Yummy yummy yummy, stir fry in the tummy

[panthera]

De Gustibus non disputatum est

If I were running a small eatery, I'd find the system useful - the flatware holder pulls out of the rack (at least mine does) and fits perfectly in standard size drawers. So this would save time you 'lost' loading it. I just am not that fussy - the whole point of a Miele to me is no pre-rinsing, no sorting, just throw it all in and take it out spotlessly clean. Course, I don't sort the daily stainless, just throw it into a big drawer. Only the high carbon steel cooking knives and the silver get put away separately.(gawds, I can just hear the ladies gasp 'I knew she was a cheap slut, but I thought even she had some standards')

 

[toggleswitch2]

Standard sized drawers? Where is this? what size is that?

Euro cabinetry comes in increments of 5cm (say 2 inches), and ours in increments of 3 inches (say 7.1cm), so I'm confused.

 

[panthera]

Toggles, honey

I will pass by the easy one...we have various industry standards for drawers here in Germany. I have seen several small cafés and "Teestuben" which use this system. It certainly fit in my 60cm wide Ikea drawers, which was my motivation to buy it in the first place.
Like I said, dumb idea of mine.

By the by, sizes are much more flexible today than they used to be, it's no longer a rigid 5cm jump for everything. You still tend to find: 40cm 45cm, 50cm and 60cm then 80cm in nearly every catalog, but the 55cm and 62cm sizes are available far more often now than earlier.

Of course, industrial kitchens frequently are built to purpose by Bosch as well as by Miele so it wouldn't surprise me if the cabinetry had not been built expressly to integrate with the dishwasher. I'll ask my old boss this week when we have lunch together.

The bad news: Black and Stainless Steel are making a come back.

 

[sudsmaster]

Panthera,

I am by no means a neat homemaker (gasp), but I have always sorted the daily stainless flatware into separate compartments in the cutlery drawer. This explains why on occasion when I've visted others who don't sort their daily cutlery I've felt a bit disoriented trying to find a fork or spoon in chaos. Now I know it was nothing I'd done wrong ;-). I guess I just like knowing how many forks, spoons, and knives are there, even if they are not anything extra special.

Ironically, when she had to give up her apartment, my mom gave me her real silver (bought over many years with stamps and coupons - on the small side but still nice). It was just tossed into a cloth bag, everything all mixed together. It's still in the bag, in my safe, until I can face the task of taking it all out and polishing it (apparently she and my sister went through a period of using it on a daily basis, so it's by no means in mint condition any more). Go figure ;-)...