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Innovation abounds in our modern society with brave souls venturing forth to squeeze every last use of existing hardware. A recent innovation is using a dishwasher to cook food:
The dishwasher is every home cook's best friend after dinner is served. But did you know you can use it to prepare that dinner as well?
[...] There are entire YouTube channels dedicated to imparting the wisdom of dishwasher cooking, there was even a Mythbusters episode dedicated to it.
[...] An experiment, conducted this month by Australian consumer advocacy group Choice, looked into this bizarre phenomenon to determine whether or not it was safe to cook stuff in your dishwasher.
The company's white goods tester whipped up a meal of honey soy salmon, coconut rice, an Asian style spinach and mushrooms, and a darling little custard and fruit compote.
The verdict? "Delicious!"
The article provides practical considerations of how to prepare food for cooking in the dishwasher as well as what foods are or are not good candidates.
(Score: 3, Informative) by takyon on Sunday January 27 2019, @08:27PM (7 children)
https://www.treehugger.com/kitchen-design/built-in-dishwashers-vs-hand-washing-which-is-greener.html [treehugger.com]
https://www.cnet.com/how-to/how-much-water-do-dishwashers-use/ [cnet.com]
It's said that an efficient dishwasher uses less water than hand washing. Might not be true if you seal the sink and fill it with a small amount of soapy water and use it like that, but you still have to rinse the suds out.
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(Score: 2) by MostCynical on Sunday January 27 2019, @09:18PM (2 children)
If you really want to save water, use sand [cheaprvliving.com]
"I guess once you start doubting, there's no end to it." -Batou, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
(Score: 2, Informative) by Sulla on Sunday January 27 2019, @10:13PM (1 child)
Well thats horrifying
Ceterum censeo Sinae esse delendam
(Score: 3, Funny) by MostCynical on Sunday January 27 2019, @11:02PM
Hey, dying sooner is also environmentally considerate!
"I guess once you start doubting, there's no end to it." -Batou, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
(Score: 2) by Snotnose on Sunday January 27 2019, @09:43PM (2 children)
Nope. Modern dishwashers use less water than a single sink of water. Let alone water used to rinse.
When the dust settled America realized it was saved by a porn star.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 27 2019, @11:07PM (1 child)
My dishwasher uses about 1kWh of electricity for a full 50ºC 2h cycle that here translates to $0.12 morning to $0.23 evening. Not sure how much water needs though, but guess that in total about 5-6l.
Definitely washing by hand will use more water and less electricty for the warm water and less soap.
What it's horrible are the modern bio dishwasher fluids/tablets that is all you can find now. Years ago were not only much cheaper but also cleaned significantly better.
In fact the higher cost per cycle is the soap, more than the electricity and water used. So both options end costing about the same. The difference are the $600 of the dishwasher split between the expected 10 years of use, so you have to add an extra $0.16 per cycle.
Are you willing to pay $0.16 to avoid doing the dishes? Unfortunately you still will need to fill it up.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 28 2019, @02:40PM
Uh, Hell yes. I hate doing dishes. And I have a nice big scar on my hand from a deep cut washing a chipped glass with a very sharp edge when I was a kid. I bought my first dishwasher 30 years ago and I have never been without since. I never ran the math because I didn't care how much it costs and always assumed it was much higher. I always believed it would be a bargain at a buck a load!
Would you rather take your washing board and lye soap down to the creek to save $0.16 per load on those expensive washing machines?
Blame those tree hugging hippies for getting phosphates effectively banned. It's not just dishwashers. They fucked up all cleaning detergents including laundry detergents.
(Score: 2) by EETech1 on Monday January 28 2019, @01:17AM
I rinse the soapy water into the sink with the soapy water.