishwasher, except for some fragile items that get hand-washed.

[bobby_bush_eater]

I put basically everything in the dishwasher other than pots and pans that clearly don't belong in it

[douride2]

With only one person in my house I have no need for an automatic dish washer.

[Wiredone]

We never had a dishwasher. My wife and I both wash the dishes by hand

[AngryCarl]

I don't have a dishwasher so it's not exactly a choice. I typically leave them to soak.

[OlderAndWiser]

Through the agency of a third party.

[Abbycado]

Rinse and put in dishwasher.

[BarryLiverstone]

I save water by using the dishwasher

[sheikalana]

Why did I think the dishwasher consumed more water than handwashing?

[BarryLiverstone]

It’s a common myth. But yes dishwashing a full load uses less water

[Nikki1989]

A dishwasher is more water-efficient than washing by hand if you have a full load, otherwise it is pointless.

[BarryLiverstone]

That’s what I said yes

[Akam93]

I don't have time to wash. So dishwasher.

[JayBones]

I have kids. I haven't washed dished in 15 years

[sheikalana]

They wash the dishes for you?

[JayBones]

They earn their keep, yes. I account and analyze financial statements all day for them, and their mother works part-time slicing deli meat for assholes for extra money.

[Yamaal]

I listen to both😅😅

[legalboxers]

by hand. I dont have to many dishes

[eagle1951]

i do both