Do you rinse ?

I never used to rinse until a friend doing biology AS-level told me one day how much washing-up liquid you consume in a lifetime if you don't! So religiously rinsed for a while then thought no, s*d it, life's too short - and never looked back (oh except for pets' dishes)

Usually use the dishwasher but on days where there aren't many dishes I wash them by hand. I rinse off any bits before washing , why would you wash dishes in dirty water? Then they always get rinsed after washing. You can see little grease spots on the surface of a cup of tea when it hasn't been rinsed, disgusting!
In school kitchens , before dishwashers there was a rinsing sink where all the washed dishes were stacked before plunging into very hot water, just as a dishwasher does. You have to be very careful with kitchen hygiene.

Would not like to eat or drink at the home of anyone who leaves dishes on the drainer overnight.

Why harrigan? What do you imagine happens to them?

Oh paddyann I really like the idea of thinking time whilst washing up.
And varian I feel glad of the information on kitchen hygiene .....I would definately get the certificate then, because I do rinse, wash, rinse in very hot and then dry and buff.
OCD ?
Maybe.

Depends on the circumstances; I usually, wash, rinse in hot water and leave to drip dry. If I need to clear the decks for some reason, wash, drain and then dry with a cloth. I use the dishwasher on alternate nights unless we have visitors to fill it up, but there are always odds and ends of things that don't suit the dishwasher.

I vary always leave my crockery to drain have never wanted a dishwasher . Always put away when dry don't like them out .

It depends on how much soapy liquid is in the sink. Too many soapy suds may need a rinse but I wouldn't rinse as a matter of course.

I do very little hand-washing up because my 'mantra' is 'if it doesn't go in the dishwasher, it doesn't get used'! but at work I always rinse the tea/coffee mugs because I can taste the residue of the washing-up liquid when I next use that mug if it hasn't been rinsed.

However, I then leave the mugs etc to dry before putting them away.

Really, it's whatever works for you all.

No better things to do with my time I've had a good sniff and can't smell anything on my plates

No way, never occurs to me to rinse.

Yes I rinse stuff that doesn't go in the dishwasher and dry them straight away. Got loads of tea towels so clean all the time is no problem for mr.

Never rinse except for glasses Never owned a dishwasher

In a day where water is like gold, rinsing can be skipped surely?

The expression "teaching your granny to wash up" comes to mind.
This is not rocket science. you get the pots clean enough to be hygenic however you can.
Do we really need a thread about we wash the pots?
What in the world is GN coming to.
I despair sometimes

Always rinse if I don't use the dishwasher and only use a clean tea towel to polish cutlery and glasses. Just doing what my Ma always did ...

I don't understand why you don’t rinse!!!! You rinse your hands after washing, your laundry is rinsed after washing, your body and hair is rinsed after washing. Detergents are poisonous!!!!

Yes - I always rinse in really hot water (in my little second sink) then I can leave things to drain and they don't have smears on them (especially glasses!). I don't want to leave washing up liquid on them and as someone else said there are more germs on the tea towel than I care to think about! More hygienic to leave to drain... ?

Never rinse but then I don't use very sudsy water . Less washing up liquid. Just enough .

Rinse in hot water and then leave to dry as aware of the tea towel bugs research. However, to be honest I avoid hand washing up whenever possible as I thought that was what the dishwasher was for

always use a clean tea-towel; put it in the washing machine after every use. Like others, I usually dry on the draining board, it is much more hygienic.

My second sink is minute, but I use very, very hot water to rinse so the germs have little chance of surviving, or if they do, there are very few so they would take a long time to reach pathogenic numbers.

Never rinse if hand washing - the only exception might be wine glasses.

I always rinse. That way I can leave it to dry, without smears and just put it away later. I especially buy 1.5 sinks so that I have somewhere to rinse. Having done so for so many years I cannot imagine not doing so now. BTW I don't have a dishwasher.

Always! I can usually smell/taste them in mugs and I don't want to ingest detergents as they contain chemicals that may be harmful.

About 20 years a go a friend, who is a GP, said that research into early male baldness indicated it was linked to oestrogenic compounds in drinking water - largely from the contraceptive pill and detergents.

Here's a section from an article which you may find interesting:

The findings from the four year study, led by the universities of Exeter and Brunel, has important implications for understanding the impacts of these chemicals on ecosystem health and possibly on humans.

Endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) disrupt the ways that hormones work in the bodies of vertebrates (animals with backbones), including humans.

They can be found in everything from female contraceptive drugs and hormone replacement therapy pills, to washing up liquid, with the most well studied EDCs being those that mimic oestrogen (female hormone).

EDCs have been seeping into rivers through the sewage system for decades and have an observed effect on fish, altering male biology to make them more female -- hence the 'gender bending' reputation of these chemicals.

The full article can be found here: www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/10/101026111613.htm

Rinse and leave to drain i believe is most hygienic and healthy.