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On Wed, 3 Sep 2008 05:14:16 +0000 (UTC), (Steve
Pope) wrote:

>Goomba > wrote:
>
>>Steve Pope wrote:
>
>>> I must live a sheltered life, but I've never encountered placing
>>> a dish drainer in a sink, as opposed to on the counter next
>>> to the sink.
>
>>> Not only would it need to be a very large sink before you could place
>>> a reasonable-sized dish drainer in it, but there would be less
>>> air-flow around the drainer and I would expect things to not
>>> dry as fast. Also, such an arrangement is at more risk of having
>>> detergent splatter onto the dishes being dried, if you are
>>> washing dishes and filling a drainer in the same sink.
>
>>Nope, they're great. I have a double sink. The dishes don't fall around,
>>it doesn't make your counter cluttered, the water drains right down the
>>sink... I can't think of a negative to them!? I keep one in my sink for
>>the odd piece I hand wash, the rest of my dishes go into the dishwasher.
>
>Aha. So, they're useful if you mostly use a dishwasher. That
>makes sense.
>

My MIL did not have a dishwasher. Dish pan and drainer both in the
sink. Of course she dried her dishes by hand and put them away. The
drainer was just temporary storage.

Not all kitchens can accommodate a drainer on the counter. My sink
has a fairly high rim on it which would cause the water in the drain
tray to backwards, not into the sink.