Today, I did something I don't think I have ever done before..?? I used a knife to make a peanut

[Stuart G]

butter and jelly sandwich, and in an effort to keep the kitchen clean....(something I don't do very well)

I washed the knife before I ate the sandwich .........??

I used a paper plate, and when it was all over, knife is in drawer, paper plate thrown out, kitchen table clean, counter clean..(I put the peanut butter away and the jar of jelly away. ).....So, everyone has to do things their own way. I have been living in a place with a kitchen of my own, for about 50 years...give or take a year...and that is the first time I did that....That is all I got to report. It ain't winning the lottery, or getting married, but it is something new.

...Kitchen is spotless...just as it was before the lunch....Oh well.....what is next?

I don't think this has ever been reported before, so that is another thing that is a first!!

[alfie]

1. Good job!

I eat PB&J's almost every day for the purpose of not messing up the kitchen...and I really like them. Knife goes into the dishwasher and I eat the sandwich off of a paper towel.

Tonight I am refusing to cook supper because the kitchen is clean and I'm going to leave it that way. Let someone else cook and wash the dishes.

[Ohiogal]

2. I often

dump my salad right on the same plate as my chicken or fish, why wash a separate salad bowl.

Bonus, in the summer, cook the meat on the grill, eat off a paper plate, drink a cold beer right out of the bottle. Knife and fork are all I have to wash. Bottle goes in the recycling. Easy Peasy

[Stuart G]

3. Thank You...You are now the "boss"...What do I do next?

[Ohiogal]

6. Haha

You’re doing just fine on your own!

I am probably one of the few people who can eat tuna fish right out of the can.

[MontanaMama]

4. Guess I'm a weirdo...

I love to use my kitchen and everything in it. I don’t even mind cleaning it all up. There’s something zen-like about cleaning up my work space and thoughtfully putting everything in its place again. I LOVE walking into a tidy kitchen and imagining what to create next. I even like folding cloth napkins. Sigh.

[Ohiogal]

5. Sometimes I get ambitious

And try a new recipe and make a big mess. Or like when I make artisan bread.

But the older I get, it seems the less ambition I have!

[GentryDixon]

10. I'm with you.

I wash my dishes by hand as I am preparing the meal. My dishwasher has been used so few times over the years it finally just quit. I think it is corroded with hard water. It does make a wonderful storage area!

There are only 2 in our house, other than the pup, so I have few dishes to wash. I like my kitchen to be spotless when I leave it.

I use cloth napkins as well. I love going into stores & finding new napkin sets. I bought many of my napkins at Carolina Pottery in Smithfield, NC, many years ago. Back then they were fairly cheap, not so much these days, but I do keep my eyes out for good deals.

[MontanaMama]

14. I made my own napkins for years...

and still use a lot of those I sewed myself. I’ve actually found some lovely napkins on close out at Target and World Market that have been very durable.

Similar to your household, we only have 3 of us...and also like you, I wash things by hand as I prepare a meal. I use the dishwasher for plates, silverware and glasses but prefer to wash my cookware and pottery by hand. I’m sure it would be different if I had a bigger family or if I were by myself. For now, I enjoy preparing a meal while chit chatting with my husband and son

[Codeine]

18. I'm a clean-as-I-go guy

in the kitchen. All prep dishes and utensils are cleaned as soon as I’m finished with them, so by the time it’s all popped in the oven the kitchen just needs a wipe-down and I’m done.

[Me.]

7. What Do You Usually Use?

[Stuart G]

8. I always use a knife..but Never wash it right away..I leave it in the sink for a couple of days.

Then when I got enough stuff in the sink, I wash them all. My dish wash washer broke down 10 to 15 years ago, and I think it is better for me to stand and wash the stuff. (at least that is my thinking...occasionally I use a real dish, and real glass glasses.) Just to try to be a little different. As you guessed, I live alone...

[intrepidity]

9. My rationale in letting the knife sit in the sink

is that it will get rinsed off as I use the water faucet for other purposes, thus not wasting water. Growing up in drought-ridden California has produced life-long habits like that, I think.

Or, it's an excuse for laziness...

[Me.]

12. :)

[Karadeniz]

11. Exactly how I make one...we have tons of paper plates because that's what the cats eat on!

[sagesnow]

13. Momentous, Stuart G.

I'll let Marie Kondo know.

[R B Garr]

15. I'm waiting on my new KitchenAid dishwasher delivery/installation,

so we’re planning on making lots of dish messes to test it out, lol.

I always rinse and sudsy sponge everything that goes in the dishwasher, but this new-fangled one says you can put dirty dishes right in. We’ll see....

Enjoy your clean kitchen!

[Stuart G]

16. Because of the comments from of the "Kitchen Inspectors" here at DU,....I have also

washed the counter tops, and washed the kitchen table top too. I did that this morning....and NO....
...NO, I have not washed the kitchen floor yet...but that seems to be on the way...

[R B Garr]

17. Been doing the same. Wiping everything down, emptying

under the sink. I have been accused of being a “kitchen inspector,” too. You should see my rules for sponges, lol.

[Codeine]

19. I have very strict rules for sponges

which go completely disregarded by everyone in the family except me. Sigh.