From: chamilton5280@invalid.com   
      
   On 2025-11-06, Carlos E.R.  wrote:   
   > On 2025-11-06 14:27, Cindy Hamilton wrote:   
   >> On 2025-11-06, Carlos E.R.  wrote:   
   >>> On 2025-11-06 01:22, hubops@ccanoemail.com wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> I guess people who only microwave frozen meals don't need a   
   >>>>> dishwasher.   
   >>>>> What do they do when the microwave dies?   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> We run the dishwasher every day.  Only sharp knives and nonstick   
   >>>>> pans are washed by hand.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>> I'll challenge  the   implication / stereotype   of  people   
   >>>> who eschew dishwashers  as  people who eat frozen dinners.   
   >>>   
   >>> My parents bought a dishwasher. My father insisted, my mother was not   
   >>> convinced. Somewhere before 1980, early models here.   
   >>>   
   >>> It used a lot of electricity, maybe 2500W. A lot for here and the time.   
   >>> It was very noisy, it roared. It took days to fill it up, so we had to   
   >>> buy more dishes. After some years we stopped using it.   
   >>>   
   >>> So I'm biased into considering it a useless appliance. And the house has   
   >>> two wash basins, something very rare nowdays, but makes washing up   
   >>> easier and faster.   
   >>>   
   >>> Besides, if I eat frozen food, the kind I buy has to be heated on a pan,   
   >>> preferably. And poured on a dish and eaten with fork or spoon, maybe   
   >>> knife. I don't see how that means I don't need to wash up.   
   >>   
   >> Most frozen meals here come in plastic trays that can (and do)   
   >> go in the microwave.  I'm quite confident that millions of   
   >> people lick the fork or spoon clean and call it good.   
   >>   
   >   
   > There are some like that, but at least where I buy most are not frozen,   
   > just cold. I usually remove the food from the plastic and heat on a   
   > safer glass container of similar size. I don't trust food on hot   
   > plastic, not healthy.   
      
   I generally don't microwave in plastic.  A few months ago I had   
   some dental surgery and ended up buying an assortment of frozen   
   meals because they were soft food and didn't require a lot of effort.   
   I nuked them in the plastic tray, figuring a half dozen instances   
   of plastic poisoning wouldn't materially alter my health or   
   lifespan.   
      
   When we were remodeling the kitchen, I got some pressed-paper   
   bowls for my morning oatmeal.   
      
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   Cindy Hamilton   
      
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