I was traumatized by those commercials because in the end they went down the drain to their deaths.
Posted on 06/10/2018 12:20:04 PM PDT by fwdude
Stop Everything. Some People Don’t Rinse the Soap Off Their Dishes!? [Title only]
I have been looking at ways to streamline my life and had the initial question of how many individual rinses (of water-trapping untensils) is necessary to get all of the significant soap off of hand-washed dishes. Do some research, I discovered that British cultures DO NOT even rinse. An old landlady from England would rinse all her soapy dishes in the same tub of water, which I thought was gross.
What say you? Do you rinse at all, and if so, how many times do you swish fresh water around a pot/pan before you put it up to dry? Does it matter. Is there any scientific recommendation?
I’m glad to hear it; I’ll bet that doesn’t get done in a lot of places.
Well , IMHO , I always turn on the Hot TAP, rinse each utensil and dish thoroughly under the stream of hot water with my “HANDS”. In the Army 1980 in Augsburg Germany, my girlfriend , Doris, would do her dishes and never rinse, I would see that rainbow color chromatic sheen with those sheer soap bubbles as she stacked dishes on the side sink dry rack . I did wonder about it... but never said a word to insult the frauline .
BTW Doris went on to be elected to the radical socialist party in Germany , she is far left progressive Lawyer who fights for female equality in court... Maybe the soap is what is making all these socialists ??? I seem to think Conservatives always rinse dishes ...LOL...ROTFLMAO
Hey, that’s it, let’s all get the runs!
Many dishes and utensils are not recommended for the DW not just because of the prolonged heat, but because dishwasher detergent can be very caustic. Most of it contains some measure of sodium hydrochlorite - bleach. Very destructive on some materials.
I’ve been told that fine silver and porcelain shouldn’t be exposed to dishwasher detergent. The combination of the heat and the caustic cleanser can do a number on it.
Absolutely. I never use antibacterial soap. It kills off too many of our good bacteria, too. I did, however, recently purchase a bottle of old fashioned lysol disinfectant. The stuff with phenol in it. Very popular among housewives, when I was a kid.
I’d read from reliable sources that you should use a packet of unsweetened lemonaid Koolaid in an empty wash cycle to clean the minerals out of the dishwasher. I tried it and it worked great.
oh you know they don’t when BBQ sauce is stuck to your menu!
Yuk!
And the pathetic wipedown they give the tables probably just spreads the love.
Considering they’ve removed most of the phosphates (the “rinsing” agent) from most dish detergents sold, we’re kind of doing the same thing here. I find most my dishes & utensils have an objectionable soapy smell when fresh out of the washer. I usually rinse them in water before using.
I looked at a number of them over the decades, and besides stagnation, "regression happens" too.
So true.
Buy a dishwasher. Welcome to the 20th century.
My mother said (60 years ago) that soapy dishes could make you sick.
When a dishwasher is not practical, hand wash under tap with detergent, then thoroughly rinse under tap (not in a stoppered sink). Drip dry if practical, otherwise use clean towel to dry. The goal is not genuine sterility, the goal is to get rid of deposits that might harbor bacteria.
Put dirty dishes on the floor, the dog then cleans them.
put in dishwasher rinse cycle.
Any dishes with gold should not be subjected to a dishwasher.
OTOH, I have a bone China cup that I put in the dishwasher all the time. I suppose, after a few years, it might lose its decorations. So far, it looks fine.
For me, I rinse under running hot water (on/off) then drain. My husband (who’s not able to do dishes now) would fill the other sink with water for rinsing - and I do mean FILL. I told him he was wasting water and he insisted I wasted more. Not true - I can put the stopper in the other sink and no way does the running water from rinsing under the faucet amount to what he’d fill it with. Now is that settled? HA! Too old to use a dishwasher - waste of time IMO - besides my back can’t take the bending over. When I’m finished with the dishes, I’m finished - washed, dried, put away. I don’t have to go back and unload a dishwasher.
When our daughter was a teenager we took turns doing dishes - every other week. She had a friend helping her one night and asked when my daughter put a clean dish in the other part of the sink and told her to rinse it asked, “How do I do that?”
I expect to hear from someone else’s husband that I am wearing out the faucets!!!
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