10 for Thanksgiving, dishwasher just broke down — what would you do?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My saddest Thanksgiving ever was when my cousins were here and we went to their in-laws' for dinner (I usually host on Thanksgiving.) I had to eat my dinner from a paper plate. Decades later I still recall feeling like the hostess did not put in much effort and wishing I had stayed home.

Why are you hosting if you cannot bother to wash dishes by hand?

My saddest Thanksgiving was the one where my grandpa had a stroke and died. I don’t remember the plates.

Thanksgiving is hard on grandpas. Mine died Thanksgiving 2000.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Strange answers. The answer is buy a new dishwasher with free installation. Go online and buy a Bosch from homedepot lowes. You will buy one at some point, right?

You can buy a new dishwasher from Lowes or Homedepot or whatever today, but it is iffy about installation before Thanksgiving. It always looks doable on the website and then they call and say “actually, installation isn’t for 10 days but we can deliver it tomorrow.”

Good point. Get one delivered and hire someone yourself to install it, proably a plumber or handyman.
Many people are capable of installing themselves. It is simple swap.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I would buy the meal but serve it on real dishes, with everyone taking a turn to wash some.

My Thanksgiving, at least, generates a ton of pots and pans. I'm willing to wash what it takes to serve it by hand, but not what it takes to cook it.

I'd rather be served on a disposable plate than go to someone's home to wash dishes.

+1
and I wouldn’t want the host/hostess to spend their time washing either.

The whole point of getting together is to enjoy each other’s company, and if somebody’s stuck in the kitchen as a scullery maid, they’re not getting to socialize.

It is pretty normal for people to help with dishes at thanksgiving. It’s not a normal dinner party. I have no issue with using disposable plates, but everyone should be offering to help with clean up.

[Anonymous]

Just wash the dishes. What do you think most people in the world do, and what all families did until fairly recently in human history.

You sound pretty fragile/spoiled if this is putting you over the edge. You have the whole weekend to work on it. Just ask your family to pitch in.

[Anonymous]

If you don’t have enough dishes, use high end plastic.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just wash the dishes. What do you think most people in the world do, and what all families did until fairly recently in human history.

You sound pretty fragile/spoiled if this is putting you over the edge. You have the whole weekend to work on it. Just ask your family to pitch in.

so much projection here. why are people so crabby?

[Anonymous]

Plastic disposable plates. Much sturdier and prettier. Here’s an example, but look at Costco and Sam’s Club too.

https://www.amazon.com/Disposable-Plastic-Plates-Premium-Cutlery/dp/B06XBQJ444/ref=sr_1_5?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIiZfxrrq3-wIVA7bICh0TJwSyEAAYASAAEgIMR_D_BwE&hvadid=177795398836&hvdev=c&hvlocphy=9005966&hvnetw=g&hvqmt=e&hvrand=13083318013008464662&hvtargid=kwd-178481100&hydadcr=21441_9712232&keywords=plastic+disposable+plate&qid=1668765086&sr=8-5

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My saddest Thanksgiving ever was when my cousins were here and we went to their in-laws' for dinner (I usually host on Thanksgiving.) I had to eat my dinner from a paper plate. Decades later I still recall feeling like the hostess did not put in much effort and wishing I had stayed home.

Why are you hosting if you cannot bother to wash dishes by hand?

My saddest Thanksgiving was the one where my grandpa had a stroke and died. I don’t remember the plates.

Thanksgiving is hard on grandpas. Mine died Thanksgiving 2000.

Men are slightly statistically more likely to die on or jut after a major holiday like Passover or Christmas.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What the heck? Just wash the dishes by hand. What do you think people did before dishwashers? It’s not like someone’s asking you to kill and pluck the turkey.

LOL.

So we don't even use the dishwasher. I maybe run it 2-3 per year just to clean it but it's mainly used as the drying rack as we always just wash the dishes by hand. And we host a lot.

This is really low on the list of things to panic over. Have your kids help. My kids do dishes.

May I ask why you don’t use the dishwasher when you have one? That’s quite unusual.

My mom also has a dishwasher and doesn’t use it. It came with her house and would have been an expense to remove. She enjoys doing dishes by hand.

[Anonymous]

Get a dishwasher installed before thanksgiving. Someone can do it.

[Anonymous]

I’d go with paper plates and home-cooked food.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Just wash dishes. Can your formal china even go in the dishwasher?

Most people don’t use formal China anymore.

I do and we hand wash. I’ve got a set for 30 we will use next Saturday and everything will be hand washed.

[Anonymous]

Everyone who is saying "Just use paper plates" has not lived without a dishwasher.

We had ours break around Christmas one year. It took maybe 3 weeks before we'd bought a new one and it came and was installed. I was SO READY. It's not the plates that are annoying, it's ever single utensil you use. Every measuring device, every bowl etc that you use while cooking and normally just toss in the dishwasher without much thought. It all adds up! Every bowl or plate your kids use for a snack. It's just annoying.

OP, I would order out the meal and use nice paper plates. You will still have plenty of dishes to wash!

[Anonymous]

I would use paper plates and cups. Otherwise, carry on as usual.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Everyone who is saying "Just use paper plates" has not lived without a dishwasher.

We had ours break around Christmas one year. It took maybe 3 weeks before we'd bought a new one and it came and was installed. I was SO READY. It's not the plates that are annoying, it's ever single utensil you use. Every measuring device, every bowl etc that you use while cooking and normally just toss in the dishwasher without much thought. It all adds up! Every bowl or plate your kids use for a snack. It's just annoying.

OP, I would order out the meal and use nice paper plates. You will still have plenty of dishes to wash!

I have lived without a dishwasher. Yes, it is a pain, but it is doable. You wash as you go. Using paper plates means less to do overall. The point is it is something you can work around, unlike a broken oven.