The Berry Club

It used to be a heck of a lot easier to figure out whether a piece of produce was a fruit or a vegetable, because people were inclined to keep the fruits fruity and the vegetables crisp and veggie.

But then some smarty pants started wondering why tomatoes were classified as veggies when they grow from the ovary in the base of the flower and contain the seeds of the plant, and the food reclassification war began.

According to this Mr. Lovenstein comic that was the beginning of "strange times" and the end of the Berry Club as we know it, and fruit salads would never taste the same again...

-VIa Geeks Are Sexy

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I can tell you from decades of experience that rinsing your dishes is crucial if they aren't going to be washed in the dishwasher immediately. Dried-on food doesn't come off in most dishwashers. But if you've just had a big meal and run the washer immediately afterward, they'll be okay. My family uses dishes more than once a day, and the dishwasher is only run once a day, so we MUST rinse, or at least soak them.
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Prerinsing or not seems to really depend on what dishwashing machine you have, with some being much better than others. The result is a lot of frustration when you have visitors trying to help out in the kitchen, insisting that they don't need to rinse, then confused when you show them the baked on mess it leaves behind. The loading they showed in the video might not be so good for bowls, again depending on the machine, as some can get a bit violent even on the top rack and bowls that rest on each other can chip (also depends on quality of the bowls).

I think the knife grip one showed is a bit down to personal choice. While choking up on the grip helps, how much you actually place your fingers on the blade seems to depend on the size of your hands and the knife. I've seen other chefs suggest choking up that much while some do, and a few say to try both.
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The last compartment in the back of the silverware caddy is also a good place to put your scrubber sponge for cleaning. The sponges can get really smelly and the chemicals in dishwashing liquid are strong. I find running the sponge through the dishwasher every other cycle lengthens the life of the sponge and leaves me less worried I'm just adding germiness to my dishes rather than cleaning them away.
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