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graham[_4_]

On 09/11/2014 1:30 PM, wrote:
> On Sun, 09 Nov 2014 15:25:58 -0500, Brooklyn1
> > wrote:
>
>> On Sun, 09 Nov 2014 12:09:56 -0500, Nancy Young
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> On 11/9/2014 11:07 AM, wrote:
>>>
>>>> While the brownies were baking I was washing dishes and washed
>>>> a new spring form pan I had bought and there was a good size Corning
>>>> ware dish that needed soap and water on it as well. About the time
>>>> I was through with these two items the brownies came out of the oven
>>>> and it was turned off. Into that hot oven these three pieces went
>>>> to dry and dry quickly I might add.
>>>>
>>>> Anybody else use pre-heating or residual oven heat to dry large
>>>> kitchen baking pots and pans?
>>>
>>> I stopped drying dishes/pots/pans as soon as I moved out of
>>> my parent's house. They just dry on their own if you leave
>>> them be. So my answer is no.
>>>
>>> nancy
>>
>> I wash and dry all cookware by hand... in fact the last time I used
>> the dishwasher was about three weeks ago when I had company. Mostly I
>> hand wash and dry everything. It would take me too long to fill the
>> dishwasher enough to turn it on and before that happens there'd be
>> things I need to use in there, so I decided it makes more sense for me
>> to wash and dry everything by hand, unless I have company... and even
>> then I hand wash all my good glassware, the dishwasher etches good
>> glassware.
>
> Not unless it is good quality or old crystal glass, then it turns
> milky.
>
IME it etches all glassware. Pyrex jugs and bowls are especially
vulnerable as are my cheapo wine glasses. I always hand wash my Riedel
wine glasses.
Graham