Washing Up

tootles_2

Does no one rinse their dishes after they've washed them?



No its a waste of energy and water right now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

gentlepurr

i've found it quite scary reading this thread!

hoping to move house next month, and i will be leaving behind a wonderful integrated dishwasher, so back to scrubbing pots! mind you, i hope to be teaching my 13yr old ds how to do

may as well start trying to eat my own head now..............:rotfl: )

xx

frugglewump

kylah16 wrote:

Does no one rinse their dishes after they've washed them?

Why do people rinse them? That's a serious question as I was never taught to do it.

All my washing up is dried as soon as I've finished, or sooner if OH is feeling helpful. If there's anything missed it goes round again.

Pink.

It never occurred to me to rinse the dishes after I washed them. I purposely leave them to drain rather than dry them because I have read/believe tea-towels are one of the biggest harbourers of germs that there are.

Pink

taplady

shoperholicnot wrote:

i do under a running hot tap before i put them in the drainer

I do that too but OH doesn't on the rare occasion that he washes up! Then I just leave them to dry naturally, much more hygienic!;)

taplady

frugglewump wrote:

Why do people rinse them? That's a serious question as I was never taught to do it.

All my washing up is dried as soon as I've finished, or sooner if OH is feeling helpful. If there's anything missed it goes round again.

I dont fancy the idea of dried on leftover fairy liquid suds on my dishes so always rinse them!:D

oakdale_minx

ivyleaf wrote:

The "official order" used to be "glass, cutlery, crockery, pans".
ivyleaf x

Weird - this is how I wash up, but I never knew it was an 'official order'! I've always done it this way - I was in the Brownies and the Guides so maybe there was something implanted in my brain that I've forgotten but is subliminally working away!

doddsy

http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A337006

The above article mentions rinsing - I rinse the suds cos I try to keep down the amount of oestrogen we take in. Plus I hate tea that tastes soapy
regards
Doddsy

iwanttosave_2

God you lot do it all so simple compaired to me

I rince them all down so most of the muck is off, then I seperate everything, all cutlery goes into a measuring jug, clean the sink and drainer, plates go in first with cutlery to the side, then I refil sink to do glasses,cups and measuing jugs, refil again to do pans, and fill the sink with about 2" of water for the sides, doors, tiles and cooker, then using a glass rince them off with cold water.

T'is very complicated and inticate :cool: But it gets the job done and I am a stickler for it.

emg

Oakdale - I'm sure it was in the Brownie handbook (circa 1980), unfortunately I dont have it anymore to check. I doubt it's in the modern version though, probably teaches them how to stack a dishwasher instead!