How do you do things?

OriolaW

loveka wrote: »

I use a sponge you can wash for washing up its made by e-cloth and seems quite expensive -£4.99 I think- but you can wash it hundreds of times. I use one for cleaning the bathroom too. It even has a scourer on one side! I have just thrown one away which I have used everyday for over 3 years. I also use ecloths for cleaning everything and chuck them in the washing machine. Some of my ecloths are still going strong after over 7 years of use!

I just bought one of them £3

http://www.e-cloth.com/household-range/washing-up-pad

carrielovesfanta

I confess to being one of the "running water" washer-uppers

*ducks to avoid flames*

Just cannot face the idea of the bits floating in the bowl.

It's my one really non-OS habit. I figure we all need a vice

Funky_Bold_Ribena

I put half a bowl full of hot water in, and do the glasses and cups first and rinse those, the hot water goes into the bowl and fills it as I go so that by the end I still have hot water for plates, pans and more oily stuff. Also, wash up as soon as the meal is ended, then it doesn't get stuck on in the first place. For saucepans with burnt bits, back on the hob with some soda crystals and give it 10 mins boiling and it usually just floats off.

I use Splosh washing up liquid...great stuff.

Porridge; I use water and a dab of jam with cream - no actual milk. I am Canadian and treat Maple Syrup with respect...only on porridge on high days and holidays.

Washing - everything in at 60 because I wear things like jeans more than 10 times and when washed they are actually dirty. And I teach gardening for a living so I mean dirty.

soba

I use Surcare washing up liquid as it's got no smell (I buy it when it's on offer but a bottle lasts for ages) I also rinse the dishes before leaving them on the rack to dry. I use Surcare washing powder for clothes for the same reason, used to wash at 40 degrees but trialling 30 degrees and we don't use fabric conditioner either. Towels always washed at 60 degrees.

I don't make porridge as it's DH's speciality. If I asked how he made it I'd end up doing it myself so I'm happy not to know.

wondercollie

Funky_Bold_Ribena wrote: »

. I am Canadian and treat Maple Syrup with respect...only on porridge on high day........

You're supposed to shout I AM CANADIAN, I'd pass you a Molson's but I think it's crap beer!:beer:

Funky_Bold_Ribena

wondercollie wrote: »

You're supposed to shout I AM CANADIAN, I'd pass you a Molson's but I think it's crap beer!:beer:

I'm English enough to have learnt how to speak in public.

And to make my own wine

Seakay

the frothy suds from washing up liquid do't do the cleaning so it doesn't matter if they vanish. You don't need to top up in the wter or on a sponge etc. Eco w'up liquid, shampoo etc is less frothy in the first place. You can wash up with hot water which has had a bar of soap swished in it a bit, just make sure everything is rinsed in a bowl of clean water (hot or cold - I fill the bowl from the hot tap when it's running to warm up before filling the w'up bowl)
Rinse plates v briefly to remove bits immediately after use when you are stacking before washing up - cold water is fine
Wash the cleanest items first

LameWolf

Washing up - I start with the bowl half-full of water as hot as I can take (I don't use rubber gloves unless I'm having to wear my wrist splints) and a small squirt of own-label liquid. Wash the least-dirty stuff first (glasswear etc and move onto the dirtier stuff. Any detritus on plates etc, I soak the wash-cloth in water from the bowl and rinse the detritus off beside the bowl, into the sink (can't stand bits in the water *shudder*) I can honestly say in 11 years, there's never been any real amount of food left on plates, so it's only really minimal amounts to wash off like this.:o

Only if I have a lot of washing up, or something very dirty do I add a bit more hot water or use more liquid; if I have a dirty saucepan or something like a pasta-bake dish I put it to soak on the draining board prior to washing, to stop it sticking. We use those blue-and-white striped disposable cloths; they last about a week before they're worn out, at which point Mr LW uses the dying cloth to give the kitchen compost caddy its weekly "bath", clean the kitchen bin and any other dirty task he can find to use it on before it gets thrown out. I find a cloth easier to hold than a chunky sponge-type cleaning implement.

Washing - Mr LW's clothes all get done at 40 - he has a clean shirt every day, and clean trousers for work (office) every 2nd day, mine is mostly done at 30, though a lot of my stuff unfortunately has to be hand-washed. Towels and hankies are done at 60. Bedlinen - since I bought a set that has to be washed at 30, I do all of it at 30 now - we're still here to tell the tale.

Porridge - on the rare occasions we have this, we put HM jam on it. Usually though, Mr LW has toast and Marmite and I have a little bit of live yogurt with a handful of bran flakes by way of breakfast.:o

poppycracker

I wash dishes for a living . And although I dont have a dishwasher at home like I do at work, everything gets done in hot hot water, with a squirt of tesco WUL and a scourer sponge. Cutlery, plastic stuff and glasses, mugs, plates , and then ceramic dishes, baking sheets and pots and pans last. I dont rinse things apart from the cutlery, it drips dry while I'm off doing something else. It usually takes me a couple of hours to wash up!

washing is done at 40 degrees unless its my work whites which go on a 60 wash, or DH's work gear which goes in a 40 intensive wash.

porridge I make at work - never had any complaints with my half water, half milk approach. I'm not scottish so its thick and milky . Honey, cream, berries, sugar (white or brown) all help- Golden Syrup is much cheaper than maple.

rubiesr4eva

hi, my dishwasher broke oct 2011 and can honestly say I haven't missed it (we are a family of 5). also got rid of tumble dryer, and got hubby to put a extendable washing line up in my conservatory, for rainy days. plus always have a wash finished before I go bed, so can put up airer infront of log burner and close lounge door, always dries overnight free heat and clothes dryer - winner