Strange Behavior With Appliances!

[toggleswitch]

~The notion of washing things in a sinkful of medium-warm water laced with raw meat juices (from utensils, cutting boards, mixing bowls) gives me the willies.

May I suggest:

Microwave your sponge (with lots of water and liquid detergent in it) to disinfect it before (or after) each use.Wash the sink frequently with cleanser that has bleach in it. One can even hand wash those yukyy items with some bleachy cleanser to be sure. Better yet use paper towels instead of a sponge to wash items that have been potentially contaminated.

Personally I crucify on-the-spot anyone who even attempts to use my kitchen sponge on the floor even "for a second". I am not a huge fan of anyone who places their child's @$$ on my couter-tops (workbench) either. Just take a dump in my pots; it's quicker. UGH!

Good old-fashined bleach. To me a safer idea then other disinfecting chemicals.

For our international friends:
The PIC (people-in-charge) changed the law to allow meat proceesing plants to rinse fecal matter off of meats rather than rejecting the piece. We in he USA are therefore a bit pre-occupied with such things as salmonella, etc. in connection with raw meats.

 

[appnut]

I"m a one guty household. It may take me 10 days to fill up the dishwasher sometimes. I refuse to wash anyting by hand!!! When I was at my sisters, I guaged by the coffee mugs and cups, it had been 15 days since she had run her dishwasher!! Oxydol, it's faster for me to throw the stuff into the dishwasher than go through washing it all by hand each day and also having to wait to get hot water to the kitchen sink.

 

[alr2903]

Lawd

We never buy anything that we do not plan to use. One does want to take reasonably good care of what they have plunked down hard earned dollars for. Always use your appliances, especially now days, before parts are NLA.

 

[frigilux]

I use institutional disinfectant (the yellow stuff in the gallon jugs that you mix in a spray bottle) on my counters, sink and workbench. I spray 'n' clean before I start food prep, immediately after dealing with raw meat/eggs and as a last step in cleanup. I refuse to have a sponge or rag around for multiple uses.

OK, I live alone and even on days when I have no dinner guests, I still manage to run the DW at LEAST once. Granted it isn't always completely full, but I've never, ever gone more than 2 days without running the thing. How on Earth do you go four or five days? That's inconceivable in my household. Note: I never eat in restaurants or get take out when I'm at home. I've lived here 20 years and I've gotten take out from the Chinese place 3 times. I ordered pizzas once to feed my moving crew 4-1/2 years ago. I cook all my own meals; I love to cook. I find it calming and centering after a stressful day at work. That probably makes a difference. My city friends eat out and get take out much more frequently.

 

[scott55405]

Regardless of whether you have an automatic dishwasher, this is the handiest item you could possibly install in your kitchen. You can use it for a few dishes or a lot, whether you do yours all by hand or are supplementing a machine. No standing water to get gunky and splash all over, and you can use hotter water since you don't have to have your hands completely immersed in it the whole time. I love mine!

http://dishmaster-faucet.com/

 

[oxydolfan1]

"My city friends eat out and get take out much more frequently."

I think I fall into that category! I've noticed I seem to order in Chinese, pizza, McDonald's, etc. far more than most of the folks here seem to....

App, I know what you mean and it amazes me! This is my sister's argument, even when she's alone....

 

[toggleswitch]

I used to throw lotsa dinner parties. Oddly the lesbians down the street used to love to attend. They eat out a lot apparently. The one hates to cook and the other has no talent for it.

 

[exploder3211]

Almost all of the lesbians i know don't cook more han pasta roni or that kinda crap...

Eddie (nick name) and Chrystal used to come and eat alot at my place until they broke up.. Also April and Samantha did as well, but they moved... Valleri still comes by on occasion

 

[toggleswitch]

I'm sure they recognize a good spread when they see one.

 

[jonv112]

Almost every family I know uses their dishwashers as drying racks. Nobody I know owns a garbage disposal (we have the Green Bin or composter instead), and the dryer is sitting in the basement collecting dust. I guess it's just part of our culture!

 

[exploder3211]

how would you dry cloths in the midst of winter? around the house like a chineese laundry (thats what my mom calls it)

 

[exploder3211]

Inconvient

Here is a Lady in Minneapolis with a portable washer for sale (dryer is also for sale).. Says they are about 8 years old and used like a month and then never touched again.. Why?? because it was too inconvient..It took me finding the owners manual for the washer to discover its a portable unit..

 

[toggleswitch]

Well, in her defense they are small in capacity and the 110v dryer is very slow.

Remember, your hair-dryer probably uses the same number of watts as the dryer.

It would be awfully inconveninet if they were placed on the same circuit and blew-out the circuit-breaker constantly.

HMMMM Did not see voltage or wattage in the linkie.

http://www.sears.com/sr/javasr/prod...ertical=APPL&subcat=Dryers&BV_UseBVCookie=Yes

 

[hoover1060]

dishmaster faucet

OMG Scott, I didn't know they still made those faucets!! How cool is that!

I have really enjoyed reading this thread and seeing to other people's ideas and habits.

My mom got her first DW in 1982, a TOL Maytag, the all pushbutton model. It cost $600! We'd never had a DW before so we weren't quite sure what to do with it, but somewhere was the notion that it should run once a day.
Problem was even a family of 4 was not filling it up every day, and mom could not stand the thought of dirty dishes sitting around, even if they could not be seen. Mom reasoned if we didn't have enough dirty dishes to run the DW every day, that it was useless, and she could "wash everything myself faster" She also seemed to think the DW was a HUGE water-hog
Result: That DW saw little use, save for Holidays. It quietly perished in 2003 from a stuck timer, replaced by another Maytag.
The new DW gets used... mom just turned 83 a couple of weeks ago, as we were loading the DW on Christmas day she wondered aloud how she'd ever went so long without a DW, because its so easy to just toss everything in and have it come out clean...

 

[retromom]

Oh dear....

garbage disposal (very much used) is on the left side. Should I check the toilet bowl to see which way the water swirls?

Alan: There are some who will never understand or appreciate the marvels of modern technology. I was amazed at a news story that talked about all of the HDTV purchases by people that did not even subscribe to the service. I also think that some people are just fearful of anything that appears complicated (hey, I've been there). They are afraid they will break something, so it's better left untouched. You can teach an old dog some new tricks (look at all the seniors on the internet these days), but it is a slow process. Take Glenn's advice....run back to safe confines of the Lone Star State! Your sister will eventually use these products the way they were intended, or they will remain virtually NIB! ;-)

 

[oxydolfan1]

I guess it's a matter of where one's priorities in life lie.

 

[toggleswitch]

Should I check the toilet bowl to see which way the water swirls?

Quote of the day:
Be very, very careful what you put into that head,
because you will never, ever get it out.
Thomas Cardinal Wolsey (1471-1530)

AIN'T THAT THE TRUTH! Especially us Leos, Scorpios and Taurus-es who are said to have "fixed" thinking.

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.......................

http://www.ems.psu.edu/~fraser/Bad/BadCoriolis.html

 

[retromom]

Bad Coriolis?

Sounds like something that could use a dose of antibiotics or Dr. Matagringo!

Toggle: LMAO as I swirl!

 

[jonv112]

It's actually a very common Chinese thing to use the dishwasher as a drying rack, line dry everything, and use grocery bags as garbage bags believe it or not. I use my dryer now in the winter because it's the Oasis Dual Motor and our basement is so crammed there isn't any room to line dry anything.

 

[whirlcool]

I'm trying to get back home, but I came down with a bad cold or flu! I had a flu shot before the trip back in November, but I had to call in sick today. I am wondering how the hell I'll be able to even make it to the airport! This is one humdinger!