Are you a clean or dirty cook?

@ljbinkop (744)
United States
February 7, 2009 7:11pm CST
I am such a clean up freak when I am cooking! I am not obsessive compulsive or anything, but I really don't like to start one thing while another is dirty. Do you clean as you go, or are you a throw it around kind of cook?
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@Ruby_Dawn (617)
• Spokane, Washington
8 Feb 09
it depends on the day for me,sometimes I clean as I go but other days I just want to get done so I clean after I am done,or I tell my hubby I cooked you get to clean LOL
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• Spokane, Washington
8 Feb 09
lol yeah my hubby is the same way..but I like it when he cooks,he used to be a chef so he is better at it then me hehe
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@ljbinkop (744)
• United States
8 Feb 09
My hubby is prety good at cleaning up after dinner, too, which is nice. I think he just wants me to continue cooking! LOL!
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@laglen (19759)
• United States
8 Feb 09
I clean as I go. Unless I could find somebody to clean up after me........
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@ljbinkop (744)
• United States
8 Feb 09
It takes enough out of me to clean up after my own family, but thanks for the interest...
@Island_Geko (3759)
• Canada
8 Feb 09
i wouldnt say I was a dirty cook, or a clean cook but a disorganized. I tend to forget what I am doing and what I have done. It come with my OCD and my poor short term memory. I also stress out very easly when in a time crunch.
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@fasttalker (2796)
• United States
8 Feb 09
I always clean as I cook. I like to for safety reasons of cross contamination and also I don't like to have a huge mess when I'm finished and I find it a lot easier to clean up as I go. Now my mother...bless her heart... it looks like a bomb went off in her kitchen every time she cooks a meal! LOL But she's allowed cause she's a good cook! and I aint sayin' nothin'
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@ljbinkop (744)
• United States
8 Feb 09
OMG! My mother is the same way, and we live in the same house! She has her own apartment downstairs, and hen we all moved in together, I insisted that she have a kitchen installed, because there was NO WAY I would ever share one with her. She's a really good cook, too, but such a mess!
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@sahmof2 (274)
• United States
8 Feb 09
Growing up I was tought to cleanup as I cook and I do put things back where they belong when I'm finished using them while cooking. I heard a report about not using detergents and chemicals while cooking because it can cause more harm than good and I agree so I just wait until after I'm finished cooking to really clean the kitchen.
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@ljbinkop (744)
• United States
8 Feb 09
I don't use chemicals until I'm all done, but what I meant was that I wipe off counters and clean dishes in the sink and sweep the floor if I spill something before I go on. Thanks for the feedback!
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• Philippines
8 Feb 09
I usually clean the area while cooking, I don't like messing up while cooking, i think , women are most likely do the same thing than men, but men are so good when it comes to cooking though, it would be hard for them to cook while taking up all the mess they have made while cooking.
@ANTIQUELADY (36440)
• United States
10 Feb 09
i clean as i go, can't stand a messy kitchen. i run dishwater as soon as i go into cook & have about everything washed up by the time the meal is ready.
@missybear (11391)
• United States
8 Feb 09
I'm always cleaning as I cook. As soon as I make a mess I clean it up. I don't like a messy kitchen.
@thezone (9394)
• Ireland
8 Feb 09
I am definitely a clean as you go type of person. Nothing worse at the end of the day to have a sink full of dishes. My partmer is the exact opposite of me and will let the dishes pile up.
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