I discovered a new scrubbing tool to get stuff off the dishes and silverware ...

[Stuart G]

...Now, I have been washing dishes on and off for about 60 years. I helped my mom years ago, and went out on my own about 50 years ago. Yes, today I have a dish washing machine, but I fill the kitchen sink with water and soap, and wash the dishes by hand.. I don't know, I guess standing at the kitchen sink is a little bit of exercise, and I need all I can get..
...So when the dishes and silverware, get dirtied with peanut butter or anything else I always used a sponge or SOS steal pad on the dirtied dish or silverware. Mind you the kitchen sink is full of water, and it is sometime running, and I use the steal pad to get rid of the real dirty stuff. I have to keep them around, and can use them a few times..but they do work to get rid of the peanut butter and stuff on the dishes.

...So, today I discovered, through my utter brilliance, a new way to get rid of the peanut butter and stuff on the knives and forks and plates. Since the sink is partially full of water, and the knife has lots of peanut butter on it,...(I like peanut butter, & it is good for you)..I discovered a different way to get rid of the peanut butter on the knife...not using an SOS pad...and it's cheap, and more available than the SOS pad...

...Are you ready?...OK...here it is......I use my thumb to scrape off the peanut butter into the sink full of water, and then rinse the plate or silverware off with clean water after I dip the silverware, ..................or plate back into the water. No SOS pad......(I can use SOS pads only in the most difficult of cases, whatever they are)

...Yes, I can use the dishwasher machine, and other methods, but this reminds me of the old days, and yes, it gets the dishes and silverware spotless. Yes, I am retired, and have very little to do these days, so this is this, and that is that...(I thought I would give a small chuckle to those out there...keep in mind...it is very small)
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[Beakybird]

1. I'm sending you an SOS to come to my pad and do my dishes!

[Stuart G]

6. Yes, as soon as possible........later rather than sooner !!

[underpants]

2. For baked on stuff line the pan/dish with dryer sheets

Fill it with water and dish soap. Let sit for an hour or so. Makes a big difference.

[SWBTATTReg]

4. Do you mean like dryer sheets for the clothes dryer? If so, wow. I'll give it a shot!!

[underpants]

13. Yes. One of those stupid things I saw on Facebook

Gave it a try. It works. Especially for things like meatloaf and chili.

I think it has to do with the animal/meat element in them.

[SWBTATTReg]

19. Thanks. This is one of those things that one would never think about (or least me)...I will give...

this a shot, sounds weird enough to actually work. It's amazing that so many helpful tips come out of FB, YouTube, other such places and what's nice about it, a lot of these tips actually do work and do save time and energy. Thanks again so much for responding back, and be safe and careful out there! I do occasionally burn the periodic pan/dish and do have to scrub and scrub, and I'd prefer not to, if I can avoid it! Of course the best thing is to not burn anything, but with my cooking, that's a lost cause (ha ha!).

[SWBTATTReg]

3. Ha ha heh...hey, if it works, it works! My method is to use my 3 doggies to clean the really dirty

dishes and pans, and then run though the dishwasher. My back hurts too much to stand in front of the kitchen sink for any length of time, otherwise, I would do your suggestion. There are two types of SOS pads too, the plastic ones and the metal ones. I used to use, but I found that they were a little scratchy and prone to rusting (the metal sos pads).

[hlthe2b]

5. I have a walking, breathing solution--my dog, who like her mama LOVES peanut butter.

She's quite the pre-rinse.

[Stuart G]

7. I have been thinking of getting a pet..A kind dog would be good for me..

...It would give me something other to think about than washing dishes...!!!

[lastlib]

9. Name him "Coldwater", and your dishes will be as clean as Coldwater can get 'em.....!

you're welcome!

[Freddie]

10. My granddog doesn't leave a drop on the kids' cereal bowls

I put them in the dishwasher anyway

[hlthe2b]

11. She gets them so clean, sometimes i just soak in bleach solution, rinse and voila!

[lastlib]

8. Oh, so now you're gettin' all high-falutin' on us, huh?

And we thought we were your friends....... --- ---

[Stuart G]

12. I am your friend....I just thought I would share this idea..I am not ..."all high falutin"

Boy, I haven't heard that one in a very long time..."all high-falutin" ..good one...

[nocoincidences]

14. I had an older aunt who used to talk about

people "high-hatting around"....

I think that might even be older than high falutin'.

[Stuart G]

16. I think I heard that "high hatting around" 50 years ago...oops..did I say that?

[cayugafalls]

15. I've never had that problem, I love peanut butter so much...

I can't resist licking the knife clean after using.

Of course, I wash it after, but there is no peanut butter on it, at all, none.

[Stuart G]

17. Thank You for your comment...Please join the ..."hide in the well club" with me

[TrogL]

18. I use a wooden spoon

[retread]

20. Cleaniing a crusty pan at my house.

[Stuart G]

21. Thank You so much for that picture...Yes, I will consider using it..& everything else too.

[yellowdogintexas]

22. I wipe mine down with a paper towel

or dishtowel then pop it in the dishwasher

The worst things to remove are egg, peanut butter and cold cereal that has dried on the dish.

I line pans with foil for many things and thus avoid scrubbing

[lillypaddle]

23. I swear by those plastic scrubby thingees

(Scotch Brite, I think) Won't scratch and cheap. I even keep a "special" one in a soap dish that I use on vegetables.