These are a few gadgets we have in our kitchen. They’re all quite useful for their purposes. However, to paraphrase an old Sesame Street song, “Some of these things are not like the others.” The difference? Ease of cleaning. The items on the left are dishwasher safe, the ones on the right less so.
In our house, s/he who doesn’t cook cleans up. This can be onerous when the chef du soir uses every implement within reach to make dinner. The dishwasher is a godsend on these nights to get things cleaned up quickly. Trying to get every last ginger fiber out of the Microplane grater by hand is not my idea of fun.
Ease of cleaning also applies to larger tools. Both of us used to have blenders with blades that could be detached from the container. Our current blender has one-piece construction so you can’t pop it into the dishwasher or clean the blades easily by hand. The workaround is to buzz some soapy water in the blender, but even then you may miss some blueberry skins from your morning smoothie. That’s when you have to get out the brush or risk your fingers by reaching into the blender with a sponge.
Julian’s philosophy of kitchen gadgets is that one should consider time spent cleaning them along with time saved using them. Stay tuned for my philosophy of gadgets.
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