Washing up shocker

I definitely rinse off the suds then dry and put them away. I can't abide piles of wet washing up on the draining board!

Nearly all of ours goes in the dishwasher, but a few delicate things do get hand-washed. As I had to explain to a kitchen designer after she tried to tell me I didn’t need a draining board. (I still have the ancient kitchen some years later!)

I always rinse- don’t fancy that frothy junk in any of our bodies. Dishes mostly go in the dishwasher but I often wash pans by hand. I thought about using one of those swishers with soap bits in but then decided I couldn’t be bothered really.

Calendargirl

denbylover

I always use a plastic bowl. If I washed up in the actual sink, (it’s a deep butler type white one) a)it would need much more water, b)saucepans banging about in the sink would result in chips in said sink and c)crockery would be more likely to get chipped as well.

I know some worry about germs from the bowl.
Well, I don’t, and we are still here telling the tale.

Hi Calendargirl,
Thank you for your reply, I understand a little better. I guess we all work out a system that’s best for us don’t we.

Only wash saucepans because they are copper with iron handles that rust if put in the dishwasher. TThese get soaked, scoured and rinsed to get rid of food residue.

Apart from that haven't done any washing up since 1984. What is a dishwasher for?

I too put anything that can go in the dishwasher in it. It's way more economical and hygienic than washing up by hand.

For things that do need hand washing I sometimes rinse sometimes not. I do use a washing up bowls which I scrupulously clean depending on how often I use it.

Americans are baffled by washing up bowls - probably as much as I am baffled by the lack of kettles in the US and US hotels thinking you can make a cup of tea with a coffee machine.

I've lived many decades, and I've never heard of death by fairy liquid.

Babs03, I think it has been proved that it is much cheaper, and more ecologically sound, to use a dishwasher than to wash up by hand.

denbylover

I always use a plastic bowl. If I washed up in the actual sink, (it’s a deep butler type white one) a)it would need much more water, b)saucepans banging about in the sink would result in chips in said sink and c)crockery would be more likely to get chipped as well.

I know some worry about germs from the bowl.
Well, I don’t, and we are still here telling the tale.

I also rinse after washing up.

I’ve wondered from time to time why British homes often have a plastic bowl in the sink.
You don’t see bowls in sinks in NZ, so I’m curious. Is it a water saving measure?

I use the dishwasher for some things, saucepans and glasses are hand washed and rinsed.

AsCalendargirl said I too don’t worry, or indeed even consider how Americans wash up. They can do it any way they like and so can I

I find rinsed glasses impossible to dry without streaks.

Wash, then dip back into water to rinse most of the soapy bubbles off, then drain or towel dry. Glasses, if washed by me, are rinsed under running water.

I should add I’ve never had a dishwasher I hate the idea of the time it takes, all the business of rinsing stacking and waiting you could handwash a dozen times and it uses water and electricity that I wouldn’t want to waste or afford

Never rinsed don’t waste the water Wash and in the rack
Couldn’t care less what the Americans think Last time my daughter was over there she couldn’t believe that they all used disposable plates, cups, cutlery etc for everything. May have been the area she was in or the families she ate with but she was gobsmacked (and just about every meal was delivered too)

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.

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.

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

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 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.

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

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.

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

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 .