One must imagine Sisyphus hungry

Cleaning is the easy part. Get some hot soapy water going and drop used stuff in as you go, then wash when you're waiting for a step to finish.

And what are you cooking regularly that takes 2 hours?

I worked in such a place once. The dishwasher was always running at max capacity, but it wasn’t fast enough for the manager who kept yelling at me. No one but me stayed in the dishwasher position for more than three days. Eventually they brought in an old “specialist” dish washer from years back, and he showed me the “right” way to do it.

This guy seriously loaded the dish rack onto the conveyor, then sprayed the dishes with a hose while forcefully dragging the rack through the dishwasher in five seconds instead of the standard minute. The dishes weren’t even close to clean, it was disgusting.

They were under new management a couple of months later.

That looks like the next guys problem kinda vibe

water, salt, pepper - delicious!

I feel bad for whoever you cook for.

Never use 1 pan when 5 pans will do

Honestly, cooking while cleaning and being efficient with dishes is a very unappreciated skill. I cook up stuff where I can rinse and throw it directly in a dishwasher, or use just one pan or one pot, clean knives and spatulas after use and put them back.

You end up spending like 5 minutes doing the extra dishes where this doesn't work out.

This is why I like my dual level countertop air fry/oven. Just line the pans in aluminum foil, oil, toss some protein on the bottom tray and some potato's and veggies on the top and hit bake. Then wash the cutting board etc and it beeps that its done and straight onto a plate, gtap the foil and toss it if it's too dirty and the pans are nice and clan

This is why I treasure my wok.

Oof this hits home. I grew up on a ranch and always kinda resented having to work my whole childhood while other kids got to screw around but… being in a dish pit every day… I think I feel better now. Stay strong fellow child laborer💪

I was a dishy in my youth as well. The trick is to organize the pile, and spray it down to loosen the gunk.

But I’m sure that the pup really rescued them.

I had never thought about it but me too. My meals almost always look like this:

1. Canned or precooked protein
2. Boiled Grain
3. microwave steamed vegetable
4. Canned beans
5. Seasoning
6. Like 10ml of a fat

This sounds nasty when you genericize it but tonight I had mac and cheese with rotisserie chicken and broccoli. If I threw some sizzle words in there you'd think it was fancy.

An al dente artisinal pasta folded into a rich, velvety emulsified cheese reduction, tossed with succulent hand-pulled rotisserie chicken and vibrant, flash-steamed crisp-tender broccoli florets.

See? Fancy.

Did you make a quick and simple earthquake?

plus having fewer dishes to wash can be extremely motivating, lol

Yes, it motivates me to order takeout