I hate

use it to hold dirty stuff before washing, take out dirty stuff

I guess this is the crux of what I object to. Coming to fill a kettle up and not being able to fit it under the tap for dirty crockery. Then again, my rental kitchen is tiny, so we have to stay pretty on-it for washing up or we quickly run out of space in the sink or surfaces.

eating off paper plates

Square ones

get out.

To avoid mini fatbergs building up in the sink drainage I soak and rinse the stuff to be washed up then carry the plastic washing up bowl full of 'soup' to the bog and flush my troubles away.
sort of like Mrs Overall in two soups.

if it's got that far you haven't done enough washing!
in all seriousness, I never fill the washing basin so full of dishes that you can't use the tap to fill kettles/water bottles etc. Most of the dirty washing sits on the counter top beside sink, rather than in the basin.
I don't like dishwashers, so will wash up several times on a busy cooking day, so as to retrieve counter top space and not have shit loads of dirty dishes/pots and pans sitting around..

let fat stuff congeal, then scrape off into food waste bin. Flushing oil and fat down the toilet moves fatberg further away from you, but doesn't stop them from happening.
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Recently replaced our tap with a much taller one that was reduced at B&Q for only £13. It's a kettle/pint glass filling machine, regardless of sink status. Also, a two tier drying rack for all your drip drying needs.

Right - while we’re on this, does anybody know of a draining rack for the kitchen that looks okay. Plastic ones turn my stomach.

You can probably guess which side I’m on with the washing-up bowl debate.

#fatchat

then dispose in food recycling bin

Yeah I know - just a snidey comment on the 'out of sight out of mind ' mentality some people have.
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Modern dishwashers are much more economical re waste water and heat than washing by hand.

The only things that don’t get dishwasher treatment in our household are sharp knives, cast iron pans or items that are so large they stop the water vein sprayed around inside the dishwasher.

Dishwashers require space, which a lot do not have. See also, double sinks. A basin and a two tier drying rack are critical for my kitchen.

mini fatbergs

Hello *waves

Mini fatberg (my 2 year old daughter) loves washing up in her toy kitchen. Am taking advantage and have taken to standing her on a chair at the sink for a taste of the real deal. Just for special occasions you understand.

My post was in response to “I don’t like dishwashers” as a rationale. Of course some kitchens won’t have space but if there is space and there are compelling reasons to use one.

sorry can't read that post, or that conversation, comes up with server error my end, probably from someone I've got on ignore.

smash the patriarchy!

etc.

Its the current Bastard Neighbours thread.

She's only copying her daddy (who does most of the cooking and washing up).

plus 1 for the dishwasher - I inherited a new one but didn't use it for 2 years thinking it was an extravagance but apparently it is more energy efficient than hand washing up. Its a 'meal for one' small 28" ht x 18" w .
Before that I used to put the dirty dishes at the base of the shower - 2 for 1.

Sorry to hijack the kitchen sink drama.
I hate Volkswagen, having just caught up with the news.

Monkeys -
The animals were left to watch cartoons as they breathed in diesel fumes from a VW Beetle. The ultimate aim of the tests was to prove that the pollutant load of nitrogen oxide car emissions from diesel motors had measurably decreased, thanks to modern cleaning technology.

Yes. Indefensible.

Why use a monkey when there are still serviceable beagles about?

The beagles lawyered up.

Legal (b)eagles?