Paper Towels - do you use them?

Do you use paper towels?

  • I use them a lot

    Votes: 10 66.7%

  • Sometimes

    Votes: 2 13.3%

  • Occasionally

    Votes: 2 13.3%

  • I don't use them

    Votes: 1 6.7%
  • Total voters
    15
Morning Glory

Morning Glory

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Do you use paper towels in the kitchen? I confess I'm completely flagrant with them and feel rather guilty. I use them for mopping spills, wiping out pans, wiping surfaces etc. When I was a kid they didn't even exist and obviously we don't really need them. Do you use them? Would you give them up?
 
Guilty as charged here.

We go through a large roll about every 2 days. Like you, they are used for just about anything that a dish towel would do.

It's a lot more sanitary, but terribly wasteful.
 
buckytom said:
Guilty as charged here.

We go through a large roll about every 2 days. Like you, they are used for just about anything that a dish towel would do.

It's a lot more sanitary, but terribly wasteful.
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Glad its not only me! I'm going to attempt a 'towel free day' tomorrow and report back.
 
We use them a lot.

Mopping up spills, cleaning up cat sick, as serviettes, I even use them for eating hot food (e.g. spring rolls/samosas) and they come in very handy for cleaning one's face during eating a messy burger (I have a shower after it's finished).

[Edit: draining fried food also].
 
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Yorky said:
We use them a lot.

Mopping up spills, cleaning up cat sick, as serviettes, I even use them for eating hot food (e.g. spring rolls/samosas) and they come in very handy for cleaning one's face during eating a messy burger (I have a shower after it's finished).
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So how on earth did we cope before they were invented? Would you be up for a challenge to do a 'paper towel free' day?
 
morning glory said:
So how on earth did we cope before they were invented? Would you be up for a challenge to do a 'paper towel free' day?
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You may remember that we had dishcloths. We don't have any now so a "paper towel free day" would be very inconvenient.
 
Yorky said:
You may remember that we had dishcloths. We don't have any now so a "paper towel free day" would be very inconvenient.
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Don't you have dishcloths? We still can buy them here. I also use old face flannels which are great for mopping. I am going to do this tomorrow... I am probably just bored and in need of excitement.
 
buckytom said:
Guilty as charged here.

We go through a large roll about every 2 days. Like you, they are used for just about anything that a dish towel would do.

It's a lot more sanitary, but terribly wasteful.
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Are you up for the challenge of trying to go one day paper towel free? As I said, I think I'm in need of excitement...
 
I never really thought about it. I do have a lot of glass, like dining room table, mirrors, coffee table, end tables. Mostly I go through a lot of sponges. They seem to get dirty so quickly.
 
I use them when prepping food & to dry the dishes after they are washed. :wink:
 
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morning glory said:
Are you up for the challenge of trying to go one day paper towel free? As I said, I think I'm in need of excitement...
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I could very easily accompish it. My wife and son are a different story.

My son pulls off three or four paper towels just to dry his hands after washing them before dinner.

I am becoming my father in that I walk around the house turning off lights, turning the heat or a/c lower, and generally complaining about wasteful or untidy practices.
 
I have cats so yes I use them,sometimes more than others depending if a cat has a issue or not that day. I also wash my dishes with a paper towel. I just think they are my sanitary than reusing a sponge or cloth. But i dry my hands on a dish cloth specially hung on the stove handle for that purpose and since i am the only one that uses it i know when to toss it in the wash.
 
Hmm, we have 4 cats, 3 parrots, and a turtle.

If it weren't for paper towels, we might as well spread leaves and forest moss on the floor and just go with it.
 
buckytom said:
Hmm, we have 4 cats, 3 parrots, and a turtle.

If it weren't for paper towels, we might as well spread leaves and forest moss on the floor and just go with it.
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I have often thought saw dust might make a nice for covering...aromatic and all.
 
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