I'll have to look into that. C&K couldn't get out to us until tomorrow, but Hometown Heating and Cooling in Ellsworth got us in around lunch time today so hopefully it'll be fixed before my fussy wife gets home.
Random Thoughts 14: I can see clearly now 2020 edition
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Because of the grit in dishwasher detergent. It etches your glasses and silverware turning them dull. It destroys the edge on a knife. I don't want my nice shiny pots all dulled up by that grit.
Makes sense, I suppose. Especially if you are only cooking for yourself most of the time.
Having spent years cooking for a horde, I guess that's not as important to me. The crystal glasses and silver flatware should always be handwashed (and that's why I told my sisters they could have all our mother's good stuff), but for me, plates, stainless steel flatware, pots, everyday glasses, etc...screw it. The dishwasher is my best friend.
Yeah, I don't put pots, pans, or cutting knives in the dishwasher, but I put everything else in
We use the dishwasher for everything except pots and pans and a few of our best knives. There may also be a few things that aren't really dishwasher safe. Everything else is fair game. Haven't really noticed any issue with our stainless flatware in 20 years, but the cloudy glassware is real.
I screwedup and during harvest last year didn’t get salt in the softener right away, glasses took a beating with cloudiness. Starting to clean up but probably need to do the vinegar bath to clean them up.
I have tried the vinegar thing but these are truly etched so it doesn't really do much good. We have really hard water so the softener only does so much good.
Cloudy glasses is why I only use Finish Quantum brand. Also use the rinse agent, but Quantum was the only type or brand that worked several years ago after getting our then-new dishwasher. So I keep buying it.
We have been using Cascade Platinum and the cloudiness doesn't happen anymore. The only things I don't put in the DW are the wood-handled kitchen knives, my crystal highball glasses, and the newer pots and pans.
Also a platinum user. And my glasses are getting better now that we are on rural water instead of our high mineral content well.
I have AC now. My wife can come home and be happy.
Are you sure about that last part?
Well, under the sink is an old bottle of Electrosol so I guess that was what I used in the past.
Yesterday the outdoor temperature part of our indoor-outdoor thermometer stopped working. Don't know whether that's a good thing or bad. New batteries in both units didn't help, neither did reading the directions.
Guess a trip to Ace Hardware is in order.
Guess a trip to Ace Hardware is in order.
Our hummers, cardinals, and goldfinches are all still around as well as miscellaneous wrens, sparrows, and woodpeckers, but I haven't seen grosbeaks and orioles since last spring.
Our hummers, cardinals, and goldfinches are all still around as well as miscellaneous wrens, sparrows, and woodpeckers, but I haven't seen grosbeaks and orioles since last spring.
Hummers and peckers kinda go together. Just the way it seems to be.
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