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Reusable/disposable kitchen towels

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tiyuricc
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Reusable/disposable kitchen towels

Postby tiyuricc » Thu Mar 17, 2011 10:16 am

what do you use them for?

i want some washable but then i thought about the last time i used a paper towel and it was about 6 months ago to wipe a particularly mucky mushroom down. mostly i just brush them down with my fingers.

so it got me wondering what on earth i should be using them for but don't :oops: [am merely visiting the domestic goddess board briefly as an imposter i have much training to do before becoming a fully fledged member] the best thing i can think of is mopping up spills but i tend to grab whicheaver tea towel is in current use, mop up and put it in the wash. so i don't need a dedicated product for that purpse.

so tell me, what do you use kitchen paper towels (or their cloth equivalents) for?

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Re: Reusable/disposable kitchen towels

Postby justme123 » Thu Mar 17, 2011 10:30 am

DH uses them, and complains when we don't have any, but I'm not really sure what for... I think he uses them mostly for wiping surpaces and mopping up spills, for which I would use either the dishcloth (washable) or tea towel (washable). Occaisionally if we're having a really mucky dinner (eg fish & chips) then I will give them to the kids to use as napkins but washable wipes or napkins would be just as good for that too.

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Re: Reusable/disposable kitchen towels

Postby aimeet » Thu Mar 17, 2011 10:32 am

I like to use them to oil kitchn equipment- think cake tins and woks as pastry brushes are just a pita and shed hair all over everything. They also come i handy for picking up cat sick etc- yuk I know. Having said that we haven't had any for a few months either. :giggle:

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Re: Reusable/disposable kitchen towels

Postby ladybird » Thu Mar 17, 2011 10:33 am

The only thing I use paper towels for is to wipe down the rare oil filled pan/tray - after cooking falafel or roast potatoes. I drain the oil off and then wipe out with a paper towel, I tend not to wash them after these things. Otherwise I tend to do what you do and grab a tea towel or a cleaning cloth to wipe up with. We have cloths to wipe down the dining table with. We have them for flannels/napkins for the boys at the table too.

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Re: Reusable/disposable kitchen towels

Postby helenNt » Thu Mar 17, 2011 10:34 am

Just used some disposables for cleaning up a battery acid leak. Some jobs are just in need of disposable towels.

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Re: Reusable/disposable kitchen towels

Postby ladybird » Thu Mar 17, 2011 10:34 am

aimeet wrote:I like to use them to oil kitchn equipment- think cake tins and woks as pastry brushes are just a pita and shed hair all over everything. They also come i handy for picking up cat sick etc- yuk I know. Having said that we haven't had any for a few months either. :giggle:


We have a silicon pastry brush, doesn't lose anything and goes in the dishwasher. I think I found it in TKMaxx.

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Re: Reusable/disposable kitchen towels

Postby helenNt » Thu Mar 17, 2011 10:37 am

ladybird wrote:
aimeet wrote:I like to use them to oil kitchn equipment- think cake tins and woks as pastry brushes are just a pita and shed hair all over everything. They also come i handy for picking up cat sick etc- yuk I know. Having said that we haven't had any for a few months either. :giggle:


We have a silicon pastry brush, doesn't lose anything and goes in the dishwasher. I think I found it in TKMaxx.


I think the next issue of that new baking magazine is supposed to have a silicon pastry brush and spatula in the next issue.

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Re: Reusable/disposable kitchen towels

Postby aimeet » Thu Mar 17, 2011 10:40 am

helenNt wrote:
ladybird wrote:
aimeet wrote:I like to use them to oil kitchn equipment- think cake tins and woks as pastry brushes are just a pita and shed hair all over everything. They also come i handy for picking up cat sick etc- yuk I know. Having said that we haven't had any for a few months either. :giggle:


We have a silicon pastry brush, doesn't lose anything and goes in the dishwasher. I think I found it in TKMaxx.


I think the next issue of that new baking magazine is supposed to have a silicon pastry brush and spatula in the next issue.


I tried one but didn't get on with it, I just use my fingers though.

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Re: Reusable/disposable kitchen towels

Postby Annette » Thu Mar 17, 2011 11:11 am

my cleaners like using paper towels for cleaning windows, they say it is much better than cloth, so i buy them for that. But otherwise i have a drawer of cheap facecloths which are used for mopping up, wiping down, cleaning hands and faces. We go through at least 1 or 2 a day sometimes more but i just bung them in the washer and they get washed with the next load.

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