The Dishwasher
In the grand scheme of things, there are far worse things that could happen than our dishwasher breaking.
In fact, far worse things did happen. For example, at the movies this weekend when, in the very top row, Gigi accidentally dropped her brand new angel Christmas ornament down the back of the row in front of us.
Let me tell you, you have not lived until you are on your hands and knees, in the dark, on the floor of a very popular movie theater. I felt things I wish I could unfeel. I’m considering an acid peel on my hands.
Oh, and then there was 4 am the day after Thanksgiving when Lulu woke up screaming. Pea Daddy went in to see what in heaven’s name was the matter, only to learn that she was distraught because she couldn’t remember who won Apples to Apples on Thanksgiving. It was Pea Daddy. He told her this and then she started screaming again. Would it have killed him to let her win? Or better yet, to have lied and told her she had won? Come on, Pea Daddy, think, man, think!
So, grand scheme, those are probably far worse than having a broken dishwasher, were it not for a few little facts:
1. It broke before Thanksgiving, a day in which I had to cook at least five things to take to dinner. Serving mashed potatoes and gravy and pumpkin pie off of paper towels, though done before, was not a viable option in mixed company.
2. Pea Daddy and the girls were home all day every day for over a week and that crew gets a clean dish out of the cupboard every time they sneeze. Dropped a crumb on your lap? You better get a plate to put that on before you eat it. Bless them.
3. This little thing called, oh, I don’t know, writing a book that requires me to cook at least two times a day in addition to the six other times we eat a day. Damn me and my mini-meals. How about one large meal a day? Can we do that now?
The thing that was so danged frustrating about our broken dishwasher is that it kept pretending it was going to work. It’d moan and shake like it really was going to do its thing and then all of a sudden it’d come to a halt and start flashing an error message. Fun nuggets.
Frustratingly, a total of four times this weekend, when I wanted to be making Thanksgiving dinner, when I wanted to be decking the halls, when I wanted to be spending quality time with the ones I love, I ended up washing a full dishwasher of dishes completely by hand. And spending quality time with the ones that I love.
Because you see, everyone pitched in.
That is, we all pitched in trying to beat the tar out of the old dishwasher. What was the worst that was going to happen, it was going to break?!
I smashed it with my huge running shoes.
Pea Daddy pounded it with his the heel of his palm.
Gigi did a little spin kick on pointed toe.
Lulu fist bumped it. Whattup, Dishwasher?
It may have just been the most fun we had all weekend.
Not nearly as fun were the hours we then spent washing, drying and putting away the dishes. But there was something to be said for our hand-washing dishes—something we’ve lost as we get more gadgets and conveniences.
Rinsing. Carefully handing the dish over. Rubbing it gently with a soft cloth. Talking. Laughing. Dropping a dish. Grabbing a broom. Punching the dishwasher again.
And then today, between the hours of 10 and 12, our new dishwasher came.
Thank the Lord. Tonight we’ll just skip straight to the talking and laughing.
oh you poor thing, a stay at home mom actually having to WASH DISHES BY HAND?!?! The horror….
Hey, we go through a lot of dishes and I’ve got things to do!
I don’t have a dishwasher and I feel your pain. I’m getting a new one soon but I had to make it through Thanksgiving without one. (The cherry on top? My husband injured his hand and couldn’t wash dishes. Le sigh.)
I had beautiful hands once…I really did…
I can’t believe he hurt his hand. Are we sure he didn’t do it on purpose?
I would be screaming too if I lost in Apples to Apples!
Ha ha ha. The funny thing is, it was a kid’s version
but the new one is so pretty and shiny!!!!
I think I would have had memory loss of all events when it was finally installed!
Ohhh…shiny! How do you even turn that dishwasher ON? There are no buttons!
I’m still figuring it out. The installation guy couldn’t believe we even used the old one. He said, “No offense, but that thing is just gross.”
I haven’t had a dishwasher in two years now. And did I mention that I pump and have a bottle fed baby? My dishpan hands have seen better days. Congrats on the DW though – mine isn’t coming until we remodel…whenever that may be!
Oh my gosh, Andrea, yikes! I’d be eating out of the pan a lot.
Can Lulu teach me how to fist bump? I always look like a tool when I try.
Me too
Dish washing by hand can be a lot of fun! My family has a dishwasher but my stepmom doesn’t like putting any of her good tupperware or any pots and pans in there so after dinner every night she washes, I dry, and my dad puts them away. That said dishwashers are amazing and so helpful, glad you got a new one, its really pretty!
The girls actually really liked it. I shouldn’t wash my pans and knives in the dishwasher, but I do. Which is why my pans and knives are terrible.
Roo is jealous of your second dishwasher. This coming from a man who does all my dishes for me and wonders when we’ll move so we can have just that, a machine to do what I refuse to (I’m a slob. He’s lucky to have this, I know).
Your new dishwasher looks great! Ooooo stainless steel.
Your guy does all your dishes? I think I might rather have that than a new dishwasher.
He does! I’m so thankful he spares me from dishpan hands. Gross.
I just need a cute pair of dish gloves…as does your man
Ahahaha oh God. Being in college, I have to wash everything by hand. Only difference is, I’m not washing a million other peoples’ dishes and the cooking implements. God bless all of you. Tuhroopers.
I guess that’s why I was on the meal plan in college
I always look forward to your posts. . . always a lol somewhere.
The new dishwasher looks spiffy!
Glad you got a smile
I am still laughing at the Apples to Apples story and the ornament story. Ohhhh, the things we do as parents. Glad you got a new dishwasher it is all shiny and new for the holidays.
I just love how she calls for Daddy at 4 am. I have trained her so very well.
My husband would rather wash by hand than put things in the dishwasher! Drives me crazy.
At least he washes ‘em!
That new one is a thing of beauty. I would give an arm and a leg for our “builders special” dishwasher to give out. It sounds like the ocean + car wash is in my kitchen when it runs. Horrendous.
We don’t have a dishwasher, and it literally took me all weekend to finish the Thanksgiving Day dishes… in part because I’m too lazy to hand dry them, so I let one set dry in the rack before I wash another set.
Christmas came early for the Pea family?!
What I wouldn’t give for a new dishwasher!!! Preferably one that also includes the hubby emptying it at as well. He seems to think he’s being so very helpful when he puts soap in and presses “wash” yet 9 times out of 10 he is “mysteriously gone” when the washing is done and it is time to empty it.
The beautiful thing is that we can write off the dishwasher as a business expense. The bad thing is it probably still is my Christmas present. I will never complain about unloading after this
hahaha the Lulu Apple’s to Apple’s story might be one of the funniest/strangest I’ve ever heard.
Apparently she is very competitive? I have no idea where she gets that from…
The story about Lulu brought a smile to my face
Look at your new shiny dishwasher! I think it is very similar to the one we have. I hope you have better luck with this one, MP!
Me too, sister. Thanks!
Since going plant based and cooking so many times a day I find myself washing more by hand. I sometimes prefer because my dish washer is a pos. Things come out dirtier then they went in….how does that happen? So leave it to good ole mom’s hands to get the job done…and done right!
I actually read that it is actually “greener” to run your dishwasher than to wash by hand. And you are right, it seems they get much cleaner when I do them by hand too!
Yes, you are right. It is cheaper and more sanitary to use dishwasher! I just wish I owned one that actually cleaned the dishes!
I feel your pain. We got a new one not too long ago. I put in my time washing dishes by hand when I was growing up. Not again. I do wash my pans and knives by hand but that is it.
You are a far better chef than I then.
The only thing that was worse than our dishwasher breaking was when our stove broke. But man, losing the dishwasher made for massive piles of dishes that (ahem) someone said he’d wash and then wouldn’t… and things broke. Thank goodness for dishwashers that aren’t also husbands
I knew you’d get it…I immediately thought of you because I remember when your oven went out. This is our job, man!
would you cry if i told you that i’ve never used my dishwasher in my apt? I don’t even know how to load the thing…i could have just sent you mine. But i think it’s as old as the hills…haha!
You have the book, right? So you know what my grandma does with her dishwasher?
yeaaaa i dont have a dishwasher so i have the joy of washing plates and cups and utensils and baking stuff EVERYDAY! Actually im not gonna lie, i use up all the clean stuff i have before washing anything, so pretty much the same philosophy i have for laundry:)
I hope you have a big sink!
Congrats!! Never know how much you MISS or use an appliance til it’s gone. We are getting ready to go on our trip and we don’t have a dishwasher there. Not a huge problem in life, but when we’re there, we are all eating and grazing throughout the day, and drinking more b/c it’s hot, and we’re all home, all day. So we have far more dishes there than here and no DW. But it’s a problem I can deal with
Your new machine looks like a shiny wonderful beast that should hopefully last you 2 decades!
We have the same dishwasher, I love that it’s pretty quite. My toddler loves the little red light on the floor, my husband loves putting dishes in that aren’t rinsed off & giving me a hard time when they actually do come out clean. I’m a pre-rinser, I can’t help myself.
Yes, that is the same one! I’ve only ran it once yet…any tips? Do you use the rinsing agent as suggested or is that money down the drain?
No, we just use the Finish powerball tabs. We figure less chemicals we use the better.
Read the manual because their is one dry setting you change. We did our research, we never make big purchases with out reading Consumer Reports first, so good choice!
Good to know! Thanks, Kate!
Ugh– horrible timing! I lived without a dishwasher in grad school for four years– NEVER again!!!
Re: Gigi’s ornament– when I was in first grade, I left the stuffed Santa moose I’d gotten at our class party at the movie theater when we went to see Ernest Saves Christmas. It was a very sad day in our household when we got home and I realized I’d left him behind. I’m glad you were able to rescue her angel so that she won’t have to leave blog comments about losing it, 25 years from now
Ha haha. I don’t know what’s worse, the poor moose in the theater or the fact that you had to sit through Ernest Saves Christmas. Wow.
I’ve had a dishwasher in every place I’ve ever lived but I’ve never used a single one. I’m not really sure how to use them. My parents always told me that the reason they had kids was to always have someone to wash the dishes :] I do use the dishwasher to store the clean dishes until they dry though!
Now I’m wishing I would have done that…I never even thought of it!
Using your kids as less expensive dishwashers or using your dishwasher to dry your dishes?
Both? But I meant the using the dishwasher as a dish rack. I almost went out and bought one. (duh)
haha oh man!! What a bummer!! We don’t have a dishwasher. It sucks…I only do dishes for two people, but he also uses a million cups a day and refuses to help wash a single dish. It’s so annoying
I can’t wait for a dishwasher!!!
Isn’t it funny how the person who doesn’t have to wash the dishes is so reckless with using them?
YES! I’ve tried numerous times to boycott washing all of his cups, but I’m too anal. Dumb OCD!
We have a dishwasher but the thing is so loud and useless, we have to wash our dishes by hand anyway!
Bless you, Mary.
Yeah, I haven’t had a dishwasher since I moved out 18 months ago, and this has pretty much resulted in my making ridiculously simply one-bowl meals in the microwave for dinner at home, and then taking my baking supplies with me to my parents’ house on the weekends to bake recipes that USE UP ALL THE THINGS AND THE BOWLS AND THE SPOONS AND THE STAND MIXER.
Then I stack the dishwasher, press start, and toddle off home again with “borrowed” tupperware containers to eat my one-bowl vegetables with nuts and nooch. WOOT.
I can definitely see why a broken dishwasher would be a huge dilemma! It’s only me and my mom in the house and I think I would cry if mine broke. Congrats on getting that all done and for finally getting a new one ;D
Thanks, Britt. I did cry. But only because I didn’t win Apples to Apples.
I don’t have a dishwasher…even a broken one.
Every single time the dishes get washed, it’s me doing it by hand.
Admittedly, I don’t have to cook for a living….I think I’d find a different profession!
I may need to…but this one is pretty fun.
Except when the dishwasher isn’t working!
Ah, I seriously can’t imagine my life without a dishwasher. There is a reason I was born in this century. So glad you got it fixed because I don’t think the girls are old enough to be reliable “dishwashers” quite yet.
Uh, yeah….we learned that the hard way.
Gosh I’m glad I’m not writing a cookbook! No dishwasher for me. All me and my dry, cracked hands. With all my drying dishes overtaking my precious counter space because I have no little helpers to dry them.
That’s what I’m talking about: family who eats a lot, food blogger, cookbook recipe testing. Not ideal to have a broken dishwasher! You need some cute dishwashing gloves in your stocking!
A dishwasher breaking this time of year is horrible! I feel your pain! I’m so happy you guys got a new one and your kitchen is back to its old self again!
Thanks, girl. Me too
What a pretty new dishwasher. Silver dishwashers look so much nicer than the ugly white ones (like I have!)
Pea D wouldn’t let me get a non-stainless. I hate those sons of blueberries.
I went from a dishwasherless apartment to one with, and I feel like I’m pulling teeth to get the BF to use it. He prefers handwashing – but I think it’s because he doesn’t know how to properly load a dishwasher. Enjoy the new one!
I have to think that all of the dishwashing by hand helped cleanse the movie theater floor gunk off. Bless your soul!
Oh man. It was one of those, “How much do I love my child?” moments. I love her a lot.
Ugh, I don’t even like to wash the dishes that won’t fit in the dishwasher! Congrats on the new one!
Ha ha ha. You just made my night. Thank you.
My husband’s bachelor pad that we lived in the first year of our marriage did not have a dishwasher. It was miserable. My sweet students offered to buy me a dishwasher for Teacher Appreciation Week that year.
What good kids!
I’m glad that it actually WAS in between the hours of 10 and 12!! And that it was only a 2 hour window! Usually it’s “Someone will be there between the hours of 12 and 4″ and it’s like “Oh sure. I didn’t want to do anything with my day anyway!” And then they come at 3:57. Haha
They showed up right at 10! It was miraculous!
Granted i’ve never had to wash THIS many dishes, in the midst of caring for a family, while preparing a stellar Thanksgiving meal, writing a book and being plan old awesome, but I do have to say I enjoy hand washing dishes every now and then! I find it relaxing. Then again, hitting “Start” and going to lay on the couch to watch Friends is just as relaxing
True that!
I meant watching Friends, not that I am plain old awesome. But thanks
i’ve never gone without a dishwasher but is it dorky to admit that sometimes i just sit back and do the dishes by hand just for fun? granted watching TV on the couch is way more fun, although beating the crap out of a machine sounds pretty exciting
It reminded me of that scene in Office Space where they beat the life out of the printer. And if you haven’t seen Office Space, I’m not sure we can still be friends, even if you do have an awesome Spanish accent.
um, of course i’ve seen (and love!) Office Space! Mama Pea, who do you think i am?
“Lulu fist bumped it. Whattup, Dishwasher?” –BAHAHAHAHA!!! Love it.
Dishwasher’s her homeboy.
it’s SO hard to go back to no dishwasher if you have gotten used to one. I used to babysit for a family with 4 kids and they had not one but 2 dishwashers. smart family huh? I now I have a germophobia that my dishes aren’t clean enough if they haven’t gone through the dishwasher. my husband thinks I’m crazy. I am.
thanks so much for posting before my time zone goes to bed! it’s been one of the hardest things about moving. ok, number 100 of 100 hard things, but still, it’s the little stuff.
My pleasure! Not sure how long I’ll be able to keep up the pace, but I’ll try!
I totally need two dishwashers. That family is genius!
We have a *slight* battle about dishes in this house. Before we got together, the man would eat marinated fish and rice every single night. That’s a pot, an oven dish, a plate, and a fork. He would wash everything by hand except the plate. That went in the dishwasher. After a week or so, when the dishwasher was finally full enough to his standard, he would run it.
Now, we’re together and I cook. I make a mess. A big mess. Luckily for me, he cleans it willingly and thoroughly. Floors are swept. Oven and stove are clean. Leftovers are neatly put away. BUT, he still only puts a few things in the dishwasher and then never runs it. When it’s time for me to cook the next night, I forget that the dishwasher hasn’t been run and I start scrambling to wash the items by hand that I need at that very moment. I can’t tell you how many times “fun nuggets” may have been uttered in his direction because I need a dish immediately that’s still sitting in the dishwasher that was never run.
That is the worst! And that’s how we knew we had issues…I’d go to take a clean dish out and it was still dirty, even though the man swore up and down he ran it. It took it happening ten times or so for me to believe him
Hmmm, I think you should put “having a dishwasher” on your list of things to be thankful for, even if it didn’t work over Thanksgiving. I’ve never had a dishwasher, ever, and I hate doing the dishes by hand. How I knew my boyfriend was a keeper? When he said he had no problem doing them for me.
Good man! I am ever so thankful and it sounds like you are too
I feel your pain! I have lived without a dishwasher for the last 2-1/2 years. When we moved into this apartment together, Kyle and I made a deal: if one person cooks, the other cleans. And that is how I learned how to cook.
I like that deal. I’d be down with that!
What a nice way to look at your situation! My parents’ dishwasher broke recently and the only humor they’ve gotten out of the situation is the replacement my dad picked up is hilariously small. Their fridge has also been broken for a month and they’re using it as an extra pantry at the moment, which I find hilarious but my mom not so much…
I worried too that Pea D would get the wrong size
I do think that’s quite funny that their empty fridge is storage now!
I live in San Francisco; I am oh so jealous you HAVE a dishwasher. I can’t imagine life with one…it’s been so long. I need to get a boyfriend…I mean dishwasher!
Both!
I can’t imagine life without a dishwasher! Ok, I can, and yeah life was a LOT more simple… buuuuut, who wants wrinkly dishwater hands?! Not I. Not I.
O no!!! I have your broken dish washer!!! We have the same one! You know the thing has never worked as well as our old one. So at least I know what to look forward to. What brand did you buy this time?
I asked the installer if there were certain kinds that he replaces more than others and he said OURS! (sorry to say) We’ve had it for about seven years, though. We ended up getting a Bosch.
Thank you for the reply:) We bought ours about seven years ago to. We actually did not use it until almost a year and half ago when the one that had been there since the house was built(1996) finally took a dump. We got it on as a combo deal with our oven figured we would need it because of the age of the house. Now I know why we got it as a combo deal. I think my Mom has the one you have. She loves it. It is all stainless on the inside. She loves Bosch.
A dishwasher is on my wish list, but I’m lucky that right now I’m only cleaning up after two
It’s no biggie, and my man rinses his dishes. He’ll also help do them anytime I ask, but we don’t go through a lot. I do work with a family of 4 and have seen the amount of dishes that can pile up! Yikes. They have a dishwasher, though 
Glad you got a new one!
Thanks, girl.
Oooh…not good timing :/ You have my sincere sympathies on all that dish washing! I hope the new one is good enough to make up for it; it certainly looks nice and shiny.
Ha. Ha. Doing without a dishwasher with your life. Yikes! I am waiting for my new dishwasher to arrive. I’ve been without for a few months but I don’t cook 6 meals a day. I’m ready to retire my dishpan hands. Were there any casualties when Gigi dropped the angel? I.E. was one of the items you wish you could unfeel a body perchance? Ha. Ha.
The angel was recovered safely. I’m considering giving her a spin in the new dishwasher, though.
“Whattup dishwasher” –> LOL! Next time (and hopefully there is no next time), maybe you could just make a giant tub of mmm sauce, get some non-crumby dippers, and make some cake pops… that shouldn’t require too many dishes! It’s not quite a Thanksgiving feast but I think it would be fairly good sustenance for a few days.
Mmmm sauce cake pops? I almost am craving a mayo casserole now.
Lol no no I was thinking more like mmsauce with various dippers for dinner and cake pops for dessert!
Oh, gotcha. Yes, that sounds much better.
That’s just funny. Thanks for making me laugh. Pea Daddy needs his own bog.
Agreed. And a blog would be nice too.
Jeez, you mean he doesn’t want his own pit of mud?
In this house, I think he’d be happy to have his own anything!
Ugh, why is it that appliances ALWAYS go up at the most inopportune times? Congrats on your new one though, it’s a beauty
So glad the dishwasher arrived…you can’t be getting dishpan hands with all of the cooking and writing you need to do.
Congratulations on the beautiful new dishwasher.
Oh that stinks it broke, but what a pretty new one!
Love the kicking of the dishwasher and the fist pump, lol!
Happy Tuesday love! xoxo <3
Yay for a new working dishwasher and even bigger yay for everyone pitching in. Hope you all had a nice Thanksgiving!
Pretty and shiny! I have to hand wash dishes for work on occasion and sometimes wax nostalgic about it… until Thanksgiving celebration at work came.
I feel the only thing worse than the dishwasher breaking is the laundry machine breaking! We totally underestimate how many dishes we use, no?! I totally try and use the same plate as many times as possible, just give it a rinse! I am glad you got a new one. I also love the fist bump, she is to legit to quit.
I don’t mind the washing part, but I hate running out of room to stack them in the dish drainer. That’s when they start falling all over the floor…..
Well, look on the bright side – you could have had the dishwasher AND the oven AND the garbage disposal AND the freezer break before Thanksgiving. Which is what happened for us. Good times.
Oh no! You poor thing! Hope it is all fixed now.
My dishwasher broke last year in my apartment and it was a very dark time for me, lol. I was not doing nearly as much cooking as you, though!
wait for it.. we have more in common. my dishwasher is on its last leg. in fact, your post reminded me i need to call my home warranty people right NOW to get that figured out. i am going to get a new one with a stainless steel tub… is that what yours is? i hope so, because i love being your much, much, much young–uh, i mean SHORTER twin.
love you!!
Yup, ours is stainless in and out. I hate stainless…worst named product ever.
I have a special recipe in mind for you today. Wait for it–sugar cookie protein shake. I’m not messing around.
The stainless tubs are much better! That’s what my mom has and what I have my eye on.. I scheduled a service appointment right after leaving my comment. Hope they say it’s broken and give me some money for a replacement.. fingers crossed! And yeah, stainless is NOT stainless. I think I remember you doing a post about that once before?
YES.. you know I love cookies! And protein shakes! And your wit and charm. This post is going to be perfect. Waiting patiently
xo
Fingers crossed you get a bad bill of health on that dishwasher. Yay for being twinsies!!!
our house was built in 1924. the dishwasher broke the week we moved in (and, of course, is tiled into the wall, so now it sits broken and useless and full of all of its parts in a giant heap). no garbage disposal. but I’ve kinda gotten used to it – and now I only invite friends for dinner that help with dishes
What a nightmare over thanksgiving weekend but look at the fancy new one!!
I cannot wait till we have our own place and in turn our very own dishwasher! Washing the pots is my least favourite chore of them all! Ickk!!
I didn’t have a dishwasher for years, but I didn’t cook much. My new apartment has a dishwasher and I love it! It just saves so much time, especially now that I cook frequently. I don’t know if I could ever go without one again! Glad you got a new one. The building replaced our old dishwasher because it was leaking. It took me forever to figure out how to turn the new one on! I still can’t get it to stop beeping all the time.
Mine beeps too! There’s got to be a setting to turn it off. I’ll let you know if I find one
ha ha.. ’tis the season! Our FRIDGE went out the day before Thanksgiving (great fun), and dishwasher started leaking on Friday. So my kitchen will be beautified between the hours of 9:30-1:30 today. Yippee! Hope our new dishwasher looks as great as yours.
Many blessings to you and your family at the start of this holiday season!
Oh, enjoy your new kitchen, Kim!
I seriously think my dishwasher dying would be my worst case scenario; I fear I am from that spoiled generation that doesn’t even know where to begin handwashing dishes :S (not quite, but still, I sure don’t like it!).
As a PS, my mom has been having issues with the scanner at US immigration picking up her fingerprints – a lot of the time it doesn’t pick them up. The immigration agent told her it was common in “women of her age” as they had spent their whole lives in the kitchen washing dishes and they had eroded her fingerprints.
I think she nearly fell backwards, before politely explaining that there was simply no way that had happened, because for as long as she could remember she had had a dishwasher, and before then my dad had been the dish washer in our household.
I’m kind of insulted for your mom
That’s a lot of assumptions being thrown around there…
I haven’t had a dishwasher for 3 years. Let’s just say we recycle A LOT of paper plates. My definition of “clean” has also plummeted.
My definition of clean plummeted when I became a mom
Oh man, I SO dislike washing dishes. I would lovvvee to have a dishwasher. But you’re right… my hubby and I have had lots of chats, laughs and “funnies” happen while washing dishes.
I seriously couldn’t live without a dishwasher and it’s just Aubrey and I. I can’t even imagine throwing kids into the mix. It seems like our load doubles whenever we have kids over. And washing dishes by hand is just about the biggest pain to me. I’d almost rather do my laundry by hand – that’s how much it annoys me. lol
Hi Mama Pea! I’m thinking of making the cutout sugar cookies from the book, but the formatting of the kindle edition is a little off and it’s hard to tell which ingredients belong to the cookies, and which belong to the icing. Can you help me sort it out? I think the icing is margarine, vanilla, powdered sugar, and milk, but I can’t tell if it’s 1/2 teaspoon of vanilla or 2 teaspoons, or if it’s 1/4 cup milk or 1 to 2 tablespoons. (I suspect the printed book has 2 columns, and they just ran together in the kindle, mixing up the cookies and the icing). Thanks for your help, I don’t want runny or too vanilla-y cookies! (there are a couple other places where that happens, the fruit skewer recipe looks like it has diced kiwi in the dip, but I imagine it’s probably for the skewers)
Thanks!
p.s. didn’t want to slip this in to the dishwasher post, but couldn’t find another place to post it. Glad the new dishwasher has been delivered!
I’m so sorry about the wonky formatting! The icing is 1/2 t. of vanilla and 1-2 T. of milk. I hope that helps!
Great! That helps! Thanks!
My mother-in-laws dishwasher was out on Thanksgiving too. I suggested that we just suck it up and all pitch in and do dishes the “old-fahioned way”, I was out voted, we ate off Chinet paper plates….it just wasn’t the same.
“I felt things I wish I could unfeel” HAHAHA! And there’s no way I could live without a dishwasher.
Lucky for me, my hubby always does the dishes. But I’m sure he would be distraught without a dishwasher : )
Hey, look at it this way…I remember when I was about 12 or so my Dad got a bug up his butt to redecorate the kitchen. He tore out all the appliances and rebuilt walls and put up new ones. For about 4 months we had to hand wash the dishes in the bathtub. That was a joy, let me tell ya! I was never so happy that my chore was only loading the dishwasher once the kitchen was finally rebuilt!!!
The bathtub! No way! Was there food just floating in there? And I kind of love the phrase “bug up his butt.”
I totally relate… except we have NO dishwasher, not even a broken one. We’re into year two in this apartment. There are so many nights I consider takeout just so I don’t have to wash the dishes… but my husband and I have started taking turns reading out loud to each other while the other washes a few dishes. Man oh man, the day we do have dishwasher, I will never take it for granted…
That might be the sweetest thing I ever heard…reading to each other. I love it!
we don’t have kids yet…
boy do i GET IT! we didn’t have FUNCTIONING dishwasher in our new place for the first 3 months. that dead dishwasher just mocking me through the hours i spent standing at the sink handwashing every. single. freakin. piece. of. silverware. who buys baby bottles with 6 parts that need to be washed PER bottle!?!? oh yes, that was me. ugh. anyways. i don’t think my husband had any idea how much happier i was going to be when he FINALLY brought over that stinkin dishwasher from our last place. he probably would have done it three months sooner. when mama is happy….
LOVE how the controls on your new DW are hidden on the top/inside. so chic!! dishwasher envy!! Xo!
That sounds so much worse than I had it. But the fact that it worked AFTER I washed an entire load by hand really pissed me off.
that is hilarious in an absolutely NOT FUNNY kind of way. fun nuggets is right!! it sucks just watching your dvr date time flow down the sink drain, doesn’t it?!?! and Hubs was always playing games on the PS3 while I scrubbed….grrrr. if he wasn’t bringing home the tempeh bacon so i could fry it up in those stinkin’ pans, why i oughta!!
There must be a dishwasher flu going around. Mine is doing the SAME thing and on Thanksgiving I had to hand wash a dishwasher load of dishes that had sat overnight….unwashed! Who handwashes dishes anymore? Sheesh! But it teases us b/c every now and again it works. I thought JennAirs were supposed to be quality…hmmph! I see a trip to the appliance store in our very near future….
I have never had a dishwasher, but I have longed for one. In fact I estimate the diffuculty of a recipe, not by how long it will take me to make it or by the technical skill requried, but by how many dishes I will have to dirty
I’m 30 years old and I’ve never had a dishwasher. I think when I finally get one I’ll be an adult. Like, official.