Given the pip

When is a dishwasher not a dishwasher? In our house it’s around half past three in the afternoon when you open the thing and find lots of plates still with food still attached. Very much a first world problem, but still a bit irritating.

Today I thought I’d have a go at fixing it, just in time for Christmas next year. Or something. I took off the “spinny things that spray water” - I’m sure that’s their proper name - and had a look a them. Turned out that one had filled itself up with lemon pips. These had escaped from gin and tonic glasses and found their way into the pipework, ending up in a position to block the water flow into the jets which clean the plates.

There’s a pro-tip here. If your dishwasher isn’t a dishwasher, make sure that nothing is blocking the flow. In theory there are filters to stop this kind of thing happening but as we all know, theory and reality are not always the same thing.