lesley
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Post by lesley on May 27, 2015 1:12:07 GMT
I was just looking for information online about a fatal car crash near me a few days ago, and got sidetracked by another story. This happened a few years ago, but I was horrified to read it. A woman slipped in her kitchen and fell onto her open dishwasher. She had stacked all her knives facing upwards and died from multiple stab wounds from landing on top of them. What an awful way to die.
I always put my knives in the dishwasher with the blades down. It had never occurred to me that someone might fall on them, but I cut myself once when one was facing the wrong way, so now everyone knows that it is safer to have them pointing down.
What do you do?
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Post by PLurker on May 27, 2015 1:13:57 GMT
Knives down to be able to grab handle when unloading. That poor woman.
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Post by hop2 on May 27, 2015 1:14:02 GMT
Knives down
Though I do put forks up because they were spooning and not getting cleaned when they were down.
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Post by Merge on May 27, 2015 1:16:08 GMT
I hand wash all my sharp knives. Not worried about stabbing myself with a butter knife.
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Post by txdancermom on May 27, 2015 1:16:22 GMT
the table knives go blade up, otherwise they tend to tip out of the silverware container. IF I put a paring knife in, it will go point down.
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Post by Deleted on May 27, 2015 1:19:08 GMT
Butter knives -- any which way.
Sharp knives, point down only.
I also have always had a very strict rule about NO SHARP KNIVES IN THE SINK.
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Post by happymomma on May 27, 2015 1:19:22 GMT
What a freak accident!
I put the sharp knives down because I have stabbed my own hand before. Yes, I am talented like that. I keep the butter knives and all other eating utensils up so they get cleaner.
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Post by cmpeter on May 27, 2015 1:22:10 GMT
We only put our butter knives in the dishwasher. All the others are hand wash only.
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Post by hdoublej on May 27, 2015 1:22:51 GMT
Always blade down because a friend of a friend's little girl died the same way the woman you read about did. Every time I put a knife in the dish washer I think of that little girl.
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Post by padresfan619 on May 27, 2015 1:27:25 GMT
Another who doesn't put sharp knives in the dishwasher. Putting them in the dishwasher dulls the blade.
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Post by M in Carolina on May 27, 2015 1:27:40 GMT
My dishwasher has the container sideways in the lid so this isn't an issue. You also don't have to open the door the whole way to drop utensils into the dishwasher-- or take out one piece if you don't feel like unloading clean dishes right that second.
I also hand wash my good knives because that's better for them and keeps them sharper.
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Post by marianne on May 27, 2015 1:29:03 GMT
I only put dinner knives in the dishwasher; sharp knives get washed by hand.
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Post by scrappinghappy on May 27, 2015 1:30:14 GMT
My prep knives never go in the dishwasher. All other knifes go in the utensil tray lying on their sides. (Miele)
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Post by akathy on May 27, 2015 1:32:17 GMT
Another who doesn't put sharp knives in the dishwasher. Putting them in the dishwasher dulls the blade.  |
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Post by johnnysmom on May 27, 2015 1:37:44 GMT
Always blade down for sharp knives. Once upon a time I read something about a kid falling onto an open dishwasher rack and getting seriously injured by knives. Forks, spoons and butter knives go every which way.
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Post by kate on May 27, 2015 2:03:13 GMT
My sharp knives go point down - DH is a professional musician who needs his hands to earn his keep. He also can be hasty about putting dishes away, so I load the knives point down to prevent accidents.
Falling on upturned knives never occurred to me - how horrifying!
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Post by Jili on May 27, 2015 2:07:09 GMT
We only put our butter knives in the dishwasher. All the others are hand wash only. Same here. I put forks in with the tines up. Butter knives go in blade down. |
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Post by GiantsFan on May 27, 2015 2:35:49 GMT
At our house prep knives get hand washed and all other utensils go in the dishwasher handles up. I don't want to grab the bowl of the spoon or tines of the fork to put them away.
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Post by Deleted on May 27, 2015 3:02:02 GMT
What a horrible tragedy! You have just converted me to knife down for the rest of my days!!!
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Post by CarolT on May 27, 2015 3:05:45 GMT
I put all of my utensils handle up in the dishwasher... it has always made more sense to me that way - when I load and unload the items, I'm holding onto the handle instead of the "business" end. I know some people say their things don't get clean enough when they go in handle up, but it has always made more sense to me.
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Post by crimsoncat05 on May 27, 2015 3:13:05 GMT
Good lord, that is awful! Honestly, our 'good' knives don't go in the dishwasher, they get washed by hand. Any of the crappy older knives I would happen to use for something either get washed by hand, or they get laid down horizontally in the top basket of the dishwasher.
The silverware is put handles down, but that's the bottom drawer...
I just realized, I never open the dishwasher and leave it open for longer tan it takes to load or empty it. If I would, one of the cats wouldtry to hop into it, lol!
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Post by elaine on May 27, 2015 3:13:52 GMT
Butter and steak knives go blade down handle up. Prep knives lie flat in my top rack.
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Post by elaine on May 27, 2015 3:15:47 GMT
Good lord, that is awful! Honestly, our 'good' knives don't go in the dishwasher, they get washed by hand. Any of the crappy older knives I would happen to use for something either get washed by hand, or they get laid down horizontally in the top basket of the dishwasher. The silverware is put handles down, but that's the bottom drawer... I just realized, I never open the dishwasher and leave it open for longer tan it takes to load or empty it. If I would, one of the cats wouldtry to hop into it, lol! LOL! Same here because my dog would immediately try to clean anything that still had food on it, or would try to lick any remaining water off of the clean dishes and flatware. |
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Post by maryland on May 27, 2015 3:16:07 GMT
That's so sad! I always put them in blades up, and kind of thing about that being dangerous. I will put them in blade down after hearing the danger of blade up. That poor woman, just doing something many men and women do daily. I can't imagine. Thanks for giving us the warning.
These kind of things are the things that worry me, freak accidents in the home. s/o of the thread about leaving a 16 yr. old child at home alone, I worry more about a freak accident happening than my girls throwing a wild party.
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Post by lorieann13 on May 27, 2015 3:16:22 GMT
Table butter knives go blade up and all my chef cutting and steak knives get hand washed.
Using the dishwasher to clean your chef and steak knives will ruin them!!!
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Post by crazy4scraps on May 27, 2015 3:16:53 GMT
I hand wash all my sharp knives. Not worried about stabbing myself with a butter knife. My good knives are washed by hand, the junky steak knives go into the dishwasher blade down. |
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Post by 3dcrafter on May 27, 2015 3:17:03 GMT
The utensil holder in our dishwasher has a piece that folds down with slots just for knives; I wish they all did...not only is it safer but the blades don't come in contact with the other utensils. If our dish washer didn't have that feature I would still put them blade down.
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Post by scrapsotime on May 27, 2015 3:24:29 GMT
I put all of my utensils handle up in the dishwasher... it has always made more sense to me that way - when I load and unload the items, I'm holding onto the handle instead of the "business" end. I know some people say their things don't get clean enough when they go in handle up, but it has always made more sense to me. Mine silverware goes handle down, but my utensil holder is on the door and can be opened to unload it and grab things by the handle. |
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Post by jumperhop on May 27, 2015 3:25:23 GMT
Knives are pointed down or on the top rack flat or washed by hand.
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Post by Mary Kay Lady on May 27, 2015 4:49:23 GMT
Oh my! What a horrible way to die!
My shorter knives: paring, steak knives, etc. are placed in the silverware basket blade pointing down. The longer knives that don't fit into the silverware basket are placed horizontally on the top rack. We typically use one row on the top rack for larger cooking utensils that don't fit into the silverware basket.
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