How much time does dishwasher save you?

[TopHatFox]

Fun laundry hack #429: if you get a line with two strong suction cups at the end, you can make a line in your room! Packs much smaller than a clothing rack. You can even use the line as your permanent closet if combined with those light-weight velvety hangers. : )

Dish Hack #029: Just wash them by hand while cooking once a week. Ta da~

[BRUTE]

Conversely, when handwashing it makes sense to limit the amount of dishware to make it impossible to pile up an unmaneuverable amount.

this is why brute uses 2 knives (steak/cutting), 1 fork, 2 spoons, 1 plate, and 1 bowl. dishes are typically done in 30-60 seconds while food cools down.

[TopHatFox]

Brute, can you itemize your kitchen gear? I'd like to take notes

[Did]

Buying a dishwasher was one of the best things we have done. Hot water is a drag in Ireland for some reason: the dishwasher makes its own. We cook a lot and it really makes life easier.

[BRUTE]

Brute, can you itemize your kitchen gear? I'd like to take notes

brute has way too many kitchen items, because most of them don't come alone and brute hasn't thrown them away. for example, brute bought 2 steak knives because they came in a set. then he was gifted a set of 6 steak knives/forks. so now he owns 8 steak knives. he only ever uses 1 of them.

brute owns 2 plates. one of them he doesn't like, but he had a friend over once, and the friend wanted a plate. the friend also wanted a glass, and some time later brute broke his own glass, so glasses are back down to 1.

2 pans, though brute never uses the cast iron one. he wants to like it, but it's just too much effort. takes too long to heat up, triggers smoke detectors, extreme effort to clean and prevent rusting.. anything eggy/cheesy impossible to clean without scrubbing. thus, brute prefers the regular (aluminum?) pan. 1 small teflon pot for quick ground beef type stews or scrambled eggs.

brute owns a pressure cooker, but only because he felt pressured (<- joke) by Dear Leader jacob's blog posts about them. turns out that not many things brute eats can be made in a pressure cooker. the only meat it's really good for is cheap stew type meat, which gets really tender. brute prefers to just buy tender meat outright.

brute owns an ice cream machine, which he uses too much. keto ice cream (98% fat, 2% cocoa) is really one of the few desserts brute can eat, so he went for it.

brute almost never uses the microwave that came with his kitchen. not opposed, it's just not useful except for leftovers. brute doesn't usually have leftovers.

brute owns a french press and a cup and a coffee spoon for coffee. brute loves coffee.

brute owns a butane torch for searing steaks. he barely uses it, because it doesn't seem to produce better results than simply searing in a pan, and it sets off the fire alarm easily. it is great fun though.

brute owns 10 can openers because they were $6 on amazon for a set of 10. he never buys cans, except sardines, which don't need a can opener.

for doing dishes, brute has one of those sponges with a handle on it, and a brush to clean out cheese and eggs without messing up the sponge.

if brute were to cut down his kitchen gear to the essentials, it would be 1 steak knife, 1 cutting knife1, 1 fork, 1 spoon, 1 small pot, 1 aluminum pan, 1 plate, 1 bowl, 1 glass, 1 cup, and the cleaning stuff.

drinking water out of a cup instead of a glass is clearly barbaric. the glass is therefore a necessity.

[vexed87]

drinking water out of a cup instead of a glass is clearly barbaric. the glass is therefore a necessity.

Sounds like brute needs to try harder...

One day, observing a child drinking out of his hands, he cast away the cup from his wallet with the words, "A child has beaten me in plainness of living."

[Jason]

We just bought a new dishwasher. Not only is it quiet and functional. Its a bright, shiny object for us monkeys to stare at.

[George the original one]

brute owns 10 can openers because they were $6 on amazon for a set of 10. he never buys cans, except sardines, which don't need a can opener.

LOL, nothing seemed particularly funny or weird until we get to this item!