When you wash/dry forks and knives, do you point the sharp ends down or up? I have always pointed down (as did my mom), and lay big knives flat or immediately dry. My ILs and my sister always face everything UP. Even the big, sharp chef knives! I'm always scared I'll inadvertently poke my eye or cut myself when they help wash things.
What do you do?
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pineapple / 12793 posts
Forks and spoons up. Knives down.
That's the way we did it growing up.
ETA: I voted bananas because there wasn't an option for both.
GOLD / wonderful apricot / 22276 posts
Knives always go down, other utensils go whichever way I throw them in there.
wonderful pea / 17279 posts
Sometimes up or flat. I dry them closer to the wall as to try and prevent scrapes and stabbings.
coconut / 8475 posts
They all go down because I don't want to touch someone's spoon or frk with my hands as I pull them out of the dishwasher! I just touch the handle so everything stays sanitary.
hostess / wonderful apple seed / 16729 posts
@shopaholic: I think you need to fix your poll. There is no up option.
Forks go up and knives go down for me.
cantaloupe / 6146 posts
Spoons and forks up. Knives (butter) up. Sharp knives get hand washed and dried and put away immediately.
GOLD / wonderful pea / 17697 posts
Spoons, forks and butter knives up. Steak knives down. Any other cooking knife gets hand-washed and immediately dried, although DH has a habit of laying down my big knives on the top rack.
watermelon / 14467 posts
If I'm hand washing, the knives go blade down. If they are in the dishwasher, blades/tines up.
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