Everything About The Kitchen Sink

If you're like me, you've had to, at one time, call in a plumber because the drain is blocked. The plumber who came (at great expense, but worth it) not only snaked away my problem, but also gave me advice. Most of it,  you know, but do you abide by it? Lesson One, is never put any kind of grease or oil down the drain. Never. I keep cut up newspapers under the sink and when the fry pan calls for it out comes the paper to soak up the fat. Or better still, if the grease is in liquid form, it pours into the grease container also under the sink. Nice place to hide things that really matter? Lesson Two, keep your sink happy, and replace the stopper with a leave-in  fine  mesh cup. Nothing but water should go down into the dark place. Mine is used constantly. I am tapping that little screened stopper device constantly against the trash bin edge. No more plumbers thank you. I like my black stone farmer sink clean. I don't know who thought of the divided sink, but it wasn't a person who spends a lot of time there. What works for all purposes is a deep, wide, unencumbered farm sink.  In it, I can put onto the stone, a stock pot, a tray, a blazing fry pan and not fret  about burns or scratches. I love that sink; we spend a lot of time together. The sink is where a kitchen cook spends most of its time; not at the stove. I keep in the corner of the big sink, a small open stainless steel bowl with a short brush containing detergent. One sqeeze and it's ready to go. Instead of a disgusting dish rag, that always looks dirty or a flat sponge that loves germs,  I use a true natural type sponge. Okay, it's fake but it looks real. A sponge is easy to rinse out, does not damage, isn't sloppy and it's kind to surfaces.  Did you know that a real sponge is a living thing? My dish sponge goes into an ornate Italian black lace metal dish beside the black swan tap. To clean, I dip the sponge into the little steel soapy water pan and away we go. When done, I squeeze out the soapy water and pop it back in to the pretty dish. Oh, and Lesson Three, don't forget to fill your sink every week with a couple of inches of water to release and flush out that drain below the sink level. Now you know all the sink secrets.