Peanut butter not rinsed off
Where did I go wrong?
Now the breakfast dish is left on the counter,
The ice cream bowl from the night before put in the sink with no water.
The peanut butter knife put in the dishwasher, but not rinsed.
I tell him – he needs to rinse dishes before placing them in the dishwasher.
These entreaties go unanswered. Why?
He read on the Internet that dishes don’t need to be rinsed first.
That might work – if the dishwasher weren’t 34 years old,
If we washed dishes every night. If things didn’t have food stuck on them, including dairy products that
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RetroFlash – 100 words
Betsy PfauRetired from software sales long ago, two grown children. Theater major in college. Singer still, arts lover, involved in art museums locally (Greater Boston area). Originally from Detroit area.
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Great use of RetroFlash, Betsy. What more need be said? And I also love the fact that you perfectly captured in photos alll the evidence of your peeve. The jury must find the defendant GUILTY as charged!
For the record, I share your peeve. Or would, except for the fact that I may live with the most fastidious person on the planet. Indeed, after my wife is done thoroughly “rinsing” things, I sometimes wonder if putting them in the dishwasher is redundant.
Thanks for your approval, John. Actually putting the dishes in the dishwasher is an on and off thing, not consistent, but the lack of rinsing drives me crazy. Just yesterday, as I emptied the dishwasher I found one of those cereal bowls that had remnants of cereal stuck on it. YUCK! I had to wash it by hand before I could put it away.
Perfect RetroFlash, Betsy. I should have added this issue to my list as well. The peanut butter knife and dirty bowl really got to me.
Thanks, Laurie. I actually retrieved that knife from the dishwasher for my prime example. Shhh; don’t tell my husband.
Great RetroFlash, Betsy. But I must tell you that we just got a new dishwasher when we realized we were rewashing half the items we unloaded from the old one (which wasn’t nearly as old as yours). We splurged and got a Miele, and all our dishes and glasses look better than they have in years, without any rinsing at all!
Then perhaps my problems would be diminished if we got a new dishwasher! We got this one the week after we moved into this house and though we redid the entire kitchen and got other new appliances in 2001 (even that is a long time ago now), we didn’t replace the dishwasher, so now its really old, but still functional. Evidently not TOO functional, though. Dan’s new car was the big purchase this year, so unless the dishwasher breaks totally, I don’t see a new one heading my way any time soon.
Ah Betsy, your poor maligned husband – but too old to change I fear.
Truthfully I too read dishes need not be rinsed before going into the dishwasher, but I still do it anyway. Too old to change I fear!
According to Suzy, her NEW dishwasher does the job. Mine dates back to December, 1986, so that could be the problem. My dishes really DO need to be rinsed first.
Theoretically the new dishwashers don’t require rinsing first, but hard to believe. For years I eschewed dishwashers until I read that they are now more efficient water-wise than washing by hand. And it drives me crazy when dishes are just left in the sink now.
We only run ours about every four days, which is one of the reasons why it is so important to rinse those ice cream and cereal bowls well. Anything with dairy products really do smell bad after a while.
Well, we don’t have a dishwasher so that solves that problem. My habit is to soak anything that’s not going to be washed right away, but my husband, who usually does the dishes, absolutely hates dealing with soaking dishes. Funny how dirty dishes can be such a bone of contention!
I wouldn’t mind it if he didn’t put them in the dishwasher (though he used to, so leaving them in random places I view as a sign of behavioral decline). It is the lack of rinsing that is problematic. The cereal hardens and becomes more difficult to clean off, and, as I’ve mentioned, anything dairy will smell after a while. Good observation about dirty dishes becoming a bone of contention, Barb. Maybe we all have a way of doing things that we feel is best and don’t like our way to be challenged in the kitchen?
Great Rflash, Betsy. For your husband: since he has seen on the internet that no rinsing is required perhaps he should have the internet take care of his dishes. Btw I always rinse first.
I like the sound of that Tom. Maybe Roomba will make a dish rinser too! Some people have dogs who do the job.
We all seem to suffer from this one, Betsy. The worst for me is Dick’s egg plates. That yolk never comes off if it isn’t soaked or rinsed. Our dishwasher is getting on in years as well. I’ve had just one dishwasher that got non-rinsed dishes clean. Many years ago, my architect ex-husband and I redid our kitchen in a Victorian house to be used as a “portfolio” site for his business. We got the best appliances on the market, including an astronomically expensive Kitchen Aid dishwasher. It worked miracles on anything, right from the table or stove.
Thanks for the affirmation, Marian. And thank goodness Dan doesn’t eat eggs!
I used to have to rinse the dishes before they went into the dishwasher. Last year, the dishwasher decided to retire and I got a new one. So far, no dishes have been pre-rinsed, and all have come out clean. Yeah!
I get the impression that my problem stems from the age of my dishwasher, Joe. A new one would solve my woes.
I have just begun to recognize that Retrospect serves quite an important therapeutic function, wherein individuals are able to write about frustrations with their partners in a safe, supportive space! Carry on, Betsy. But in the meantime, have sympathy for us cyclists, as we have our own priorities that do not always include pre-washing the fudge or the melted cheese off the bowl.
I agree, Dale. This sort of writing can be quite therapeutic. And I’ll concede that getting the dishes clean may not always be a top priority for my much-injured husband (perhaps he’s had too many concussions).