So…the dishwasher has died! Back to childhood what’s best washing or drying?

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So…..the second hand dishwasher has finally died!

Thinking back we would have just bought a new one, then it’s been a second hand one…… how has it come to this?

Back to washing up in god knows how many years - the dryer upper person is a bit slow 🤣.

The teens tomorrow will learn how the young people used to live 🤣🤣

So what’s best washer or dryer????

I prefer washing and dislike drying. End up doing both although most items go in the dishwasher.

Definitely washing, assuming you’ve got decent scourers. The dryer has to put away as well and that’s a nuisance.

You do have to watch for sneaky driers nipping off to the loo, or saying they’ll let something like Tupperware air dry though.

I prefer to wash.

Washing 100%. Drying involves two jobs both drying and putting all the dry stuff away.

Washing..the dryer should put the stuff away.

Can't you just wash and leave it on a drying rack?

DH and I lived 18yrs without a washing machine and managed doing this!

Washing.

Leave it on the draining board for a few hours and let nature dry it....

Also, wash up as you go along when cooking so all you're left with are plates, cutlery and pans.

I'd never had a dishwasher and had always wanted one. When I moved to my present home there was an almost brand new dishwasher in the kitchen. But because I live alone now it just seemed pointless because I just don't generate enough dirty dishes to make it worthwhile. So I just got rid of it without ever having used it when I had the kitchen modernised.
I don't mind washing dishes. Apart from the porridge pan.

I don't mind which I do, as long as the other person does their job at a reasonable speed.

Growing up we had an excellent system - mum washed, dad and I dried, and DSis put away.

On my own I just wash, leave it to air dry, and use the same dishes straight from the rack the next day

It’s all taking me back! I hated being the dryer (as had to also put away).

Realised tonight my worktop doesn’t actually have a proper draining board - so have used old towels & dragged out the dishwasher trays 🤣.

Now watching Reading & Leeds highlights & Amazon searching washing up bowels & drainers - ummm yes 🙌

Bowl 🥣 not bowels 🤣

Realised tonight my worktop doesn’t actually have a proper draining board - so have used old towels & dragged out the dishwasher trays

I highly recommend these https://www.ikea.com/gb/en/p/nyskoeljd-dish-drying-mat-dark-grey-00451059/. I also bought similar from aldi or lidl, but the ikea ones are better IMO. I throw them in with the clothing wash.

I’ve got a dishwasher but for washing up I’ve got a silicone mat. It’s a bit of an art to arrange the stuff at first but i think drying rack things are disgusting.They have a square mile of edges for scum to stick to but are impossible to clean properly unless you put them in the bath for a scrub every few days. With a washing up bowl ours has a removable plug and handles either side so emptying it is easy. It’s a solid rigid one so isn’t easily scratched.

We were in rented accommodation for a couple of years without a dishwasher and I begrudged every plate! One mug or glass per person all day. Just rinse it out.
The system I worked out was for one person to do the job. Two bowls of very hot water (one soapy to wash and one to rinse) and rubber gloves. Wash from the cleanest to the dirtiest so glasses, plates, cutlery, cups and cooking equipment. Wash, dunk and drain. The hot rinsing water evaporates and you can put everything away immediately. Or pour a kettle over everything on the draining board/ cutlery strainer and leave it to air dry.

But to answer the OP, I prefer drying. I can dry a stack of plates top to bottom and shoot polished knives into the drawer like an automaton. Also because I’m handling clean stuff.

JosephJoseph has some nifty equipment, including bowls with twist plugs and drainers with a spout for the sink.

In my opinion, washing left on a rack looks slovenly.

If you're spending on Joseph Joseph, it will be cheaper to buy another dishwasher, which the OP suggests she can't afford.

I think I would be living as cheaply as possible until I had the money to buy a dishwasher. Look for another second hand one, sell things if possible, change your bank account a couple of times for the free money incentive.

I've never bothered getting a dishwasher. I like to do the washing up in the evening, rinse everything and then put away the next morning when only a little drying is needed.

We don’t have a dishwasher. We wash as we go and leave it to dry on the draining board.

I don’t have a dishwasher in my new house - it’s a readjustment for sure! But I don’t really mind so far - I bought a dish rack and I’m honing some kind of system. I quite like both washing and drying 😄, am I a weirdo?

Well according to @Yetone In my opinion, washing left on a rack looks slovenly

@Comeonbabylightmyaga We do have a dishwasher but also hand wash and leave things on the drying mat or aga to dry. We are clearly slovenly 😆

I imagine seeing my dirty dishes piled up on the side for a couple of days would finish you off!

Team air drying here. Using a tea towel to dry up is pointless IMO as after the first couple of things it is just smearing damp water round which then goes manky when things are put away on top of each other in closed cupboards.

No straight in the dishwasher, where I wash practically everything. What I find slovenly about air drying is that people leave them for ages and when they want to wash something the clean dishes get a fine spray of dirty water.

I never use a tea towel. I hand wash so little that a couple of pieces of kitchen towel is enough.

There's nothing I hate more than washing up left to dry on a sink for hours. It's so lazy.

I'm in the minority here but I prefer to dry.