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Until Jeannie met me @ age 53, she had never had a dishwasher in her home.. My home had one, subsequent homes we bought together had them but, Jeannie never uses a dishwasher..
Ross
Ross
How does using olive wood "excel in sauce making"?
I admit my olive wood spatula helps to make me a happy cook with it's beauty, but not a better cook because of it. Jes sayin'..
Until Jeannie met me @ age 53, she had never had a dishwasher in her home.. My home had one, subsequent homes we bought together had them but, Jeannie never uses a dishwasher..
Ross
I don't think it matters what your wooden utensils come from which wood specie, as long as you like using them. Start with the most inexpensive (bamboo) and work your way to the next until you find what you like.
A dishwasher is a grand invention. If you have several young children and work outside of the home, or have dinner guests / Company , they are a marvel.
I have to admit, fondest memories include my family and I washing dishes, drying and talking.. it was always the women. We always followed my grandmothers rules. My grandpa ate first because he was a coalminer and worked hard ((in his days of working) but after that the men and kids ate first. I still feed my kid and man first but heck after I cook I'm really not that hungry!I certainly grew up without a dishwasher and some of my happiest memories was drying the dishes for my Mom after dinner. We'd sing songs and tell secrets while my Dad read the evening paper in the living room. My Dad was hard of hearing but he heard every secret we told in the kitchen. Funny how that worked when he paid attention!
My first dishwasher was after I had kids and I was a day care mother. It sure got a workout in those days! The best part of a dishwasher is being able to hide all the dirty dish clutter that can pile up if you can't get right to it.
Bamboo aren't the cheapest. I'm not sure what kind of wood those cheapie spoons you can get at places like Walmart are made of, but they aren't bamboo.
hmmm... I guess I'm glad to not be the only one with plain old wood of no distinction...
Maybe Jeannie will read this and buy me some gourmet spoons and spatulas for Christmas...
I do not disagree at all..
From Jeannies perspective, she wanted/wants dishes cleaned and dried by hand..
An additional incentive for her was teaching her children..
Her first daughter was born sightless and many life lessons came from her second daughter and son working with their older sister on basic household skills..
With just we two now, there is no need for a dishwasher, in our view..
Ross
My grandparents had a dishwasher but they never used it. They would put scalding hot water in both sides of the sink (soap in one side) and that's how you did dishes, you did not waste. They were so cute together. On holidays we would ask to use the dishwasher and it was granted not very often but hey... they had dishwashers... me and my aunts and cousins!
Our kitchen had a dishwasher in the mid sixties, or as far back as I can remember. It was not built in. It was on wheels, and stored in a corner. You hooked it up to the kitchen sink faucet, and plugged it in to use it.
I use my dishwasher for almost everything. I hate washing dishes.
CD
Our kitchen had a dishwasher in the mid sixties, or as far back as I can remember. It was not built in. It was on wheels, and stored in a corner. You hooked it up to the kitchen sink faucet, and plugged it in to use it.
I use my dishwasher for almost everything. I hate washing dishes.
CD