Maggie's Farm

I seem to remember one of our dishwashers had slicing blades or something that got rid of that gunk in the filter, precisely so that the exhausted new parents we then were wouldn't have to rinse off the dishes or have the hassle of clearing out a drain.

However, now that dishwashers are so flimsy one has to replace them every five years instead of thirty, I have a theory why we get all this crud in the bottom. The reason is the damn energy efficiency. In the past, there was so much water, and it was so much hotter (YES! germ killing!) swirling thru that I think it diluted the gunk more and forced it thru and down the drain. I suspect that we are all eating off plates that are a lot less clean just as our cars now have grit on them from carwashes that recycle the water they use to wash them. Washing machines that are energy efficient and use less water definitely wear out the clothes faster, and this is what set me to wondering what the effect of a dishwasher with less water swooshing thru it might be....