Time to Wash the Dishes

I HATE doing dishes. So I do them right away, every time. If not, they collect in the sink, and the task becomes even more repulsive.
I use a dishwasher for most things, unless I use them every day (like my favorite spatula) or unless they will be ruined (wood spoons, some pots or pans, sharp knives.) I assume that, if I pre-rinse (which I do, even though I'm not supposed to have to), the dishes will be cleaner when washed in the dishwasher.

I rinse the dishes and then put them in the dishwsher.

I wash the pots and pans by hand.

I'm sure that it probably costs more to use the dish washer, but it's an expense I'm willing to pay.

I don't own a dishwasher. I just do it all by hand. When I get a chance to use one at my cousin's house I pre-rinse the dishes.

I only rinse my dishes if I'm not starting the dishwasher right away. It does fine with food except if it's been sitting for a few hours.

I also wash my pots and pans by hand. I used to run my dishwasher every day but lately I've been trying to do so only every other day or every third day if I can help it. With it being just my husband and myself, it's easier to do that.

I don't have a dishwasher. So I do my dishes once a day. Usually in the afternoon when my children nap.

When I am at my parents house however, I do not rinse the dishes before putting them into the dishwasher. They have always come out clean. . .

She will kill me if she reads this. I've got a good dishwasher, My wife.

I have a dishwasher, but I just prefer to wash them by hand, call me crazy!!!

We have a dishwasher and a dishwasher, my son.
He tries to keep up with the dishes, not an easy job.

For 16 years I washed dishes by hand. The kids always said they would do them if we had a dishwasher. Now we have one and guess what? Dad and Mom still do almost all of them. LOL

I usually rinse mine before I put them in the washer.

I own a dishwasher but my daughter always loads it. she rinses just about everything, it says you don't have to but I am not to sure. I use it to wash my what-knots in, you can do alot at the same time a great time saver.

I usually wash by hand. If I am running the dishwater right away I give the dishes a wipe first. You should never leave food scraps on your dishes, especially rice, it's apparently horrible for the machine.

We have a dishwasher but my husband usually loads and unloads it, so I don't do dishes very often. My husband does most of the cooking too, or we eat out. I cook once in awhile when the spirit moves me but that's not often.

Wow Janet, you've got it made!

Hand washer here. I generally do all the dishes and since I have 1 large sink I use a tub and when its full I wash. I'll wash dishes when I'm cooking dinner and then wash them again when I am done.

We have a dishwasher but I still do some by hand. We only run the dishwasher about every other day. I do rinse my dishes before putting them in the dishwasher.

Our dishwasher is one of those ones on wheels, you have to wheel it over and plug it in and hook it up to the faucet on the sink! LOL, when we got it, I didn't even know they still made that style!

William! Shame on you!

Hey William. What's your wife's email address. :}

Lots of different styles in this group.

I usually wash cups and lightly soiled plates by hand. It only takes a moment. I tend to use the dishwasher when the dishes are greasy because they take so much soap, hot water and time to wash in the sink.

I live in an apartment and don't have a dishwasher. I have to wash everything by hand. I have thought about getting one of those new mini dishwashers, but I'd still end up having to wash half of the dishes. A full sized dishwasher would be a waste for me because I am by myself most of the time. My hubby is only home for 1-2 days a week and doesn't dirty up a lot of dishes either.

I do bith. we do not have enough to run the dishwaser every day so if it is something that I use a lot I wash it by hand

We don't have a dishwasher, so everything is by hand. Rule in our house is whoever cooks, the other person cleans. Except on Monday, when its our son's day to clean the kitchen (amidst much grumbling, but we're trying to teach him that a family is teamwork) :)

I live in an apartment, which, thankfully, has a dishwasher. I always do them, I'm afraid the dishwasher won't get them clean without me prewashing. So I at least get everything off of them before loading. It is a true blessing though. I used to wash them all by hand, and with my bad back, that was one thing that would put me down. It's strange, I was talkling to someone about it a few days ago. Sinks are definitely not made for tall people. My doctor used to try to show me this crazy way to stand while I was washing them, so I wasn't constantly bent over, putting pressure on my back. I guess I need a custom built home, and the first thing I'm demanding is a taller sink!

I hand wash and so does my kids it is one of their chores

I gave up on dishwashers long ago. They don't work well or last long when you have well water.

William M. - LOL! I hope you didn't get in trouble! ;-)

I have a dishwasher in my house, but I hand wash certain items, such as pots, pans, and some other things (can't think of the list at the moment). I do pre-rinse, but I was hoping if someone can tell me any of the dishwasher detergent that claims they can skip the pre-rinse phase will really do what it promises. I don't know which way is more expensive. I don't know how to calculate the electric usage, the water usage, the detergent prices, etc. But I do know one thing - the dishwasher saves me *time* and *trouble* from having to hand wash the dishwashable items. And that is worthwhile for me.

There is no dishwasher where my husband lives. So we had to wash everything by hand. Well, not "we", it is "I" that washes pretty much everything. It got me pretty fired up a few times. My husband just piles them up in the sink, so every weekend when I go visit him, I have to do his laundry, do his dishes, clean his place.... It's really not what I want to spend time on. But the kitchen is sooooooo small, and there is no where to install a dishwasher even if we wanted to.

Selene. When I use the dishwasher I do a semi pre-rinse. After I removing scraps I put the dishes in a sinkful of warm water and let them soak for a few minutes. Then I give them a quick swish before I put them in the dishwasher. Much quicker than a formal pre-rinse and they come out clean (doesn't work with dried on oatmeal so I just don't let that happen).

By hand - no dishwasher and nowhere to PUT a dishwasher. :(

I am the dishwasher at my house.

We have no dishwasher so we take turns. I am the kind of cook that cleans as I go. I can't stand to see a pile of dirty pots and pans after I get through eating.

During the day, we leave things in a rubber tub in the sink. Then wash them when the tub is filled which is usually by time we start dinner.

I read on Consumer Reports a few years ago that you shouldn't pre rinse when using a dishwasher.
They said that you waste too much money/water pre rinsing.
The recommended dishwasher detergent at that time was a cheapy Walmart branded, the next best but more expensive was Electrosol.

We moved in June, leaving behind a huge apartment complete with dishwasher, disposer, balcony, pool access, two bathrooms and a set of wonderfully enormous closets in my very large bedroom.

We now have a tiny apartment (about 500 ft less). No dishwasher, no disposer, no balcony and everything must be kept organized or it's a mess.

Incentive to buy a house = VERY HIGH

LOL

We had a dishwasher. Then we moved to a 700 square foot house with no closets and it became much needed storage (we kept linens in it). We eventually replaced it with a cabinet.