| I’m easily grossed out by certain things. Hair. Hair really grosses me out…..but mostly just hair in public bathrooms. AHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Okay, sorry. Another thing – cleaning out the drain. Why? Well because there is HAIR down in there. Gobs of it. You’d think we were bald by seeing how much is in there. One more thing – rotten vegetables. They get all slimey and scary. Whew! Who knows what will happen if you touch that?And finally, the dish drainer. We don’t have a dishwasher (by my choice) so I air dry my dishes. I hate how gooey and slimy that silly mat underneath gets. It gets yellow…..and green…..and did I mention, slimy? In a perfect world, I’d just clean it every day……but then again, in a perfect world I’d also get 8 hours of sleep every night. |
I solved my phobia of slimy dish drainer mats by throwing mine away. Yep, I threw it away. If you know me, you know I must be pretty stinking mad to throw something away. Instead, I’m using kitchen towels under my drainer. They look so much nicer and when it gets dirty I just wash it and put down another one. You have to make sure it’s a very absorbent towel. I’m really enjoying it. I might change them out daily if I do a lot of dishes, but they can last a couple days without getting yucky. When your dishes are dry, you can hang your towel up to dry for the next time. I wash them and reuse as they need it. It’s saving me a lot of gagging moments.It also allows you to change them out with the season. You can use decorative towels for holidays and it gives your kitchen a really festive look. |
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This is a well timed discovery for me… For weeks I’ve been searching for a solution the the gross dish drainer mat problem. Never thought of a towel. Duh! Prefolds sound like a great idea too. I’ve got a pile of those that I’m trying to sell!
Thanks for a great idea!
Prefolds are good for SO many things!
I use cloth diaper prefolds they work soo good!
Another score for cloth diapers! 🙂
Great tip! Thanks 🙂
You’re welcome!
I’m glad to see I’m not the only one who doesn’t use (or, rarely use anyway) the dishwasher!! We have one, but we don’t use it too often. People always ask “how do you NOT use it, especially with 4 kids?” “ummm, I wash them by hand?” lol I don’t use a mat or a towel either… we have a double sink and I soak/wash the dishes in the right side and my drainer sits in the left side of the sink… all the water just drips on down the drain!!
I used to have one of those…..but I hated tying up one side of the sink. 🙂 And I’m with you……I’m not sure about the obsession with dishwashers. 🙂
That’s a really great idea! I’m always washing my mat thingy and it does get strange dirt on it.
Yeah….what is that stuff anyway?