"Matthew L. Martin" > wrote in message
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> Dee Randall wrote:
>
>>
>> I did read that in my literature that "Your salad spinner is top rack
>> dishwasher safe."
>
> That almost always means that the heat of a dishwasher's drying cycle will
> not melt the plastic if it is in the top rack.
>
> What do you put in your salad spinner that requires more than a quick
> rinse in clean cold water to remove the residue? I've never been tempted
> to put my salad spinners through the dishwasher.
>
> Matthew

Well, I don't ever put berries in it, as they say you can.

But even if I "quick rinse in clean cold water to remove the residue" there
still remains the fact that this spinner top is not like my other ones, it
seems to have -- even though open -- a more contained housing which would be
more conducive to retaining water in it. That is my question: it doesn't
seem like a good idea to me to not be able to dry this out; and less of a
good idea to me if the water is water from lettuce that might have not been
washed well enough for the e coli or whatever germs to multiply. But still,
that is not my point -- I'm wondering about the drying out of the
mechanism -- I guess it's OK, because Cook's Illustrated still rates it at
the top of the heap.
Dee Dee
Thanks,
Dee