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Favorite secrets, tips & tricks in the kitchen? (beehaw.org)
submitted 1 year ago by cwagner@beehaw.org to c/food@beehaw.org
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I love cooking, and I cook every day for me and my wife (home office since 2008 helps there), and I love hearing about new things. I have the book "The Science of Cooking" which was fascinating.

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[–] villasv@beehaw.org 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (16 children)

My biggest tip is to not be stingy with dishwasher usage. If you already have one, use it always.

  • The cheapest store brand powder detergent works fine and its way cheaper than liquid dishwashing detergent for manual usage
  • Some people like to think they're super water-efficient doing the dishes, but they're not; dishwasher saves water.
  • The only extra cost is electricity, but it's easily offset by the savings brought by cooking more often caused by the reduced hassle of doing the dishes. It's like 1-2 dollars of electricity per use (YMMV but it's that order of magnitude: less than a tenth of a dine out).
[–] cwagner@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago (6 children)

I never got this. Maybe it's because we don't have or want children, and are only us two. But dishes take me ten minutes every day. And I have a bunch of higher quality things that can't go into a dishwasher anyway. If I had the space, is probably still get one, but I just don't see how saving 7 minutes a day is a big thing.

[–] Player2@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I live alone and cook one time per day. Dishes takes me like 2 minutes since I just shove everything in the machine and come back two hours later not just to everything being clean, but also heat sanitized. The only things you can't put in there are knives, as well as nonstick and wooden items. I would personally hate cooking if I had to scrub every item by hand afterwards...

[–] cwagner@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The only things you can’t put in there are knives, as well as nonstick and wooden items.

Also, both ceramic and carbon steel pans, and my SS bowls would IIRC lose their shine if machine washed.

I guess I don’t mind 10 minutes of cleanup instead of ~4 that much when cooking itself is a 30-60 minute thing.

[–] Player2@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Absolutely, this is a personal thing. I've found myself not buying things that are incompatible with the machine as much as possible so I don't really have that issue

[–] villasv@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

And some things I just toss in there anyway. My Wusthof knifes for instance are not carbons steel and don't have wooden handles, and my machine has a neat spot that secures it perfectly upright so the edge isn't touching anything. I have been doing this for years and observed no noticeable downside.

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