Your job was to soak it, now it’s being soaked, later on something else will probably happen, but that’s not your concern. Once you go down that path, there’s no end to it, for you can always convince yourself that another day or two of soaking is going to do the trick: “If it’s soaked for six hours, another twelve hours can only improve it, surely,” and you know perfectly well where this leads.
“every time I pick them up for a trip to the tub, they assume the limp air and persecuted dignity of a Christian saint being dragged into the Coliseum to face lions.” Got an actual LOL from me… a really good, extended giggling, plus a kind of a snuffle-snort thing. Just what I needed!
I find I cannot agree with this. I am definitely a "clean the dishes ASAP" type (like I will wash up a cutting board or a chef's knife the moment I'm done with it, even if there are still further steps required to complete a meal). However there are important exceptions. For instance, with a pyrex baking dish that has eggy bits burned onto it from being used for a frittata, soaking it overnight and washing it in the morning, between having coffee and making actual breakfast, is a perfectly acceptable practice. Trying to scrub those off after only a short soak, I'll end up needing to apply a scouring pad and considerable elbow grease. Whereas somewhere between twenty minutes and ten hours, they fully loosen up to the point you could swipe them away with a finger tip. (How long exactly that might be, I couldn't say, because I would be asleep when it happens.)
I am so envious of the teeth! My daughter is almost exactly your baby's age, salivating like a cartoon dog at the sight of a bone, yet still no teeth! She's still trying to bite everythingboff, though.
But at leat she can sit uprightish! Which has been a blessing (so much easier to bathe her!) and a curse (when she decides to sitvup during a poopy diaper change...).
This ESPECIALLY goes for cast iron. It is my second pet peeve (after a wet sponge left in the sink, ew) to see one of my beloved cast iron pans soaked overnight, and rusty in the morning. Whoever does this must face my wrath!
You’re right of course, and I am not entitled to the sleep of the just, nor will I be.
“every time I pick them up for a trip to the tub, they assume the limp air and persecuted dignity of a Christian saint being dragged into the Coliseum to face lions.” Got an actual LOL from me… a really good, extended giggling, plus a kind of a snuffle-snort thing. Just what I needed!
I find I cannot agree with this. I am definitely a "clean the dishes ASAP" type (like I will wash up a cutting board or a chef's knife the moment I'm done with it, even if there are still further steps required to complete a meal). However there are important exceptions. For instance, with a pyrex baking dish that has eggy bits burned onto it from being used for a frittata, soaking it overnight and washing it in the morning, between having coffee and making actual breakfast, is a perfectly acceptable practice. Trying to scrub those off after only a short soak, I'll end up needing to apply a scouring pad and considerable elbow grease. Whereas somewhere between twenty minutes and ten hours, they fully loosen up to the point you could swipe them away with a finger tip. (How long exactly that might be, I couldn't say, because I would be asleep when it happens.)
I am so envious of the teeth! My daughter is almost exactly your baby's age, salivating like a cartoon dog at the sight of a bone, yet still no teeth! She's still trying to bite everythingboff, though.
But at leat she can sit uprightish! Which has been a blessing (so much easier to bathe her!) and a curse (when she decides to sitvup during a poopy diaper change...).
I need to tell you that I think about this article every single night after dinner
you are soooo right about everything. dishes are really easy when you do them right away, and become totally unmanageable if you don't.
This ESPECIALLY goes for cast iron. It is my second pet peeve (after a wet sponge left in the sink, ew) to see one of my beloved cast iron pans soaked overnight, and rusty in the morning. Whoever does this must face my wrath!
No jury would ever convict you. Just sayin.