Washing up shocker

I do rinse but I had to hold my tongue last week when a well meaning visitor insisted on washing up.

Have always rinsed whatever cannot go in the dishwasher.

I don’t rinse but I think I should. We generally dry up straight away.

Wash up the dishes and dry them straight away. I don't have the capacity to rinse only having one sink and draining board.
Most of the dirty dishes go into the dishwasher where they get rinsed and dried.

It’s tricky. I like to rinse, but I like to save water by not rinsing. So I always rinse things that touch my mouth-glasses/mugs/ cutlery, but just leave plates and dishes to drain.
That’s when I can’t use the dishwasher.

Straight into the dishwasher usually, if for some reason items are hand washed I never rinse, but they’re dried and put away immediately.

I always rinse then leave to dry. Don't want washing up liquid residue, left on plates, in my food.

We used our dishwasher a lot but are aware that it uses a lot of electricity to run so in order to cut back on energy bills we tend to wash up in the sink now, is only the two of us so is not much to do, but when we have the family back or friends for a meal we do use it.

I always rinse but then just leave them to dry.

We rinse what goes into the dishwasher, but I think that’s not recommended, and we stack washed but unrinsed dishes on the drainer and leave them to dry. I have a feeling that’s not recommended either, but old habits die hard.

I rinse too if washing up in the sink (also rinse plates and cutlery before putting them in the dishwasher but that’s a separate point).
So how did America get this idea?

I hand wash up in a washing up bowl in the sink, never had a dishwasher.

I rinse glasses, nothing else much, put in draining rack but DH dries as fast as I put them in.

I never worry about fairy liquid on items, and I like it quite bubbly, in hot water. I always wear heavy duty rubber gloves.

My pots and pans are always clean.

I don’t worry what the Americans think about how we wash up.

Was just a light hearted piece I read, I assume most Americans have more pressing things to think about tbh.

Another old chestnut about we Brits !
We can't make coffee and we can't cook are the usual ones !
My Iranian friend thought the same until she saw my mother washing up .
I also rinse the soap off .
Different families have different habits .

In my experience most Americans would be baffled by anyone doing their washing up by hand in the first place!

Jackiest

I always rinse but then just leave them to dry.

Same here.
I don’t think anyone will die if they don’t rinse tho.

I never wash up, apart from drinks bottles, which I do rinse. Absolutely everything else is dishwasher safe here.

Does not rinsing affect the taste of the food eaten from the plates? I have never noticed it.
I think Americans would do better to examine the content of the food they eat rather than criticizing other countries washing-up.

I love washing up! This is my routine:

Glass, cups and cutlery go in first. I figure they have contact with lips so should be clean in clean hot water.

I use very hot water and wear gloves. These items get rinsed because I only have one sink and one drainer.

Then I wash plates and finally pans etc. They don't usually get rinsed.

I even have a particular way of lining them up on the draining board. When that's full I dry them and keep going until their are no more pots or pans. I then clean and wipe the draining board dry and empty the sink whilst having a good wipe round. I then leave the cloth to dry and when dry I put it in the wash!
I have never owned a dishwasher and don't see the need to have one.

SueDonim

In my experience most Americans would be baffled by anyone doing their washing up by hand in the first place!

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Most goes in the dishwasher but what can't go in I wash and rinse.
I don't want detergent residue on my glasses, mugs, cutlery.

I rinse too, I have never heard of anyone who doesn't. It's only only Americans I am shocked too.

I always rinse. I have a double sink and I wash up in the left-hand sink, then put the items to drain in the (clean) right-hand sink, then drain the soapy water from the left-hand sink, put rinse water in and put the items through it. It's quite quick and easy.

I only wash up things that won't go in the dishwasher, though, so there aren't many.

Always rinse, that was how I was taught in domestic science in my first year at senior school. When we had mastered that skill we went on to doing cooking! We had to boil our tea towel and dish cloth and hang them on the ‘maidens’ to dry. Probably the lessons taught in those classes have been the most practically useful to me in adult life.