Lighthearted ... Disagreement re washing up by hand ...

[nodishwasher]

Lighthearted disagreement ...

Our dishwasher has just packed up!

We are currently washing up by hand (not an issue).

My DP and I disagree about drying up, so out of interest would like opinions.

Do the majority of people wash up and then leave it all on the side to air dry or do you dry up with a tea towel?

One of us wants the washing up put away immediately and the other thinks it's a waste of time to dry up!

Realistically, it's no big deal! There's so many more important things to worry about!

That was supposed to be airdry!

In Food Tech we were taught that air drying was better.

In adulthood my reality is it stays there until I need to use it (luckily I live alone and annoy no one but myself)

Air dry apart from glasses and baking tins. Have previously learnt my lesson from rusted baking tins!

Always just leave on side to air dry as I think it's more hygienic. Towels for drying are more likely to have germs.

I wash dry and pack away job done.
Plus ive never owned a dishwasher.

Bit of a faff washing your tea towel every night? Is it washed alone?

Air dry unless there is too much, in which case dry the saucepans to make space.

@Terrribletwos

I wash tea towels every day anyway as I just throw them in with anything else that is being washed.

What an exciting life I lead 🤣

I change it 2 or 3 times a day. No it doesn't go through on its own it sits in there until the morning when I put the first load of the day on.

Yes exactly this.
And also only if it actually gets put away at some point. Once the next batch is due to get washed, the first lot should already be away, otherwise you end up with new wet stuff making the dry stuff drippy again.

This is such an strange question, as if anyone would do a wash just for one tea towel. Don't most people own more than one?

You do mean air drying.
Because if you use a hair-dryer i will say your mad.

Going to say it what planet are some of you from.

Air dry, obviously - why make extra work?

Why don't you do what my bonkers sister does and use the broken dishwasher as a drying rack? That way the pots are airdrying but tidy and out of the way. The reason I call her bonkers is because her dishwasher works perfectly fine, she just prefers this madness method!

Won't it get damp and smelly if the water doesn't drain away?

We were waiting for a replacement dishwasher last week and we used a tea towel. Takes very little time and with one washing and one wiping everything done and put away quickly. I don't see the point in letting it dry and then having to come back again and put it away.

We have the same disagreement in our house - I'm firmly in the air dry camp and OH prefers to dry and put away (with a shed load of kitchen roll mind you, not a tea towel!)

Air dry unless camping and you're using communal facilities

I would never air dry, I can't stand water marks.

I dry up but I don't use a tea towel, I use a microfibre cloth that you can wring out.

Air dry here but I hate it as it makes the small workspace even smaller.

So if DH washes up during the day I often dry up with a tea towel so I can actually cook the next meal (I cook, he does the washing up).

If he cleans up after dinner I don‘t care.

We usually leave to air dry, but have a dishwasher so only hand wash a few things at a time

Air drying - with the caveat that the non washing person will put them away as soon as they are dry and not leave them piled there until someone else ends up doing it because nobody will.

If he cleans up after dinner I don‘t care.

Except he's only done half the job, and you have to finish it before you can cook next day.

Rinse of any washing liquid and leave to airdry.