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If dishes cleaned themselves I would cook more. I don't mind cooking but I hate having to clean dishes so I avoid cooking anything that dirties more than two di

by Nadya 11y ago

If dishes cleaned themselves I would cook more. I don't mind cooking but I hate having to clean dishes so I avoid cooking anything that dirties more than two dishes. Cooking leaves me with two options: 1) Clean immediately after preparing my meal. Food is now cold and unenjoyable, but dishes are done! 2) Put off cleaning dishes until after my meal and food has settled so I can actually enjoy my food and the result of my labor. Food is now stuck to the pots/pans and things need to be scrubbed rather than rinsed. God help me if it was oatmeal I had forgotten about for 30~ minutes. That stuff turns into glue! So I buy Soylent. I prepare it when I get home. I give the blender a quick rinse and I'm done. Since it is better cold than warm I can put it in the fridge and forget about it until I'm hungry.

JoeAltmaier 11y ago
Put water into every cooking vessel immediately; leave and clean at your leisure. Its simple.
- Nadya 11y ago
  If you're going to bother filling each cooking utensil with water you're better off giving them a quick rinse with a spray faucet. As it's faster to spray each utensil than to fill each container. Your "simple" method is a worse version of method 1 and doesn't actually solve the problem.
  - JoeAltmaier 11y ago
    Oh chill. Just put a little water in, drop it in the sink. 2 seconds max. And for a guy that doesn't cook, you sure are an expert.
    - Nadya 11y ago
      I handwashed dishes for 9 years. I also cooked dinner for the family (my mother and three sisters, stepfather was usually still at work) daily. I was also left with the dishes (as we did not have a mechanical dishwasher). Not liking to cook has fuck all to do with not knowing how to cook. People who make that assumption and then are judgmental about people who dislike to cook piss me off. My issue is not that I've never cooked in my life or that I don't cook. Sure, I could solve this by getting frozen lasagna and baking it for an hour ten. Absolutely no cleaning involved there! But that isn't cooking so much as preparing a pre-made meal. What's something you don't like doing so I can judge and belittle you for it?
      - JoeAltmaier 11y ago
        I understand that some folks don't like dishwashing. Just countering the hyperbole that gets thrown around. I too washed dishes for a decade. I didn't end up resentful and angry.

by Nadya 11y ago

JoeAltmaier 11y ago

Put water into every cooking vessel immediately; leave and clean at your leisure. Its simple.

Nadya 11y ago
If you're going to bother filling each cooking utensil with water you're better off giving them a quick rinse with a spray faucet. As it's faster to spray each utensil than to fill each container. Your "simple" method is a worse version of method 1 and doesn't actually solve the problem.
- JoeAltmaier 11y ago
  Oh chill. Just put a little water in, drop it in the sink. 2 seconds max. And for a guy that doesn't cook, you sure are an expert.
  - Nadya 11y ago
    I handwashed dishes for 9 years. I also cooked dinner for the family (my mother and three sisters, stepfather was usually still at work) daily. I was also left with the dishes (as we did not have a mechanical dishwasher). Not liking to cook has fuck all to do with not knowing how to cook. People who make that assumption and then are judgmental about people who dislike to cook piss me off. My issue is not that I've never cooked in my life or that I don't cook. Sure, I could solve this by getting frozen lasagna and baking it for an hour ten. Absolutely no cleaning involved there! But that isn't cooking so much as preparing a pre-made meal. What's something you don't like doing so I can judge and belittle you for it?
    - JoeAltmaier 11y ago
      I understand that some folks don't like dishwashing. Just countering the hyperbole that gets thrown around. I too washed dishes for a decade. I didn't end up resentful and angry.