In article >, sd
> wrote:

> In article >,
> onono (Nancree) wrote:
>
> > I also do this with the filter from my air conditioner
>
> Every part of my range hood that comes off (filters, fan, diffuser for
> lights) can (and does) go in the dishwasher ...
>
> sd

Erm... dishes?

I also wash:
parts from the outdoor grill
drip pans from the stove
the "burners" from the (gas) stove
glass microwave round
and, if I had more than one, and was sharing, plastic recorders
(flutophones)

--
Nancy Howells (don't forget to switch it, and replace the to send mail).

In article >, sd
> wrote:

> In article >,
> onono (Nancree) wrote:
>
> > I also do this with the filter from my air conditioner
>
> Every part of my range hood that comes off (filters, fan, diffuser for
> lights) can (and does) go in the dishwasher ...
>
> sd

Erm... dishes?

I also wash:
parts from the outdoor grill
drip pans from the stove
the "burners" from the (gas) stove
glass microwave round
and, if I had more than one, and was sharing, plastic recorders
(flutophones)

--
Nancy Howells (don't forget to switch it, and replace the to send mail).

In article >,
onono (Nancree) wrote:

> I also do this with the filter from my air conditioner

Every part of my range hood that comes off (filters, fan, diffuser for
lights) can (and does) go in the dishwasher ...

sd

P.S. I also put my dish-drainer in for a few minutes. (I have a treasured
one, because it is narrow. It only takes up half of the right side of my
two-basin sink.) I can put a dish or two in it, when they're not too dirty,
and still have the use of the right-hand sink if I need it.
Nancree

One time on Usenet, "Kswck" > said:
> "sandy" > wrote in message
> ...

> > Besides doing dishes,,,,I wonder what you use your dishwasher for? This
> > spring I put all the blades & covers of house fans in it,,,,and they came
> > spotless....
> > Any more ideas?

> Hmm, let's see. You can sterilize canning jars, clean combs of that muck in
> the corners, raise bread. Mmmm, What else?

I've heard (and this is certainly on topic for this group) that
you can cook in the dishwasher. IIRC, you're supposed to wrap a
fish with spices and lemon in foil, tightly! Place on the top rack.
I've never tried it myself, tho...


--
J.J. in WA ~ mom, vid gamer, novice cook ~
"I rule you!" - Travis of the Cosmos, ATHF
(COLD to HOT for e-mail)

previously in rfc, "Kswck" > wrote:

>
> "sandy" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Besides doing dishes,,,,I wonder what you use your dishwasher for?
>> This spring I put all the blades & covers of house fans in it,,,,and
>> they came spotless....
>> Any more ideas?
>>

I'm sure I'm in the minority when I say I stopped using my dishwasher about
three years ago. For the most part I find it very relaxing to wash dishes
by hand. I like finding efficient ways to stack them all in the dish drain
(it's like a puzzle) and the hot water feels great on my hands. I also
find it a good way to get some peace and quiet in my busy house - with my
back to the crowds and the water running, it's trancelike.

My husband also likes doing them by hand. He's a musician and his hands
appreciate the hot water, too.

That said, I use my dishwasher to store emergency bottles of water!

My mother in law thinks I'm insane for not using it.

-Claudia

CJB > wrote in :

> previously in rfc, "Kswck" > wrote:
>
>>
>> "sandy" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> Besides doing dishes,,,,I wonder what you use your dishwasher for?
>>> This spring I put all the blades & covers of house fans in it,,,,and
>>> they came spotless....
>>> Any more ideas?
>>>
>
> I'm sure I'm in the minority when I say I stopped using my dishwasher
> about three years ago. For the most part I find it very relaxing to
> wash dishes by hand. I like finding efficient ways to stack them all
> in the dish drain (it's like a puzzle) and the hot water feels great
> on my hands. I also find it a good way to get some peace and quiet in
> my busy house - with my back to the crowds and the water running, it's
> trancelike.
>
> My husband also likes doing them by hand. He's a musician and his
> hands appreciate the hot water, too.
>
> That said, I use my dishwasher to store emergency bottles of water!
>
>
> My mother in law thinks I'm insane for not using it.
>
> -Claudia
>

You must have a lot of time on your hands. I barely have enough time to
load it and start it, and we typically run 2 loads a day, 1 in the
morning and 1 at night.

--
Wayne in Phoenix

unmunge as w-e-b

*If there's a nit to pick, some nitwit will pick it.
*A mind is a terrible thing to lose.

previously in rfc, Wayne > wrote:

> CJB > wrote in :
>
>>
>> I'm sure I'm in the minority when I say I stopped using my dishwasher
>> about three years ago. For the most part I find it very relaxing to
>> wash dishes by hand. I like finding efficient ways to stack them all
>> in the dish drain (it's like a puzzle) and the hot water feels great
>> on my hands. I also find it a good way to get some peace and quiet in
>> my busy house - with my back to the crowds and the water running, it's
>> trancelike.
>>
>> My husband also likes doing them by hand. He's a musician and his
>> hands appreciate the hot water, too.
>>
>> That said, I use my dishwasher to store emergency bottles of water!
>>
>>
>> My mother in law thinks I'm insane for not using it.
>>
>> -Claudia
>>
>
> You must have a lot of time on your hands. I barely have enough time to
> load it and start it, and we typically run 2 loads a day, 1 in the
> morning and 1 at night.
>

Sometimes it seems like I'm doing dishes all day long, but as I work at
home, I manage to fit it in here and there. I also wake up a little
earlier to get my sons up and out for school, so while I wait for them to
roll out of bed I get the last dishes from the night before done.

I guess I've made room for it in my schedule.

-Claudia

CJB > wrote in :

> previously in rfc, Wayne > wrote:
>
>> CJB > wrote in :
>>
>>>
>>> I'm sure I'm in the minority when I say I stopped using my
>>> dishwasher about three years ago. For the most part I find it very
>>> relaxing to wash dishes by hand. I like finding efficient ways to
>>> stack them all in the dish drain (it's like a puzzle) and the hot
>>> water feels great on my hands. I also find it a good way to get
>>> some peace and quiet in my busy house - with my back to the crowds
>>> and the water running, it's trancelike.
>>>
>>> My husband also likes doing them by hand. He's a musician and his
>>> hands appreciate the hot water, too.
>>>
>>> That said, I use my dishwasher to store emergency bottles of water!
>>>
>>>
>>> My mother in law thinks I'm insane for not using it.
>>>
>>> -Claudia
>>>
>>
>> You must have a lot of time on your hands. I barely have enough time
>> to load it and start it, and we typically run 2 loads a day, 1 in the
>> morning and 1 at night.
>>
>
> Sometimes it seems like I'm doing dishes all day long, but as I work
> at home, I manage to fit it in here and there. I also wake up a
> little earlier to get my sons up and out for school, so while I wait
> for them to roll out of bed I get the last dishes from the night
> before done.
>
> I guess I've made room for it in my schedule.
>
> -Claudia
>

<Sigh!> I wish I had more time...not that I'd spend it doing the dishes.
:-)

--
Wayne in Phoenix

unmunge as w-e-b

*If there's a nit to pick, some nitwit will pick it.
*A mind is a terrible thing to lose.

CJB > wrote in :

> previously in rfc, Wayne > wrote:
>
>> CJB > wrote in :
>>
>>>
>>> I'm sure I'm in the minority when I say I stopped using my
>>> dishwasher about three years ago. For the most part I find it very
>>> relaxing to wash dishes by hand. I like finding efficient ways to
>>> stack them all in the dish drain (it's like a puzzle) and the hot
>>> water feels great on my hands. I also find it a good way to get
>>> some peace and quiet in my busy house - with my back to the crowds
>>> and the water running, it's trancelike.
>>>
>>> My husband also likes doing them by hand. He's a musician and his
>>> hands appreciate the hot water, too.
>>>
>>> That said, I use my dishwasher to store emergency bottles of water!
>>>
>>>
>>> My mother in law thinks I'm insane for not using it.
>>>
>>> -Claudia
>>>
>>
>> You must have a lot of time on your hands. I barely have enough time
>> to load it and start it, and we typically run 2 loads a day, 1 in the
>> morning and 1 at night.
>>
>
> Sometimes it seems like I'm doing dishes all day long, but as I work
> at home, I manage to fit it in here and there. I also wake up a
> little earlier to get my sons up and out for school, so while I wait
> for them to roll out of bed I get the last dishes from the night
> before done.
>
> I guess I've made room for it in my schedule.
>
> -Claudia
>

<Sigh!> I wish I had more time...not that I'd spend it doing the dishes.
:-)

--
Wayne in Phoenix

unmunge as w-e-b

*If there's a nit to pick, some nitwit will pick it.
*A mind is a terrible thing to lose.

previously in rfc, Wayne > wrote:

> CJB > wrote in :
>
>>
>> I'm sure I'm in the minority when I say I stopped using my dishwasher
>> about three years ago. For the most part I find it very relaxing to
>> wash dishes by hand. I like finding efficient ways to stack them all
>> in the dish drain (it's like a puzzle) and the hot water feels great
>> on my hands. I also find it a good way to get some peace and quiet in
>> my busy house - with my back to the crowds and the water running, it's
>> trancelike.
>>
>> My husband also likes doing them by hand. He's a musician and his
>> hands appreciate the hot water, too.
>>
>> That said, I use my dishwasher to store emergency bottles of water!
>>
>>
>> My mother in law thinks I'm insane for not using it.
>>
>> -Claudia
>>
>
> You must have a lot of time on your hands. I barely have enough time to
> load it and start it, and we typically run 2 loads a day, 1 in the
> morning and 1 at night.
>

Sometimes it seems like I'm doing dishes all day long, but as I work at
home, I manage to fit it in here and there. I also wake up a little
earlier to get my sons up and out for school, so while I wait for them to
roll out of bed I get the last dishes from the night before done.

I guess I've made room for it in my schedule.

-Claudia

previously in rfc, Wayne > wrote:

> CJB > wrote in :
>
>>
>> I'm sure I'm in the minority when I say I stopped using my dishwasher
>> about three years ago. For the most part I find it very relaxing to
>> wash dishes by hand. I like finding efficient ways to stack them all
>> in the dish drain (it's like a puzzle) and the hot water feels great
>> on my hands. I also find it a good way to get some peace and quiet in
>> my busy house - with my back to the crowds and the water running, it's
>> trancelike.
>>
>> My husband also likes doing them by hand. He's a musician and his
>> hands appreciate the hot water, too.
>>
>> That said, I use my dishwasher to store emergency bottles of water!
>>
>>
>> My mother in law thinks I'm insane for not using it.
>>
>> -Claudia
>>
>
> You must have a lot of time on your hands. I barely have enough time to
> load it and start it, and we typically run 2 loads a day, 1 in the
> morning and 1 at night.
>

Sometimes it seems like I'm doing dishes all day long, but as I work at
home, I manage to fit it in here and there. I also wake up a little
earlier to get my sons up and out for school, so while I wait for them to
roll out of bed I get the last dishes from the night before done.

I guess I've made room for it in my schedule.

-Claudia

In article >, CJB > wrote:
>I'm sure I'm in the minority when I say I stopped using my dishwasher about
>three years ago. For the most part I find it very relaxing to wash dishes

When I was single and didn't cook much at all, the only use my
diswhasher got was to serve as a drying rack for my dishes. Once it got
a bowl, a plate, a fork, knife, and spoon, and a couple of glasses in
it, that's as full as it got, because I would then take my clean dishes
out of the dishwasher.

Now that I'm married and I cook more, the only dishes I wash by hand are
things like woks, which won't fit in the dishwasher, and one-of-a-kind
items that we use too frequently to wait for the dishwasher to fill up
enough to use.

-A

In article >, CJB > wrote:
>I'm sure I'm in the minority when I say I stopped using my dishwasher about
>three years ago. For the most part I find it very relaxing to wash dishes

When I was single and didn't cook much at all, the only use my
diswhasher got was to serve as a drying rack for my dishes. Once it got
a bowl, a plate, a fork, knife, and spoon, and a couple of glasses in
it, that's as full as it got, because I would then take my clean dishes
out of the dishwasher.

Now that I'm married and I cook more, the only dishes I wash by hand are
things like woks, which won't fit in the dishwasher, and one-of-a-kind
items that we use too frequently to wait for the dishwasher to fill up
enough to use.

-A

CJB > wrote in :

> previously in rfc, "Kswck" > wrote:
>
>>
>> "sandy" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> Besides doing dishes,,,,I wonder what you use your dishwasher for?
>>> This spring I put all the blades & covers of house fans in it,,,,and
>>> they came spotless....
>>> Any more ideas?
>>>
>
> I'm sure I'm in the minority when I say I stopped using my dishwasher
> about three years ago. For the most part I find it very relaxing to
> wash dishes by hand. I like finding efficient ways to stack them all
> in the dish drain (it's like a puzzle) and the hot water feels great
> on my hands. I also find it a good way to get some peace and quiet in
> my busy house - with my back to the crowds and the water running, it's
> trancelike.
>
> My husband also likes doing them by hand. He's a musician and his
> hands appreciate the hot water, too.
>
> That said, I use my dishwasher to store emergency bottles of water!
>
>
> My mother in law thinks I'm insane for not using it.
>
> -Claudia
>

You must have a lot of time on your hands. I barely have enough time to
load it and start it, and we typically run 2 loads a day, 1 in the
morning and 1 at night.

--
Wayne in Phoenix

unmunge as w-e-b

*If there's a nit to pick, some nitwit will pick it.
*A mind is a terrible thing to lose.

I often use my dishwasher to give a 3- or 4-minute sudsing to pots and pans. I
then stop the dishwasher, take the pans out, and it is an easy job to give them
a quick rinse and going-over with a sponge.
I also do this with the filter from my air conditioner-- a few minutes is
all that's needed, and it saves wear and tear on the item, and saves running
the dishwasher through the whole cycle.
Nancree

previously in rfc, "Kswck" > wrote:

>
> "sandy" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Besides doing dishes,,,,I wonder what you use your dishwasher for?
>> This spring I put all the blades & covers of house fans in it,,,,and
>> they came spotless....
>> Any more ideas?
>>

I'm sure I'm in the minority when I say I stopped using my dishwasher about
three years ago. For the most part I find it very relaxing to wash dishes
by hand. I like finding efficient ways to stack them all in the dish drain
(it's like a puzzle) and the hot water feels great on my hands. I also
find it a good way to get some peace and quiet in my busy house - with my
back to the crowds and the water running, it's trancelike.

My husband also likes doing them by hand. He's a musician and his hands
appreciate the hot water, too.

That said, I use my dishwasher to store emergency bottles of water!

My mother in law thinks I'm insane for not using it.

-Claudia

In article >, "sandy"
> wrote:

> Besides doing dishes

I've heard you can cook salmon in it, but I've never tried it myself.
--
-Barb, <www.jamlady.eboard.com> Updated 9-18-04; Sushi Story
"Peace will come when the power of love overcomes the love of power."
-Jimi Hendrix, and Lt. Joe Corcoran, Retired; St. Paul PD, Homicide Divn.

>Besides doing dishes,,,,I wonder what you use your dishwasher for? This
>spring I put all the blades & covers of house fans in it,,,,and they came
>spotless....
>Any more ideas?

Didn't someone here say they used their dishwasher as a proof box to raise
bread dough?

On Tue, 21 Sep 2004 21:28:14 -0400, "sandy"
> wrote:

>Besides doing dishes,,,,I wonder what you use your dishwasher for? This
>spring I put all the blades & covers of house fans in it,,,,and they came
>spotless....
>Any more ideas?
>
For the last 6 weeks been I've storing photographs and important
papers in it. I figure if a hurricane rips the house apart I might
have to walk the neighborhood looking for the dishwasher but the stuff
in it should still be dry. One more hurricane season like this and
I'm moving to Montana.... nahhh

Dave G

In article >, "sandy"
> wrote:

> Besides doing dishes

I've heard you can cook salmon in it, but I've never tried it myself.
--
-Barb, <www.jamlady.eboard.com> Updated 9-18-04; Sushi Story
"Peace will come when the power of love overcomes the love of power."
-Jimi Hendrix, and Lt. Joe Corcoran, Retired; St. Paul PD, Homicide Divn.

>Besides doing dishes,,,,I wonder what you use your dishwasher for? This
>spring I put all the blades & covers of house fans in it,,,,and they came
>spotless....
>Any more ideas?

Didn't someone here say they used their dishwasher as a proof box to raise
bread dough?

sandy ) wrote:
: Besides doing dishes,,,,I wonder what you use your dishwasher for? This
: spring I put all the blades & covers of house fans in it,,,,and they came
: spotless....
: Any more ideas?

Supporting the counter.

(It's broken, the part is no longer available, and we're gutting the
kitchen anyhow.)

I've also washed glass light fixture covers, but have chipped them while
putting them in and taking them out.

S.

--
Susan J. Talbutt www.christmas-baking.com
This isn't a life! These are things!

"sandy" > wrote in message
...
> Besides doing dishes,,,,I wonder what you use your dishwasher for? This
> spring I put all the blades & covers of house fans in it,,,,and they came
> spotless....
> Any more ideas?

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