Why didn't my mother warn me?

Thank you, it gave me a jolly good laugh. Best advice given to me by my LMIL on discovering me having a domestic demon surge: "you know you are going to kill yourself, and for what, because the dirt your sweeping-up will be the same dirt someone else will be sweeping-up after you have". Wise woman!

Quizzer:

Hahaha...smart mum :O)

Mess in the cutlery drawer is a complete mystery to me to. Also, can anyone give me hints on how to keep the pan rest on the hob clean. It seems to be covered in "plastic" and is a nightmare to clean. Have been told never put in dishwasher. Been used to cast iron pan rest and this new fangled stuff is driving me mad! Kitchen shop folk look at me as if I am speaking alien when I ask them.

This is topical, I had a rush of blood to the head yesterday & not only cleaned cutlery drawer but also set to work on the tea stained teaspoons!

Beat not best

Re sugar soap Ellan best me to it. I to discovered how good it is especially for the shelves. Only tried it cod I ran out of Flash and it’s much better

?i had my granddaughter over to stay a few days,years ago (she's now 21) and said,at end of day,to her,& my 2 youngest sons(they're now 21& very nearly 17) "come on lets clean up now" and she said "why, who's coming?"i think that speaks volumes of her mums cleaning when she was little

I know, it’s funny isn’t it. I suppose dust and crumbs are everywhere and there are always gaps they can get through, including the ones you can’t even see

... I meant no fluff or crumbs NOW. There were plenty before

The drawer is usually right under where you do food prep - the crumbs fall in if you open the drawer before cleaning the worktop - or even after if you didn't notice crumbs dangling under the edge where the cloth pushed them

So funny, only just seen thread but guess what I did yesterday afternoon? Cleaned my kitchen drawers out. No fluff at the back or stray crumbs at the front.

I keep opening them now, just to have a look

Mischief. In reference to being confined to Barracks that I am experiencing, I caught myself the other day cleaning the kitchen sink taps with a (ex) toothbrush. Something regularly done. no doubt, by you hygiene conscious people. But not me who can scarcely lift a cleaning rag. Cleaning is not something I do except if I am expecting visitors. (I have some standards)

?my sons do that as well Monkeebeat,with the fridge! Ive a freezer beeps when they leave it open so they cant get away with it,but i used to have a fridge with alarm too,but not anymore...i miss that fridge...

Haha,no thats not why Leah50,in our house IM the one who was put in a drawer as a baby,(i was so small,but not early,at 4lbs,and midwife put me in drawer,nearer to heat,to keep me warm) -my sons were prem,but were in incubators,so no drawers for them)! But i see on here a lot of the blokes do same thing! Definitely a man-thing i think.No idea why though. My elder son cleared out the 'tat' or 'man' drawer once- but it ended up same,he's never done it ever again!

I am not even going to look at mine then I won't know how grubby it is so can ignore.

Brilliant ….loved Terry Pratchett...

And strands of spaghetti which are now carefully hoarded ? My Mil used to say how wasteful I was with food sometimes. I wish she could see me now.

Wow! So not just my hubby who cannot close cupboard doors after opening....and will leave fridge door open whilst he makes a sandwich ‘well! Im putting this back in there, in a minute..’

I sympathise Mollygo,milk gets everywhere,i leaned slightly with a bowl of cereal in hand yesterday,& some sloshed out,went everywhere,on floor,on some drawers, splashed near tv unit(id taken it in living room,leaned over to switch tv on,at plug socket.) It was only a tiny splosh,but it seeped a fair way! Id to rush to grab tissues before it ruined anything.then follow up with wipes.

Athenia,im afraid id be tempted to put the MiL's plate in a box to donate when 'the virus' has disappeared....

Same here Springychicken, ,my 2 sons (yes they do live with me,i dont know why we have to put this nowadays,gagajo,but we do,or someone says" i hope they live with you".) they do the same,leave drawers and cupboards open everytime they go in for something-must be a bloke thing!! Its blooming annoying though.theres often something hanging/sticking out of the drawers too! The cutlery one is the only one they close!And no i don't bake above cutlery drawer either...but theres always the bits.?

My husband doesn’t shut drawers completely either...it must be a thing! It drives me mad....and yes, crumbs fall into the cutlery drawer because of this. I am always closing them in front of him and i give him ‘the look’ as he knows he’s done it again. I give up.

My query is how do the lens on my glasses get so dirty i do not touch the glass when putting on or off but they always get smeared

The goddess Anoya visited my kitchen this morning.
I was just holding in one hand a precious decorative plate of Poole pottery, inherited from my mother, in order to put it away, when a very large antique plate, inherited from my ex mother in law, slid down from being leant against the back wall of the kitchen cupboard, knocked out a Pyrex dish onto my mother's plate in my hand, and carved a nice chip out of the edge! Couldn't make it up! Hope it can be glued to look perfect again.

I havegot one of these new fangled kitchen draws thats under my built in hobrather than the work surface, its a full metre wide, has more slots than l will ever need for holding cutlery and kitchen knives in, ut the best bit is that its got a silicone type seal along the top to keep out any dust or dirt from the cooker hob, and the lining lifts out for washing up in the sink if needsbe.
My old kitchen had the cutlery draw right under the bread bin and chopping board and was a nightmare for collecting all manor of food debris from above!