I would like to ban the dirty pan
By AnjaP
@Rollo1 (16679)
Boston, Massachusetts
November 11, 2015 4:57pm CST
I don't mind cooking most of the time, but tonight I couldn't face it so I ordered pizza. There's lots of food in the house and clean counters, so plenty of space for food prep. But there's an aspect to cooking that I simply detest - dirty pots and pans.
If I had my way, someone would invent disposable pots and pans. Oh, not those flimsy aluminum foil things, those are useless. Tin foil is not a sturdy thing to make a cooking vessel out of. And you can't use them on top of the stove at all.
No, I want to open a cabinet and take out as many pots as I need for making my gourmet meal, then throw them all away and have new, fresh ones for the next meal.
No matter how delicious the meal, it simply isn't worth it if I have to wash dirty pots and pans. Sure, I can put the deed off by setting the pans in the sink to soak in hot, soapy water - for a while. But eventually, the sink will be full and those pots have to be washed.
Do you mind the pots and pans? Do you wash them right away, or pretend to be soaking them like I do?
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27 responses
@much2say (55608)
• Los Angeles, California
12 Nov 15
As cheap as I am, I found that if I pay for an expensive set of pots and pans, I will take care of them better! I wash them right away (other pots and pans I just leave soaking - longer than intended! 
). I try to clean as I go, but that's not always possible. Disposable ones would be cool - except that I wonder if they would be costly in the long run!!
). I try to clean as I go, but that's not always possible. Disposable ones would be cool - except that I wonder if they would be costly in the long run!!3 people like this
@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
13 Nov 15
@birjudanak When there is an occassion where there are lots of people , we prefer to just buy the foods , not cook anymore . So, no pans to wash anymore . 
@birjudanak (14320)
• India
13 Nov 15
@SIMPLYD hum you are very smart but we make food at home because some relatives dont like junk food or outside food
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@birjudanak (14320)
• India
13 Nov 15
Most of people like same but when festival or relative comes home at that time you not do same thing because you not like to do wash pan but at that time you make lot of food and enjoy dinner with them and enjoy wash all pans and dishes
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@Rollo1 (16679)
• Boston, Massachusetts
13 Nov 15
@Auntylou I have only one aluminium pan, a cake pan. And it's the one I always made cakes in at home when young, it's traditional. It's the cake pan my mother used. I shall never give it up, even if they prove it's poisoning me. Cause, a little poison in your cake... who could notice with all that icing?
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@Tampa_girl7 (50256)
• United States
12 Nov 15
Some days I mind the pots and pans more then others.
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
12 Nov 15
perhaps She Who Cooks should nominate others to become They Who Wash, lol!
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@celticeagle (166976)
• Boise, Idaho
12 Nov 15
I don't cook anymore. But, when I did I always washed things up as I went along and I put the dirty pots and pans in hot soapy water and when I was done eating they had soaked and were easy to wash.
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@celticeagle (166976)
• Boise, Idaho
13 Nov 15
@Auntylou ....Yep. Clean as you go and you won't have a mess.
@Auntylou (4264)
• Oxford, England
13 Nov 15
Really? The only problem I have with socks is when they lose their pair!
@Sheilamarie78 (2586)
• Canada
12 Nov 15
I'm the great pretender, ooh ooh!
Eventually though they have to be scrubbed.
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@DeborahDiane (40293)
• Laguna Woods, California
12 Nov 15
Disposable pots and pans ... what a wonderful idea that would be. When I cook turkey, I always use a disposable tinfoil pan. Makes the day easier!
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@Auntylou (4264)
• Oxford, England
13 Nov 15
I am so economical that I would wash that to use again!
@suziecat7 (3350)
• Asheville, North Carolina
12 Nov 15
Clean-up is the bad part about cooking for sure. I'm one of those soak overnight people but, like you say, it's only prolonging the inevitable.
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@slund2041 (3314)
• United States
12 Nov 15
I hate washing pots and pans as well. I do tend to let them soak for awhile.
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@fawkes62 (1276)
• United States
12 Nov 15
I don't like washing them either. Right now we have our kids doing chores, and one of them is to wash the dishes. This works great until the next time I need them. They can't seem to get the pots and pans clean, so then I have to wash it before I can use it. The hope is one day they will actually get them clean. One can only hope.
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@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
12 Nov 15
I used to pretend i was soaking them but now that its just the two of us, he cooks and I wash the pots and pans. I think that's a fair trade...
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