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Jar lids in the dishwasher hack

 
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I've been saving jars and their lids for reuse.
The jars clean up nicely in.the dishwasher,  the lids end up at the bottom,  knocked down by the streams of water.

The magnetic strips made to hold tools on the wall are very strong,  so I attached one to the bottom of the upper dishwasher basket.
Lids go onto the magnet and ride out the deluge.
Works on canning lids and rings as well.
 
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Normally we wash lids by hand.   When we are tempted to use the dishwasher, we put the lids in several small mesh bags.
 
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I just poke them down in the silverware basket here and that works well.  I can effectively wash up to 10 lids per load.(up to 4 can be wide mouth)
 
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William Bronson wrote:
Lids go onto the magnet and ride out the deluge.


That sounds like magic William! I'll have to see if I can find a magnet to try this out.
 
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Silverware baskets come in different shapes and sizes, and mine definitely won't take a jar lid.

William's suggestion is awesome because it sounds as if he can position the lids so they won't block each other from the cleaning process.

I'm so programmed to just hand wash the lids and rings, that I'm not sure I'll make the change at this time of year, but it would be very useful if I need to do a big batch of canning, rather than my current small-batch approach. To go to bigger batches, I need a bigger garden.... hmmm... alas, that requires more deer fencing which is already on my very long ToDo list!
 
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