An Effective Method to Dishwashing

For something so uninteresting and laboring, dishwashing can be made simple if you do it in a systematic order. Some people prefer to have a little order in their kitchens, and this is an effective way to maintain order in your kitchen. Especially around the counter area; I’m sure many of us would prefer an organized counter, leaving space to utilize and move about with than a cluttered, unorganized counter. With the dishes in the drainer, looking like a heap of steel, glassware and plastic, ready for the landfill!

Although there are many different methods to dishwashing, and all can be effective. But the key to keeping things in order is to do it systematically. See, the catch is knowing which dishes to wash first, which to allow soaking time (when to soak certain dishes), and most of all, which ones you plan on placing in the drainer first.

See, this is the point: washing the dishes in an order that will successfully place them in the order you desire in the drainer. Isn’t that spectacular? I’m grinning at my ingenious discovery as I type!

And believe me, it’s not a complicated ordeal. I tested my theory and found that it saves time; sometimes, the dishes that are usually first to go in the drainer are the ones that are easier to clean. But this doesn’t ring true in all cases! You have some dirty dishes out there-But no pun intended. It saves time because as you get the ‘easier’ dishes cleaned and properly stacked in the drainer, those hefty washing jobs will seem well worth it, when all you have to do is place it in it’s designated spot to dry properly. Oh, did I mention that when dishes are placed in an organized manner, the manner in which the drainer was intended, they dry properly? Well, yes, stacking them in a mountainous pile, makes them clutter. This will prevent proper air flow, and some dishes may not dry completely.

Speaking of the design of the drainer; most drainers have a general design where plates, bowls, pots and pans, or other bulky items, all fit in the middle portion of the drainer. Which usually takes up majority of the space on the drainer. Then, you have slits, or can we say ‘holders’ along the sides of the drainer for cups and glasses. And on one of the ends, there’s another ‘holder’. This one is different in a way that it is made to hold your utensils (forks, spoons, knives, etc.). A filled drainer generally has plates closest to the front (the end without holder-but this can vary according to taste and preference…or accessibility), with size being largest to smallest. After the plates, bowls are placed by a different order in which the smallest is placed first. After the bowls are the large to extra-large items like pots and pans, mixing bowls and baking dishes. And of course, the utensils already have their compartment and the cups and glasses are in their proper places.

Now an effective way to get your drainer to look like that is very simple. You wash the dishes in the reverse order of which they’ll be in the drainer. But remember that this does not include the heavy duty washings, or the dishes that needed extra soaking. See, this will ensure that as you place the dishes in the rinsing sink, their placement order will in place as you rinse the dishes and then move to place them in the drainer.

Now if you are rinsing as you wash, you’ll have to wash them in the order in which you desire to place them in the drainer. But remember that you wish to do the easiest ones first.

And if you’re using a dishwasher, the method goes out the window-But not quite! See, with a dishwasher, they are generally already designed to show you exactly where to place your dishes. But, you can have a little organization to where and how you place your dishes in the washer. You can place them in order of putting them up, by placing the dishes you’ll put up first near the front of the washer.

Either method is an effective way to keep order in your kitchen!