To think it's disgusting to wash up without rinsing?

[olimpia]

Just that really!
I really can't understand how seemingly clean people lather their dirty dishes and just put them to dry without rinsing the foam off. All the germs and soap residue are left on the plates surely?

Yuk. Revolting!

lol. I dont rinse usually. I suck at domesticity

on the plus side, we all rarely get ill

Quite Usualsuspect - some people are just barmy with far too much cleaning time on their hands.

Turn off the scaremongering adverts and realise that people have lived for a good few years without the need for washing up liquid never mind double rinsing - they probably used to do it in the stream with all the fish poo...

I can't bear the thought of the dishwashing liquid residue being swallowed.

What do you think happens in food processing factories? There is probably more cleaning residue in your meals than on your plates!

So do rinsers think they're rinsing with pure H2O when then run things under the tap then? :o

They use the purist Evian for rinsing

Overcooked, it's a huge waste of water for people to shower every day, yet most people do it.

I'm not a clencher or overly fastidious, I just don't like leaving chemical residue on my dishes. Neither does the rest of the world apparently.

Non rinsers - but what about the yukky soggy sud-soaked tea towels eh, eh?

And of course rinsing doesn't kill germs, but rinsing a properly washed plate will get rid of more of the food particles that the germs eat (and multiply) on. Think of those agar dishes in biology lessons people.

I don't dry my dishes with a tea towel.I leave them to air dry

So all the germs can feast all day long

surely washing in hot water alone would kill most germs

I don't tend to eat processed foods either, and no there shouldn't be that much residue left from food processing. There are limits and QC testing to check for that, which there wouldn't be on your Fairy dried-on bubbles left on your washing up!

It's not about germs either - I don't want any artificial surfactants going through my gut, ta.

How do rinsers manage to keep germs from the air away from their plates until they eat again?
Hermetically sealed kitchen cupboards?

germy - not necessarily. Water temp to kill bugs like, for example, Legionella (not commonly found in tap water I hasten to add!) is kept at 60degC - this would be too hot for bare hands to handle, and would still be uncomfortably hot for hands in gloves.

What is it that worrys you so much? That you might die from it?

My chemistry professor husband just laughed at this thread. He wants to know if those who insist on rinsing to get rid of the chemical residue of washing up liquid realise that washing up liquid is not removed from the water supply by current water treatment processes. He says you're just exchanging your fresh visible detergent residue for someone else's older, staler, invisible detergent residue. Ewwww. :o

I don't rinse. No one's dead yet.

I sometimes rinse glasses but if everything else is visibly clean then I don't bother. I'm only washing food off not a great steaming turd so I don't see the problem for all the hysteria.

Plus, it wastes water and we don't have a double sink.

Just make sure glasses are done first!

I love you OP!!!!! Not rinsing dishes is like brushing your teeth and not spitting out the goo and rinsing your mouth out.

It's gross!

Each to their own - everyone prioritises different things in their life

There are a lot of foods I definitely wouldn't eat because of the chemicals or germs that are in them, and places I wouldn't eat because of the poor hygiene standards - but I don't think people who do are disgusting, it's their choice!

I don't think it's unreasonable to rinse (although I don't personally see the point), but I think YABU to judge those of us who don't as disgusting

I'm off to the shops for a pair of judge'y pants!

Not rinsing dishes is like brushing your teeth and not spitting out the goo and rinsing your mouth out.

Lots of dentists advise not to rinse after brushing

Really - you would brush your teeth and not rinse? You'd leave all that dislodged food and plaque in your mouth ewwww!

My dentist recommends not rinsing. I was but he insisted this was preferable as it leaves more of the toothpaste on your teeth which means the flouride stays in situ longer and gives greater protection and better long term tooth health. Hey ho.

Oh well you learn something new every day. I remain a committed rinser

YANBU. Glad it's not just me!

Thing is Klad - if you rinse your dishes, then they're not covered in actual soap. If you leave the soap on, then they are. IF, as happened to me once, you pick up an unrinsed glass with wet/damp hands, then you reactivate the soap and it slips. This doesn't happen with rinsed glasses/crockery.

My drinking/cooking water is filtered anyway. :)

And there's no way I would leave toothpaste in my mouth - you're not supposed to swallow it, if you leave it in there, you will inevitably end up doing so.