The top comment on this post is “Just watch what the other dishes are doing and follow their lead. You can do this”. (TikTok screencap)
The top comment on this post is “Just watch what the other dishes are doing and follow their lead. You can do this”. (TikTok screencap)
Not sure I follow. Someone care to fill me in?
American dishwashers run very hot and use harsh detergents. Some dishes and cookware will state on their packing or even on themselves that they are not dishwasher safe.
Despite this, the sheer convenience of the dishwasher will make people ignore the warnings, and the objects retain their basic functionality just often enough that the meme can be an open-ended YOLO-like joke, phrased like parental encouragement, instead of merely mocking people who try it.
With the exception of pots and pans, which take-up too much dishwasher space, if it can’t survive in the dishwasher, I don’t want it anyway. Run it through and if it breaks it breaks!
This. ‘Gentle hand wash only’ clothes go in the machine. If they can’t go in the machine, let them be ruined.
Do not do this to formal wear
People with this mindset tend to stay far away from formal wear.
Nonsense. I’ve had to replace every suit jacket I’ve ever owned, so far, but I’ll find one that makes the cut, eventually~
How rude of them. I will use european dishwashers now and my dishes that aren’t dishwasher safe will be better than ever.
lol, I didn’t want to presume, especially based on my experience with weak-ass European clothes dryers.
Unless it’s some weak-ass plastic, “not dishwasher safe” usually means that certain parts of the item may experience cosmetic damage, and the company got tired of fielding complaints about that.
Lots of plastics can’t take the high heat. They melt or warp.
Hence the qualifier “weak-ass”.
Some things that would otherwise handle the heat have glue holding bits together that can’t, like silicone grips on tongs.
This is a very clear and comprehensive run down.
Dishwasher safe usually means that the plastic is safe for up to boiling water temperature. You can alter the chemistry of plastics so that you end up with microplastics in your food if you go above certain temps with most plastics.
Dishwashers have different cycles but they also have a “sanitation” cycle often which runs the water at boiling temps to kill bacteria to make it “food grade safe”.
Also the cast iron is there to fuck with the cast iron cult since you’re not supposed to wash them thoroughly but instead keep a small coating of whatever was there that makes it non-stick. You can watch “How to season a cast iron” to get the gist of it.
“Dishwasher safe” only means the plastic itself won’t warp or disintegrate at consumer dishwasher temps. This is not the same as microwave safe, which means it won’t warp or disintegrate at boiling/steam temps.
All of the studies I’ve seen have proven that all food/dishwasher “safe” plastics release millions of particles every cycle. All plastics basically release microplastics at all times, but the amount rapidly increases at anything above room temp.
Most consumer dishwashers don’t go higher than 65-75c on any cycle (read the fucking manual). They clean by washing food away, not sanitization; including their self cleaning cycles.
“Food grade” has nothing to do with boiling point. Chicken is safe to eat at 75c. The min temp to prevent harmful bacteria growth of cooked food is 60c. Most of the salad you’ve ever eaten grew out of shit and has never seen temps above 30c, post harvest.
Source: science… mothafucka!
If you think that’s going to save you look harder, or just go back to ceramics like sane people. Your vasty majority is likely coming from textiles and tires, in the water and air respectively.
It’s, actually, likely coming from food-handling wrapping (like microwave popcorn or fast-food wrappers), depending on your eating habits.
https://youtu.be/SC2eSujzrUY