I always make a sink of dish water, so when i am cooking i can wash dishes through the process to prevent cleaning all the dishes at the end of cooking. My kitchen is clean and my meal is ready.
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learned this back in the 60 in homemeck class i dont think many do it any more
they should as to get up and see a dirty kitchen is a alful thing. clean as you cook
load dishwasher or wash rest and be done is way i always did it
KATIE39087/19/2011 3:13:00 PM
I do the same thing! When I'm finished eating, all there is to clean up are the dishes I ate off of.
ANIKAJAC7/14/2011 2:27:00 PM
Yes I clean as I cook because I sure as heck dont want to clean up after cooking..
ROZAROONEY587/14/2011 1:43:00 AM
When I was a teenager my father taught me to cook some things. He taught me to always clean up as I went and I practice that to this day. Thanks Dad!
ONLYTEMPORARY7/13/2011 2:25:00 PM
Great Idea, I love it!
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