"Kate Dicey" > wrote in message
...
> Vox Humana wrote:
> >
> > "Dee Randall" > wrote in message
> > ...
> > > Somewhat an aside answer to your question, but:
> > >
> > > My dishwasher is sooo loaded with dishes; dishes are stacked up on the
> > sink
> > > ready to put into the next dishwasher load, I would never "catch up"
if I
> > > added cooking pans - I'd have just a load of cooking pans. It's
always
> > > amazing that people actually have room to put a cooking pan in also.
Also
> > I
> > > couldn't get a stock-pot in, a spaghetti pot in, and I would't adjust
my
> > top
> > > shelf each time I juggled these in just so I wouldn't have to wash a
pan
> > > which I could wash in less time than it took to adjust my shelf.
> > >
> > > I agree that washing dishes by hand takes time, but I'd rather put in
10
> > > glasses than one pan. Does everyone have a bigger dishwasher than I
do?
> > > Does not everyone have a dishwasher that takes over an hour to wash?
> > >
> >
> > I would guess that 99.9% of all dishwashers sold are 24 inches. I think
> > that there is only one manufacturer that makes a 24 inch dishwasher and
I've
> > never seen it on display in a store, only in catalogs/online. so, most
> > everyone has the same size dishwasher. (Ok, there are the newer dish
> > drawers, but even they are still unusual). Since there are only two of
use,
> > my dishwasher doesn't get overburdened with dishes. I put the worst
things
> > in the dishwasher and if there isn't room for everything I will wash a
pasta
> > pot or non-stick skillet by hand. My rule is that if it won't survive
the
> > dishwasher, I don't use it. The only exceptions are holiday dinners
when I
> > use the fine china, crystal, and flatware.
>
> I'm quite happy to do a whole load of china and mugs (not glasses - all
> ours are lead crystal and not dishwasher proof), followed by a whole
> load of pans. I'd rather spend the hour with the company than with my
> hands in the sink! Also, it allows me to wash them super clean in my
> sleep. So what if it takes an hour: there's more than an hour between
> eating one meal and cooking the next, especially at night! It also
> gives me an hour to do something else... sewing, reading, going for a
> walk, or (oh, horror!) hoovering and bed changing!
> --

I'm with you on this. I can do serial loads of dishes in the machine.
Unfortunately, my mother always wants to jump up from the table and "help"
do the dishes. By the time a large dinner is over, I just want to have a
cup of coffee and rest. I have given in the last few times and cleaned up
the kitchen because if I let her do it I have to help because she doesn't
know where anything goes and keeps after me. I guess there is no rest for
the wicked.