The Mommy Bunch disclaimer

One of the things that drives me absolutely crazy about the dish-washing routine in our house is that my husband feels we have to wash the dishes, before we wash the dishes. Meaning, he will scrub and rinse and whatever else he does for 45 minutes at a crack before ever starting the dishwasher.

Yes, we have an automatic dishwasher…although with as much pre-washing as he does I’m not really sure why.

We have used every brand of dish-washing detergent under the sun, and he seems to think that none make any difference at all, and that dried on foods will not come off unless you first soak and scrape them off.

Of course I had to set out to prove him wrong. I mean, what loving wife wouldn’t?  🙂

I was introduced recently to Cascade Platinum Pacs, and I figured if anything would do it…this was the best chance I had.  After a bit of a struggle getting my husband to leave the dishes alone so I could actually wash them while they were dirty, I tested the pacs out.

Here is what Cascade promises:

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Using the Cascade Platinum Pacs

The dishwasher was loaded, and I made sure to add the dishes without rinsing a thing. I added this bowl that still had chili remnants, plus a few other pans that had some dried on food.

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Cascade Platinum

After the dishwasher finished, I check the dishes to see how well the pacs performed. The bowl that had chili came out spotless, but to my husband’s credit none of it was actually dried on.

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One of the pans that did have some dried on food came out 95% spotless. There was one small spot of dried on food that had not quite rinsed away. This could have been from how the pan was positioned in the dishwasher (which is probably the most likely case since the rest of the pan rinsed clean no problem).

To help with properly placing your dishes in the dishwasher, Cascade actually has some tips (of which I did not follow).   🙂

How to Load Your Dishwasher by Cascade Platinum

All in all, my dishes came out clean with no pre-rinsing, soaking, or even scraping. I am pretty satisfied with the job the Cascade pacs did on my dishes, and we will most likely get them again.

Want your dishes to sparkle too? Enter to win a KitchenAid Makeover and 1-year supply of Cascade!

Information on how to enter using Instagram can be found here:  #MyPlatinum Instagram Contest

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Tell us….

Tell us your dirty little habits….dishes here people, dishes.  What secrets or funny stories do you have to share?

I participated in a campaign on behalf of Mom Central Consulting for Cascade. I received a product sample to facilitate my review and a promotional item as a thank you for participating.