Tea Towels that actually...

[dickymint]

............dry stuff as opposed to spreading water about

I've bought all sorts of different brands/materials over the years and so far all pretty crap! What can you foody pros use in the kitchen other than the Wife or dishwasher or leave to air-dry?

[21TonyK]

Air dry or single use paper I'm afraid. No old style cloths allowed.

[Aunty Pasty]

I'm looking forward to the tea towel flexing.

[Doofus]

We use a set of Christmas themed tea towels my mum gave us, and she's been dead for ten years.

99% of our stuff drip dries or comes out of the dishwasher already dry.

[dickymint]

Aunty Pasty said:

I'm looking forward to the tea towel flexing.

[PT1984]

Ikea, of course!

https://www.ikea.com/gb/en/p/rinnig-tea-towel-whit...

[dudleybloke]

I have these.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Cotton-Catering-Towels-Re...

Great at drying stuff but as they are thin you end up using more of them.
Had them for about 3 years and they are still in great condition.

[andyA700]

dudleybloke said:

I have these.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Cotton-Catering-Towels-Re...

Great at drying stuff but as they are thin you end up using more of them.
Had them for about 3 years and they are still in great condition.

I will look into those, as I am having the same problem - water simply being moved around.

[dudleybloke]

andyA700 said:

dudleybloke said:

I have these.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Cotton-Catering-Towels-Re...

Great at drying stuff but as they are thin you end up using more of them.
Had them for about 3 years and they are still in great condition.

I will look into those, as I am having the same problem - water simply being moved around.

One downside is they absorb grease very easily, but they can withstand a boil wash to clean them.

[Sporky]

Aunty Pasty said:

I'm looking forward to the tea towel flexing.

Lady BMcH weaves ours herself.

No, really.

Actually we have some shop ones too.

But mostly the "trick" is to let stuff air dry, and only use a tea towel to deal with any last few droplets.

[AlexC1981]

How are you washing them? Fabric softener makes your towels repel water.

[Cotty]

21TonyK said:

Air dry or single use paper I'm afraid. No old style cloths allowed.

I thought you use tea towels to pick up hot things as no oven gloves in professional kitchens.

[21TonyK]

Cotty said:

21TonyK said:

Air dry or single use paper I'm afraid. No old style cloths allowed.

I thought you use tea towels to pick up hot things as no oven gloves in professional kitchens.

Theres always a pile of freshly laundered oven cloths stacked neatly on the end of the cooking spine for hot stuff but not used for drying.

God help the KP who gets an oven cloth wet and sticks it back on the pile!

[Sheets Tabuer]

dudleybloke said:

I have these.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Cotton-Catering-Towels-Re...

Great at drying stuff but as they are thin you end up using more of them.
Had them for about 3 years and they are still in great condition.

Mother Teresa swears by them.

[Mobile Chicane]

At home, Ulster Weavers 100% linen towels. Pricey, but worth it.

They improve with age once they soften up a bit. I've had mine 15 years or so, and they've another 15 in them, I reckon.

At work, it's air dry / blue roll, plus a final swiff of a microfibre cloth to finish if needed.

[ferret50]

When my late father, suffering from dementia was living with us he used to insist on doing the washing up so that he could 'help' us...



He would wash the top of stuff, forgetting that the bottom of stacked plates also gathered debris, then place the 'cleaned' stuff on the kitchen worktop in the exact place used to prepare the next meal...



I/'er indoors used to follow him, rewashing stuff and leaving it to air dry.
Dad would wander back to the kitchen, see stuff air drying and wipe them down and stack in the prep area because he could not remember where they lived.....



Our workload dropped when the LA finally agreed that we could no longer cope with him



The care home staf used to report him 'helping' them!



We are still largely an air dryer household.

[Tindersticks]

Microfibre ones. Dry super fast as well.

https://amzn.eu/d/ek7wRiv

[dontlookdown]

Linen tea towels dry well enough, but only after they have been washed a few times. Brand new the fabric has size on it which limits absorbency.

Also, as posted above, don't use fabric softener when washing them, just detergent.

Drip dry first, or they will get waterlogged quite quickly though.

The older they get the better they are at drying stuff. Until they fall apart of course.

[dickymint]

Finally found some that actually work! Had these nearly two weeks and are excellent. Very large at 900mm x 500mm which is excellent to double up and remove large pans from the oven. They are quite thin cotton though but not a problem due to their size and they dry extremely quick on the radiator. I've ordered another five..........................

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CLLFYW5D?ref=ppx_pop...

Edit: They state 900mm in length but actually they measure well over a metre..................

[Voldemort]

Got a pair of these as chrimbo stocking fillers:

https://home.bargains/product/1f4c6141-1c15-45bb-8...

Very good. Will get some more next time I'm passing a home bargains.