Cleaning out my silverware drawer
By snowy
@snowy22315 (184456)
United States
February 2, 2025 11:59am CST
It really wasn't a task I planned on doing, but the holder had things underneath it blocking the smooth opening and closing of the drawer. Plus the holder had some crumbs and stuff in it. I will run it through the DW. It has been a long time since this drawer has been cleaned out and I am unearthing lots of "treasures" that I forgot I had like my can opener from the Stratosphere in Las Vegas, and other things I had forgotten I had. How often do you clean out your silverware drawer? Is it a regular task for you, or are you like me just doing it when it really needs to be done?
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@Juliaacv (51933)
• Canada
2 Feb
I keep mine pretty cleaned up as it drives me crazy if it gets sloppy.
I had a special drawer for the long handled cooking utensils when we had our new kitchen put in at our old place.
I loved that drawer.
I had another one for the regular cutlery and ever since then it has been easier to keep it tidy.
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@snowy22315 (184456)
• United States
2 Feb
I will move some of what is in there to another drawer. I know one thing, I have way too many pastry brushes..and I rarely use them. That is something I should have taken to the flea swap. Who needs 4 or 5 pastry brushes when they rarely need them?
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@Juliaacv (51933)
• Canada
2 Feb
@snowy22315 I was just thinking that I could use a long handled sauce brush.
I hate to use the short handled on when I have something down in the instant pot that needs saucing.
Those appliances get so hot and I fear hitting the sides by mistake.
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@snowy22315 (184456)
• United States
2 Feb
@Juliaacv That should be easy enough to find, a month or two ago I bought a spatchula because I couldn't seem to find one and now they are coming out of the woodwork!
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@snowy22315 (184456)
• United States
2 Feb
It isn't the silverware itself it is the drawer its in. Lots of stuff in there.
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@rakski (130437)
• Philippines
2 Feb
@snowy22315 oh yes, sometimes it becomes a mess because of the other stuff
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@AmbiePam (95684)
• United States
2 Feb
@snowy22315 It just makes me get creative with space. 
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@DaddyEvil (140138)
• United States
2 Feb
I'm not sure I've ever cleaned out my silverware drawer except when we move, so over seven years ago was the last time. 
I just finished cleaning out old leftovers from the fridge and washing a mound of dirty containers. (Pretty stores stuff in the Tupperware in the fridge and then never eats any of it. I store my leftovers in the fridge, too, but I eat mine. I won't eat the foods she makes but she will eat the foods I make for myself.) Once in a while, if I start griping enough, she'll clean out her own leftovers but by that time, they're penicillin factories... Gross!2 people like this
@snowy22315 (184456)
• United States
2 Feb
I would tell her you aren't her maid or housekeeper. That's her responsibility.
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@DaddyEvil (140138)
• United States
2 Feb
@snowy22315 Uh huh... and then the leftovers would still be in the fridge a year later.
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@snowy22315 (184456)
• United States
2 Feb
@DaddyEvil You have obviously trained her not to listen to you.
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@snowy22315 (184456)
• United States
2 Feb
I have a seperate drawer for alot of that kind of stuff but I think I could use another holder for that as well to keep it organized.
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@JudyEv (344976)
• Rockingham, Australia
15h
@snowy22315 Haha - I can totally believe that!
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@allknowing (139806)
• India
3 Feb
That is how I found my lost 100 dollar bill going through paper clutter
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@luisadannointed (7129)
• Philippines
7h
As long as it is clean hahahaha I don't really clean it, but if I have time and I am not lazy I often clean it every week.
@somewitch (1630)
•
2 Feb
It's usually pretty neat, so I think it has never been cleaned. Other drawers need and get some "maintenance", such as the one for tablecloths.
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