Frazz by Jef Mallett for May 23, 2023

And then there are the Only-Takeout-With-Paper Plates-And-Disposable Plastic Utensils people. I must admit that I was one my first year out of college.

5. Paper towels over the sink.

Cool to see Mrs. Olsen and Caufield talking to each other.

Does that mean I’m type 6? Just eat the ice cream out of the carton?

I have occasional reason to deal with young folks in their homes. I used to be astounded that some of them never cooked at all (unless you count K-cup coffee). Now I’m happier to be delighted when I see that some DO cook for themselves.

Or possibly she means the “Wash them?”types.

Wash them once at the end of the day or until the sink or the counter space around the sink is filled (or until you just can’t stand to see them piled up there anymore).

This is a wash out!

I was always “wash as you go,” unless I had a dishwasher. That way, I didn’t run out of dishes, and didn’t have dirty dishes lying around.

In the early days of our relationship, when we lived in our first apartment together, we were so tired from work every day, we let the dishes pile up until the end of the week, sometimes washing something we needed before then. Always had to work our way through piles of dishes, pots and pans at the weekend, and the other household chores. Our second home, we finally had space for a dishwasher in our kitchen, so that was one of the first things we bought. Still have to wash some utensils and frying pans that aren’t dishwasher safe, but that doesn’t clutter the sink as much. And we have now, in our third home, decided to eat at the table and clean up everything afterwards, including loading the dishwasher. And if I have time during preparation of the meal, I will put items in the dishwasher and clean things I don’t need anymore. Saves a lot of time.

Reading the comments today is almost a social study case.

The somebody else will do it people.

I am a wash them tomorrow type unless it is a lot of cooking then I am an “as you go washer”.

Wow, no one has brought up “have children and make them do the dishes”

I was wash them until you need them kind of person until I married my fourth wife.

So what? There’s no joke.

Think that maybe Caulfield is the fourth type.

One of the few non-combative conversations between these two. Caulfield is learning.

Ethiopian food. You use strips of injira instead of knives and forks to pick up the food, then you get to lick the “utensils” clean afterward.

Then there’s the ‘leave them pile up all day and make the scapegoat child wash them as penance for breaking an arbitrary rule that doesn’t apply to anyone else in the family or to keep the child from going to the school dance.’

We are both full-time professionals. She likes to cook and is amazingly good at it; I can prepare an edible bowl of cereal. She lets dirty cookware and dishes sit in the sink “to soak”; I can visualize in 3D how best to pack the dishwasher so everything gets cleaned with minimal water. When she gets up in the morning, all the cook/dishware and utensils are clean and put away. She plays to her strong suit, I play to mine, and we both win.

I’m in the “wash them when the sink is full” category.

I’m in the fourth category. One of the advantages of living alone.

I’m Type 3.1. I put dishes in the dishwasher as I go along.

I am type 3/4 combined – Wash them in the dishwasher on the weekend, or at need before then. If life is especially hectic, the dishes may pile up even more.

Also those who are “when-you-run-out-of-paper-plates” people.

What could possibly have inspired this conversation in a classroom?

I guess I’m 3 and 4 – I only run the dishwasher when I’m out of clean dishes…

Works pretty well for some dishes/foods.