On Sat, 20 Apr 2013 09:41:45 -0400, jmcquown >
wrote:

> On 4/20/2013 6:55 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
> >
> > Indeed! I grew up referring to them as tea towels. But no longer. Now
> > they are dish towels. Not that I ever use them for dishes. For me they are
> > merely decorative.
> >
> >
> Since I'm always washing my hands while in the kitchen I use mine to dry
> my hands on. I don't use them to dry dishes.
>
I have two sets. The colored towel hung next to the sink is for hands
and the white/light colored ones on the oven door are for pots & pans
after they are washed... everything else air dries on a bar mat next
to the sink. No dish "drainer", or whatever they're called, in this
house because those nasty things are butt ugly.

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