Quik poll: dishwasher or no dishwasher?

[lorilei]

Just curious to know how many of you have dishwashers... or not?

If you /don't/ have one, do you covet them?
If you /do/, would you ever go back to not having one?

[Ohioan]

I've had a dishwasher for years and years (over 20), but I seldom use it unless I have lots of company. Too much of my beloved cookware needs hand washing: the wok, the Le Creuset enameled cast iron, my teensy-weensy ingredient and dipping dishes, my ceramic serving pieces, etc., etc. By the time I finish pulling out the hand washables -- and pre-scrubbing the cooked on food even from the pots that can go in the dishwasher -- it hardly pays to run the dishwasher for the rest.

Of course, I cook for one or two most of the time. When I have more company, boy, do I appreciate that dishwasher, if only to do all the glasses and silverware. But all in all, I'd say I wouldn't suffer unduly without a dishwasher.

Now, if someone tried to take away my double sink or my gas range or my good knives, then you'd see a thoroughly distraught woman! http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/wink.gif

Cheers, Phoebe

[Vanessa]

Yes we do. I don't put my silverware in it though. Its great when you have guests, but during the week I end up doing dishes since it takes many dishes to fill the dishwasher (guess I am not too patient http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/smile.gif )

[Missi]

No dishwasher here. I don't mind since there is only two of us. I think it would take me just as long to rinse and then load the dishwasher as it does just to handwash. (Of course I might be just saying that to not feel so bad for not having one !)

[Gail]

Need you ask? Do zebras have stripes? Do raccoons wear masks? Do leopards have spots? My dishes do-- and I'm pleased as punch to have the dishwasher. We're talking The Kitchen Slob-- of course I have (and love) my dishwasher. Were it not for this wonderful apparatus, we'd have to excavate on a daily basis.

I've had a dishwasher only as long as I've been married (17 years) and I can't tell you how glad I am to have it. For me, doing dishes is one of my least favorite things, right up there with ironing. Now, if only I can find a dishwasher that irons clothes...

But, yes... on a realistic level. There are things I wouldn't DARE put in there, things I love, things that must be protected and must be washed by hand. I have never ceased to be amazed by the portion of the populace which tosses EVERYTHING in the dishwasher-- I'm not that obsessed. But when it comes to easing the burden of My Daily Mess, hey! I appreciate all the help I can get! http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/biggrin.gif

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[sneezles]

I also do alot of hand washing. I've never understood how anyone could wash a pot or pan in the dishwasher! As far as everyday dishes, glasses and flatware...in it goes with no pre-washing (except for rice which in the dishwasher is glue!). I cooked for 5 every day two meals (3 on weekends) until my oldest went off to college last year. Plus the great thing is it's not my job to empty it!!

[Susan]

No dishwasher here. It would be nice to have one for large meals or when there's company. I don't mind not having one because it would take just as long to rinse and load one as Missi wrote. What I would really want is either a larger sink or a good-sized double sink.

~~Susan~~

[Natasha]

My response is pretty much like Phoebe s. I could live without one, but would prefer not to. We don t usually use a ton of dishes and pans (unless we have guests), and also end up washing a lot of items by hand, so it s not that big a timesaver.

And you, Lorilei? What are your thoughts on the humble dishwasher?

[kendra]

After living through undergrad and grad school without a dishwasher (unless you count my husband as one), I'm happy to have one in our new house. My husband, who was anti-dishwasher, is even appreciating having it around. Of course, we still hand wash pots and pans and all my "delicates." Kendra

[lorilei]

Originally posted by Natasha:
And you, Lorilei? What are your thoughts on the humble dishwasher?

Ah, Natasha, you have pryed it out of me http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/smile.gif

Actually, I've become extremely spoiled by my dishwasher. I do have a number of handwashables and I /never/ wash my pans in the dishwasher -- but I must admit it's a great thing to have around.

But, soon I will be moving into the dishwasherless zone (new apartment, many perks, but no dishwasher). Frankly, I'm a bit intimidated.

My husband is a willing dishwasher, so I keep trying to tell myself that it will be a great opportunity to spend quality time together... ugh, but doing dishes?

That's my story.

[RunnerKim]

I currently have a not-very-good dishwasher and in the previous house we rented didn't have one. Thought i'd be thrilled to have one again but we still do so much by hand (lots of ziplocs, rubbermaid plus "delicates") it really isn't much of a time-saver. It's just the 2 of us though - which I think is part of the problem. We only need to run it once or twice a week so have to make srue to rinse everything well before putting it in or it gets dried and stuck on. Might as well just wash it. One thing though - we've decided we need more silverware - we're constantly running out now that we wash them in the dishwasher.

Kim

[Mandy]

Oh yes, dishwasher here! The only thing I don't put are my good knives, my non-stick pots and pans, and my crystal wine glasses. Everything else goes in!

[cookgirl]

My husband's A'mano also....

No dishwasher here, and no time for me to do them, particularly after I make the dinner. My husband and I are always trying to rationalize why each other should do the dishes. I usually win, he does the dishes, and then I end up re-washing them later, of sourse, I don't let him know that! (He's not real keen on scrubbing).
Maybe one day we'll have a dishwasher, and all will be settled!!!

[ElinorC]

I love my dishwasher! I use it for most everything and even though I wash a few things by hand (knives and some pots and pans) I mostly buy things that will go in the dishwasher. I even put my china and crystal in the dishwasher and since I've had them for some 40 years, I don't think it has hurt them very much. There is only 2 of us most of the time and we usually run the dishwasher once a day.

[valeriek]

I'm with Gail. I live alone and still have tons of dishes to wash in my much appreciated dishwasher. It is not necessarily the plates I eat on, but the mixing bowls, tupperware from leftovers, and I don't know what else (it just piles up so quickly!). Since I'm still using my nasty pans from my college days (one day I will buy all sorts of pretty pans, I swear!) they go in the dishwasher too! The only thing that doesn't is my nice ceramic bakers, crock pot bowl, and my electric fry pan!!! I could not live without my dishwasher!

[BeckyM]

I have a dishwasher and love it! I haven't gone without one since college, when I shared a house with three other women, and we were constantly having arguments about who left all the dirty dishes in the sink.

We do have a lot of things we don't put in the dishwasher -- pots & pans, good knives, big bowls (that take up too much room), all my Pampered Chef stoneware, etc. My husband is usually responsible for the dishes, and I don't think he really minds the stuff he has to wash by hand. In fact, he sometimes hand washes stuff I would put in the dishwasher, just because he doesn't want to try to find room for it in there.

I definitely wouldn't want to go back to not having one. It is nice just to be able to rinse off a plate and stick it in the dishwasher rather than having to either wash it right away or have it sit around in the sink dirty.

[andrea]

i cook, hubby washes... it's a great set-up, if you ask me. one problem this: since CL substitutes a lot of things to make meals "lighter", there are often a lot more dishes. after dinner, i always have chris rate the meal. here's the scale:
1. great repeater (i know when he wants seconds)
2. good, worth the amount of dishes
3. good, but not worth the amount of dishes
4. forget it...

[SusanD]

Dishwasher...absolutely! I haven't been without one since I was in college, and there's no way I could go back. Even though it's just my husband and me, I still consider it a MUST. Of course we don't put our pots/pans or knives in there, but everything else goes in.

[Danielle]

My husband and I just moved to an apartment with a dishwasher, and I am in absolute heaven. I loathe doing dishes. I'd rather mow the lawn or clean the toilet before I do dishes. And my husband hates them even more than I do, so it was like pulling teeth to have him help me. I hated it because at night after working out I'd get home, make dinner, do dishes, and by the time I was done it was 9:00. A waste of an evening. So when we were looking for a new place, my one condition was that it must have a dishwasher. And we found a great place with my wonderful dishwasher. It may not be the lastest brand, but it works. I still wash my nice knives and non-stick cookware by hand, but everything else gets tossed into the dishwasher.

[Beth H]

I definitely need a dishwasher. When my husband and I were first married, I didn't have one, and I didn't cook as much -- I just didn't feel like cleaning up afterwards! I could never go back after 3 years with a dishwasher -- even though my pots and pans can not go in it.

[lindrusso]

Yes on the dishwasher! We didn't have one in our first apartment - that coupled with a VERY deep sink usually meant a big pile of dishes!

If I ever had to do without a dishwasher I'd miss it most for washing my handiwipes and sponge, getting the glasses dried without spots (washing them by hand usually means you have to dry them right away) and for getting my cheese grater clean without having yucky cheese gumbies all over my sponge! http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/tongue.gif

[RunnerKim]

Grace,

Don't know if you were including me in the "two people that don't produce many dishes" -- we produce tons of dishes, I can't believe how many most days (and wonder just how bad its going to be when we have kids.) We both work so have simple breakfasts and pack our lunches in rubbermaid. It's a waste of time for us to put anything plastic in our dishwasher as its still wet when done and we then have to dry it - vs. if we let it dry in the sink it drys all the way. Pots and pans, its just easier to clean them by hand. So all that goes in our dishwasher is plates, dinner bowls, glasses and silverware. But we have to hand wash a whole sinks plus worth of dishes a day.

I had to cram in dish washing this morning as I was lazy last night and didn't do the dishes and watched the Olymics instead.

Kim

[darthchrista]

We have a dishwasher, and love it. Also, that new Cascade Complete really does allow you to skip the sink, for the most part. Anyway in response to your "How do you do it?" There are only two of us, and we both work so the only "meal" we really have is dinner. Since I have to be at work earlier than my husband he is on his own for breakfast, and I usually just have a piece of friut (no dishes) http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/smile.gif So that is how we do it...we only eat once a day! http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/wink.gif


Originally posted by Grace:
Who are you people that only have a few dishes just because there are only two of you??!!! I would like to come to your house and watch how you manage to do that, as every day we have a MOUNTAIN of dishes to do, and there are only two of us. We have no dishwasher (I haven't had one since I lived at home as a kid over 20 years ago). My husband does dishes reluctantly, so I end up doing most of them, and I try to do them as I go along. I make him breakfast every morning (today it was scrambled eggs, hash browns, turkey breakfast sausages, whole grain toast, juice and coffee). I just took a New York Cheesecake out of the oven, so I had to do those dishes too. Next I'm making an Apfelkuchen (it's an old CL recipe that is probably the one recipe I make most often), so then there will those dishes to wash too. (I am going to a small get together tonight, which is why I need two cakes.) Anyhow, I will probably make the Chicken Parmesan from the cover of the October issue for dinner tonight, which will again, amount to a number of dishes. If I didn't wash as I go along, and waited until the end of the day to wash them all up, I'd be buried, I think!! How do you all do it? Eat off the same plate all day so you only have one plate to wash??!! (Just kidding!). Anyhow, I'd LOVE (and I mean LOVE) to have a dishwasher, and while I can most certainly afford to buy one, there is absolutely no room in our little kitchen for one (sigh). And we have no plans to move in the near future, so it looks like it'll be dishpan hands for me for quite some time (I guess after 20 years, you'd think I'd be used to it??!!)

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[Grace]

Gosh, I sure hope you all know I was just razzing you, as I am jealous of those who don't have a "mountain" of dishes like I do, and I'm also jealous of those of you who do have mountains of dishes, but have dishwashers!! I love to cook so much. It is my favorite hobby, and I look forward to it almost every day. I really just used this as an opportunity to whine about the fact that I have to "slave" over the sink every day as payment for enjoying my hobby! I guess you're right, darthchrista, the real answer to my problem would be to not cook so much!!! http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/smile.gif (Wouldn't hurt my hips much, either!)

Grace

[lorilei]

Alright http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/smile.gif This is NOT making me feel better.

Where are the people who LOVE washing dishes because it's therapeutic?

*wimper*

Where are the people who believe washing dishes prevents arthritis?

*frown*

Where are the do-gooders who just want to make a poor girl smile?

http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/wink.gif

[darthchrista]

I knew you were razzing. It is funny you said I was right, because I was thinking "Gosh, I would love to be able to cook as much as that." I have sooooooo many recipes I have torn out of magazines, not to mention a relativly large collection of cookbooks. I don't think I'll ever make every single thing, because I won't live that long http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/smile.gif The problem with having so many is if we have something really great, it may be a really long time before we have it again, because there are so many new things to try.

[Mandy]

Is this strange....
I usually put my dishes in the dish washer and only run it when it's full, that's usually once every-other-day. Is that bad to let the dishes sit in the dish washer for a day before running the washer? http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/confused.gif
I hear some of you say that you don't have enough dirty dishes to bother putting them in the washer, why not just wait 'til it's full, then run it? Should I not be doing that?

[Danielle]

Mandy, I do the same thing. I probably run the dishwasher every other day, sometimes every third day. I don't want to waste all the water on just a few glasses and plates, so we wait until it's completely full before running it. So fear not, you're not the only one! http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/wink.gif

[lindrusso]

Originally posted by lorilei:
Alright http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/smile.gif This is NOT making me feel better.

Where are the people who LOVE washing dishes because it's therapeutic?

Lorilei,

I cannot tell a lie! To me, dishes are just an unfortunate by-product of cooking. Once I read an article in Martha Stewart Living where they claimed that housekeeping is an art form - I think they were referring to dusting in particular. I almost canceled my subscription on the spot!!!

However, this little piece of writing makes me grumble less (though I can't claim to do my chores CHEERFULLY) - maybe it will help! It was posted on my MOMS Club email loop, I don't know the original source. And notice the very first line. http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/smile.gif

LORD, THANK YOU

Lord, thank you for this sink of dirty dishes; we have plenty of food to eat.

Thank you for this pile of dirty, stinky laundry; we have plenty of nice clothes to wear.

And I would like to thank you, Lord, for those unmade beds; they were so warm and comfortable last night. I know that many have no bed.

My thanks to you, Lord, for this bathroom, complete with all the splattered mirrors, soggy, grimy towels and dirty lavatory; they are so convenient.

Thank you for this finger-smudged frigerator that needs defrosting so badly; It has served us faithfully for many years. It is full of cold drinks and enough leftovers for two or three meals.

Thank you, Lord, for this oven that absolutely must be cleaned today.
It has baked so many things over the years.

The whole family is grateful for that tall grass that needs mowing, the lawn that needs raking; we all enjoy the yard.

Thank you, Lord, even for that slamming screen door. My kids are healthy and able to run and play.

Lord, the presence of all these chores awaiting me says You have richly blessed my family. I shall do them cheerfully and I shall do them gratefully.

[Beth Y]

As is the case frighteningly often, I am with Gail on this one. How does one live without a dishwasher. hand cleaning all those sippie cups, no way.

[Wendy w]

I have a dishwasher but my roommate and I only run it about once a week (when very full)or when I have days like Grace http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/biggrin.gif where I may have a mountain of dishes which usually occurs on weekends after my boyfriend,"Chef Reckless Abandon", who utilizes every dish in the kitchen cooks!

A lot of times after emptying the dishwasher, I will hand wash dishes in order to avoid filling it up so soon-a little eccentricity that I cannot understand.

Oh, oh, I am almost a member, maybe I need to seek out Mamasue's graphics website to seek out fireworks or something festive!

Wendy

[SueK]

I can't imagine living without my dishwasher, although I did live without one for many years in my single days. I always tell my husband that I am convinced someone comes in our house and dirties our dishes when we're not home, because for just 3 people, we have WAY too many dirty dishes. I normally handwash the big things (pots, pans, etc.) but it still seems like I am constantly running the dishwasher.

[MrsReber]

No dishwasher here. My husband doens't understand why we need one. And why would he understand since he doens't wash the dishes? Only after I complain profusely!! Yes I make lots of dishes when I cook, but I think he feels that since I dirtied the dishes (even though it's to make OUR dinner) I should clean up. I can't win. It's not even worth the arguement. So, sigh, no dishwasher in my future.

[Gail]

Originally posted by Beth Y:
As is the case frighteningly often, I am with Gail on this one. How does one live without a dishwasher. hand cleaning all those sippie cups, no way.


Whadyamean frighteningly? If you're applying for the position of "Evil Twin," I've already got one! http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/biggrin.gif

[SandyDee]

I don't have one, and, as has been previously stated by others in this thread, I ususally only cook for 1 or 2 so I don't miss it either. However when I have the family over for Holidays, it usually is a crowd of about 18 people. That is the one time that I would like to be able to put everything in the dishwasher and walk away. But then with that many people I usually get quite a bit of help and that is always a good time to catch up on family gossip. But I guarantee that if I had a larger group to cook for on a regular basis I would be making room for one in my kitchen as we speak. http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/smile.gif

[MaryH]

Lorilei,

I have to confess I AM with you on this one. Cooking is therapeutic to me as is washing dishes. Although we have a dishwasher I have never used it (in almost 4 years) and do not even know if it works. Most of that is because my Armenian mother in law has always insisted on doing dishes by hand and I've fallen into the same routine.

My mother, however, was the queen of kitchen gadgets and I grew up always using one. In all honesty, though, I really don't miss it.

Lest some of you think I "really really enjoy" doing dishes, I wouldn't go that far and have been known to stew and have big arguments with my husband over why the dishes aren't done - but overall I rather enjoy doing them - its the rest of the housecleaning that I have no patience for. (But that's a whole other topic http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/smile.gif

mary

[Carolyn]

I'm with the "there's only 2 of us" so, while I have a dishwasher, I don't use it much. HOWEVER, it is there when I need it, small and noisy as it is, it still beats doing dishes when you have a party.
My question concerns garbage disposals-something I would love to have, but cannot have where we live. I would cheerfully trade 10 dishwashers for one garbage disposal!

[Grace]

Who are you people that only have a few dishes just because there are only two of you??!!! I would like to come to your house and watch how you manage to do that, as every day we have a MOUNTAIN of dishes to do, and there are only two of us. We have no dishwasher (I haven't had one since I lived at home as a kid over 20 years ago). My husband does dishes reluctantly, so I end up doing most of them, and I try to do them as I go along. I make him breakfast every morning (today it was scrambled eggs, hash browns, turkey breakfast sausages, whole grain toast, juice and coffee). I just took a New York Cheesecake out of the oven, so I had to do those dishes too. Next I'm making an Apfelkuchen (it's an old CL recipe that is probably the one recipe I make most often), so then there will those dishes to wash too. (I am going to a small get together tonight, which is why I need two cakes.) Anyhow, I will probably make the Chicken Parmesan from the cover of the October issue for dinner tonight, which will again, amount to a number of dishes. If I didn't wash as I go along, and waited until the end of the day to wash them all up, I'd be buried, I think!! How do you all do it? Eat off the same plate all day so you only have one plate to wash??!! (Just kidding!). Anyhow, I'd LOVE (and I mean LOVE) to have a dishwasher, and while I can most certainly afford to buy one, there is absolutely no room in our little kitchen for one (sigh). And we have no plans to move in the near future, so it looks like it'll be dishpan hands for me for quite some time (I guess after 20 years, you'd think I'd be used to it??!!)

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[Connie]

Grace,
Gloves do wonders for dishpan hands!

Yes, we have a dishwasher, but I have only had it the last 7 of the 11 years I've been in this house. I could do without one, but prefer having one. And I agree, I don't believe how much stuff people put in there that I wash by hand!

[phantomcg]

Well, I have to say that I love my dishwasher. Yes, there are things that never go into it, but, I absolutly hate washing dishes. Right now though, I have been washing alot of dishes by hand because it's only me all week long. Hubby took a job in Auburn Hills which is a 2 1/2 hour drive from home, so the company has put him up in an extended stay place and he's only home Friday evening through Sunday afternoon. It hardly seems worth the water and electricity to run the dishwasher for one person.

Cheryl

[AndreaU]

Definitely dish washer. Even with just 2 of us, 3 meals a day starts to pile up!

[sunbrie]

I was really surprised at the amount of people who said they could live without a dishwasher.I use my dishwasher as much as possible! I think that when you have children it's very needed, since they seem to be having snacks and drinks all the time!

[Holly S]

I AM the dishwasher. Just call me Amana

[Zinnia]

I feel lucky, because I have 3 of 'em. Billy is 17, Jennifer is 16, & David is 14, & they do an awesome job! http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/smile.gif Zinnia

[lorilei]

Zinnia -

So what you're saying is: I should have kids, huh? http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/wink.gif

[KimberlyE]

Yes we have a dishwasher and I think I always have had one. I suppose I could live without it but we have a ton of glasses every day and I wouldn't want to wash those by hand. I wash pots, pans, knives and delicate glass as I go (like most of you). I'm glad I read this thread though because I never put the cheese grater in the d-washer (thought the cheese would harden before I ran it) but will try it now because someone said it is good for getting all the cheese off...I don't like cleaning that thing.

[Grace]

Oh Zinnia!!

You have so many dishwashers, couldn't you send a spare one to me?!! (They would be well fed)..ha ha

Actually, my husband and I remark a lot - we can't wait to have slaves ...oops, I mean kids! (We're trying)

[marys]

I have the most unusual dishwasher I've ever seen. My dishwasher, stove top and oven are all in one unit. When we bought our house last year we were looking for the dishwasher (it's a small kitchen) and when I opened what I thought was the oven, I discovered it was actually the dishwasher and what I thought was a microwave above the stove was actually the oven. The previous homeowner gave us the original brochure. I'm guessing it was from the 60's or early 70's based on the outfits the models (what they call "the modern homemakers") are wearing. It's too funny!

It recently stopped running and since we had a homeowner's warranty with the house we decided to get it fixed. It took a while, but they actually found parts for it and it works again. It's extrememly loud, but it gets the job done!

[LauraEllen]

Yes, I have two dishwashers - the mechanical one and the one I'm married to. (He understands that's his price for eating so well).

I couldn't live without either one.

[Pat]

I have had a dishwasher for thirty years--ever since my first child was born (the one that is going to give me my first grandchild soon).

I wouldn't want to do without it. Last year my old one started leaking and I got a new one. It is fabulous! It will clean anything you put in it and I never pre-wash or pre-rinse. I just stick it in the dishwasher and it comes out cleaner than I could get it and the glasses are sparkling!

However, I do not wash delicate crystal and china in it. Once, we had such a crush of people that I did wash the china in it because it has a china and crystal cycle. I just could not face all those dishes so I ran the dishwasher twice. It didn't seem to hurt it, but normally I do not do that.

[SandyDee]

Mary I absolutely agree with you. Although I don't cherish doing dishes, I would do a truck load of them if it would get me out of the rest of the housework!!! Is there a machine that would clean the bathroom, wash the windows and mop the floors? Now that is one I would have to have!! http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/eek.gif

[Gwenniver]

Cannot....function....without....dishwasher..

That pretty much answers the question for me. One of the first things I bought when I moved from my dishwasher-equipped apartment to my first house (dishwasherless, built in 1949) was, you guessed it, a dishwasher. I even got a portable one so I didn't have to wait to save up the money for installation.

The nice thing about the portable is it provides some extra, mobile counterspace (it's like a kitchen island wannabe).

I don't put pots and pans in there, though---just because I've noticed from others doing it that it tends to make the things on the top rack come out still dirty. Does anybody put pots and pans in there by themselves? Does it work OK?

[lorilei]

You know, a portable dishwasher sounds like a good idea -- another solution to my lack of counter space.

If I might ask, how much do they run? Would you recommend a specific brand?

[mlou]

Never have, never will. Mostly I guess I don't want to give up the space and doing dishes doesn't bother me. Also am not convinced they work as well. There is also the chemical issue. Don't "covet" them either.

[lanie]

I have to agree with Gail - mine broke about 3 years ago around this time of year - which is Thanksgiving for us - I would have robbed a bank, paid someone much more than one would/should have in order to get fixed or get a NEW one - which I did - sometimes only 2 - maybe 3 for dinner - and I run that 'friend' every day and only like the Electrosol Tablets - it would make me a monster to not have one! Don't do fine china or my paderno in it - but everything else goes in there - even those little disposable glad keepers! love it!

[sylvie]

With 3 kids (5, 7 and 9), I can't live without it !!!
My dishwasher usually work twice a day.

Recently I baught a new one, and I love it because this one is really more quiet and now I can talk on phone while it's running....

[ellielk]

No hubby, kids grown and out - just l'il ol' me. But...I just had my kitchen redone and bought a new dishwasher. Never used the old one because it was so noisy and because doing dishes was never a chore to me. I do my best thinking when I'm up to my elbows in sudsy water. However, now that I have this new, quiet beauty (GE Triton) with the rinse and hold cycle that does small loads. I lightly rinse my dishes in the sink under a little running water and every three to four days run the small load cycle. Sure, I still have to do my Gladware and Ziploc thingys separately but this is definitely fun. Does a great job on the pots and pans, too, but so far I haven't made anything like a lasagna that would be a real test of the cookware cycle. I wouldn't say that I don't know how I ever lived without it but I sure do like having it.

[donleyk]

I have a dishwasher, but I have to feed him first! And, of course, I do dry.

We will have a dishwasher in our next home. Ours is too small to accommodate.
-Kim

[Norma]

Years ago when my husband's ex and he bought their first dishwasher and brought it home, he told their 4 kids that this is Mr. Lincoln. He freed the slaves.

[Beth]

Nevermind

[This message has been edited by Beth (edited 10-08-2000).]

[Beth]

Ellielk, I won't retype the note I sent in to the ozone (apparently), but we bought a new dishwasher yesterday. I went back and looked at the Triton, but decided on the Kitchenaid. I really like the lower rack without a break for the water tower and the flexibility in loading that it's racks give you. Also, the entire front panel is a single piece, so it should look nice (and the inside of the tub is that much taller too). They say it's their quietest dishwasher ever, so I hope to be as thrilled as you when we get it installed (they just cam out, so we have to wait a few days to get it). I feel sick to be this excited about a dishwasher, but with a family, a year is a long time without one. Just wanted to share my "Wheeeee!"