What do you find the most challenging aspect of cooking?

Puggles said:
Wow, it's more than 3 times as expensive.
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In certain circumstances.

For us with our low water pressure, washing by hand is cheaper and more economical in the long run. We have to conserve water. So I don't agree with results that say dishwasher is more economical.

As tenants we can't choose the dishwasher we have, and only have a gravity fed water supply. No choice in that except to move to a city and but a house. The dishwasher here will error more times than it actually runs, so using 8-9 Liters once a day in the washing up bowl is more economical (we don't have this idea that you must rinse after washing).
 
SatNavSaysStraightOn said:
In certain circumstances.

For us with our low water pressure, washing by hand is cheaper and more economical in the long run. We have to conserve water. So I don't agree with results that say dishwasher is more economical.

As tenants we can't choose the dishwasher we have, and only have a gravity fed water supply. No choice in that except to move to a city and but a house. The dishwasher here will error more times than it actually runs, so using 8-9 Liters once a day in the washing up bowl is more economical (we don't have this idea that you must rinse after washing).
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I know I'm cheaper than the DW. The monthly water bill has proved that many times.
 
Barriehie said:
I know I'm cheaper than the DW. The monthly water bill has proved that many times.
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My other issue with the washing up, and the reason that I find it the most challenging part of the cooking process, is that I do not have full feeling in my left hand (from an accident at work, ironically a pub restaurant when I was 20. Combine that with soapy water and I have a tendancy to drop things which typically break or break something else. It is one of the reasons that I do not normally do the washing up, even when we briefly lived on mains water in the UK.
 
badjak said:
I've never owned a dishwasher, nor do I want one.
I don't use much water washing up plus it's only 1 person and often wood & cast iron cooking equipment and a huge wok.

It will take some days to fill up the machine and I don't have enough plates, cups etc to do so :hyper:
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Everyone send dishware!!! 😁
 
karadekoolaid said:
I've never known a dishwasher that doesn't :
a) require you to rinse the plates/whatever first or
b) end up with a dish (or three) that still has scraps of food attached.
Ours is currently disconnected, and I'm happy to wash by hand.
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Having recently bought a new, high end Cove dishwasher, I was given a lesson on this. With older and/or cheaper dishwashers, it's better to pre-rinse because they simply don't do that great of a job. But, with the newer, higher quality dishwashers, you don't have to pre-rinse, except for soaking/scrubbing off an really caked-on, dried food residue. In fact, the dishwasher will clean your dishes better if you don't. The newer ones have turbidity sensors and filtration systems that adjust the wash cycles based on what they detect. So if your plates are already rinsed, the wash cycle with end sooner before getting your dishes fully clean. Also, detergents apparently work best when they can react with food enzymes to really get the full benefit of their cleaning power. I was dismissive of that at first, because it's so counter-intuitive and "rinsing your plate" was what everyone did before placing them in a dishwasher. So, the first thing I did with the new Cove was to load it up with really dirty, unrinsed dishes to see for myself, and son of gun, I've never had cleaner dishes! (I won't lie, though, it's a hard habit to break!) 🙃

The only thing I don't put in the dishwasher are my good knives, wooden spoons/spatulas, bare cast iron, a nicer flatware set that has stag handles, and for some reason, my All Clad stainless pots and pans. I don't know why I don't put the latter in there. If they're made to be placed on an open gas flame, it's not like hot water is going to hurt them. Still, I just can't bring myself to toss them in there.
 
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I agree with that 👆
I only soak seriously baked on dishes the rest goes straight in the dishwasher and comes out sparkling.
My dishwasher was an expensive one though, it automatically dispenses the correct amount of detergent and automatically opens the door at the end of the cycle so it can fast dry without leaving any water marks on anything.
But it is on for a seriously long time to get the dishes into that sparkly state.

My sons old dishwasher however is a brand with a good rep (Bosch) and doesn't do anything like the same level of job.
 
I've got an average GE that, when I run it, I put it on the 56-minute cycle and everything comes out clean. The only time I run it on an extended cycle is to clean the stove drip pans. Those are stupid expensive to replace being a stamped metal bowl with some coating on it. It's that GE part number...
 
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