A week ago our dishwasher died, the pump stopped working. This one lasted almost exactly 7 years, and the one prior lasted only 5 years, but we run it almost every day and sometimes twice a day when I'm baking. I got online and researched dishwashers and determined the one I wanted, and matching the range and refrigerator was a factor. Not the most expensive one available, but certainly not the cheapest. The first place I went did not have the one I wanted in stock and said it would be 1-3 weeks, but really he didn't know. Not exactly a vote of confidence, so I said I'd have to get back to him and left. Before I even left that parking lot I was on my phone looking for the next place to shop. I found a place, they had it in stock and it could be delivered and installed on Saturday. All in all, it cost about the same as the last dishwasher, about a grand. But this process couldn't have gone smoother and this retailer will be my first stop next time I need a large appliance.
I took yesterday and today off from work, so got some more baking done. I made another round of the new baguette recipe, a batch of flatbread, and pan pizza dough over the weekend. And yesterday I tried the recipe again for hamburger/hot dog buns. The first time I tried the buns came out flat. This time the hot dog buns turned out better but the hamburger buns were still flat. I've come to the conclusion that the recipe calls for less dough than needed for the buns I want, so I'll have to adjust next time, if there is a next time. I'm not crazy about this recipe so I may look for another recipe for buns.
The pan pizza dough is awesome. It doesn't make much, but plenty for dinner for two people. My wife likes it, too, and it's easy to make so looks like this is another recipe that will get made more often around here.
Other than that, I won 200 bucks on the Super Bowl. Came close to winning more, but I can't complain. Overall, I feel I came out about even for the season with this win. Much better than last year, but it's all in fun, anyway. And we got a couple dustings of snow recently, but tomorrow looks like it will snow all day and we're expected to get 3-6 inches, total. That would be our biggest snowstorm of the season so far. We need it as it's been mostly dry all winter, but I hope mother nature doesn't try to catch up too much this late in the season.
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That pizza is making my mouth water, looks delicious.
I’ve never had a dishwasher but seen them used at work, usually by colleagues squabbling about whose turn it is to wash the dishes.
Thanks, delcatto. Home made taco pizza is dinner tonight - thin crust.
Dishwashers are pretty standard over here, whether renting an apartment or owning a house. We didn't have one the first few years we lived here so got used to and tired of hand washing!
That top rack is sooooo useful. The new dishwasher we bought when we did the kitchen 15 months ago was the first we had with it, but it allows you to fit so much more in.
I am so glad that we are not the only ones who run the dishwasher at least once a day when there are only 2 people. People think we are mad, but, if kitchenware can't be machine washed, we don't buy it!
- BW
Hope your snow isn't too trying... we've had sleet today, not no more snow - yet!
- BW
not/but
Without a dishwasher we think twice about what to cook and how many dishes we would use. Having a dishwasher gives us the freedom to cook/bake as much or often as we like. Emptying it of cleaned dishes is a whole lot easier than washing them all by hand.
We got just over 5 inches, I think. We cleared snow yesterday after work and again early this morning after it stopped. This afternoon the main roads are clear, a sunny day helped a lot, but the side roads are still snow covered, though plowed. We'll get more snow starting tomorrow evening through Saturday evening, so more of the same is coming.
And between the snowstorms here it'll be about -20ºC tomorrow morning!
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