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!

I Don't spend all day cleaning at all but get the basics of hygiene correct!

Not having soap and old food particles on my families plates before I serve a fresh meal

if you rinse your dishes, then they're not covered in actual soap. If you leave the soap on, then they are.

Your using far to much detergent if this is happening - dishes shouldn't be so soapy that they get slippery - it is used to help to dissolve the grease, not leave a soapy deposit on each item.

Even with diligent cleaning, sometimes, when cleaning plates a bit is missed, like a little cheese sauce which can be hard to see stuck on, say.
If you rinse this shows up so you can get rid of it, if you don't rinse the suds hide it and the T-towel picks it up and smears it around instead. To me the rinse is a quality check!

I don't use too much detergent, other people I know do.

Would any of you non rinsers, who claim the water in the washing up bowl is perfectly clean, be prepared to drink a cup of said water???

I am actually offended with some comments, especially those saying that I must have a piss poor immune system, and must love spending my life cleaning whilst claiming what a sad life it is. Maybe you should read up on OCD. People don't choose to be this way. And nor enjoy it. And yes, it is a bloody sad life when I can't relax much for irrational thoughts and it isn't helped by the likes of ignorant people either.

Do you mean to be so rude to those suffering a mental illness? Are you rude to others suffering from other mental illness?

Bit of thought please into what you're saying before hitting post message.

I'm glad you have made this thread so I can show it to my husband..he is a non rincer..I believe it is an english thing as where I come from, we do rince.

Licking your washing up bowl clean probably wouldn't hurt you either, doesn't mean it wouldn't be a bit grim!

I don't rinse - I just leave to drain and all the bubbles fall off.
I think drying up with a tea towel is a bit yukky
But I also think life is too short to worry about a few germs.

shullbit - The OP is just as offensive by calling those of us who don't rinse disgusting.

Having a mental illness and being unable to control your desire to clean despite the understanding that it may not logical or rational is very different from calling those of us who chose do things differently disgusting and dirty - or is that judgement part of mental illness, too?

Would any of you non rinsers, who claim the water in the washing up bowl is perfectly clean, be prepared to drink a cup of said water???

Don't be stupid. Detergent works by changing the surface of the food residue so that it can't stick to the surface of the plate and stays in the water instead. What is in the water does not equate to what is on the plate.

Shullbit - I was in no way referring to those with a mental illness, I was referring to people that choose to do this. You have read something in my post that simply wasn't there.

You have however suggested that only people with a mental illness would do this which I'm not sure is correct.

"What is in the water does not equate to what is on the plate."

It does if you don't rinse it off

Oooh acauliflower, you might be accused of being racist. I think you're on to something though, I have never heard of non rinsing outside the western world. It's a first world problem .

This topic is close to my heart. I am one of these foreigners that you talk about that is completely baffled by the British habit of not rinsing. Non-rinsing is in the same category of things that baffle foreigners as separate taps for hot and cold water (WHY????) and half-naked girls on the streets in the middle of winter.

I am prepared to sort of believe the argument that Fairy liquid somehow magically makes all the dirt slide off the plates in the process of drying, but emotionally I cannot get pass the fact that dishes are being taken out of sinks full of grime and just put to dry. Also, if the dishes are covered in suds when put to dry, the suds often make it impossible to see whether all the food bits actually came off.

Sorry, non-rinsers.

But I, who does suffer with it, did not call overs disgusting.

The other posts don't even appear to be taking thought into the fact that many that do, do suffer with some form of OCD. It was just sweeping statements of those who live their lives like that are sad etc.

Not nice to read when I myself suffers and haven't actually insulted anyone else. And those comments were made after I had posted about the fact I have OCD and expressed how much my life is being wasted. Fact is though, it is a battle every day which I am fighting and can not help.

!others* sorry. Did not call others.

Seriously not with it today.

Sorry to go on about this (as I say, this seemingly boring topic fascinates me endlessly), but one more related thing that baffles me is the uniquely British obsession with plugging sinks. Half the houses I've been to have bathroom sinks with two separate taps for hot and cold water positioned so close to the sink rim that, especially if you are a man with large hands, you cannot get your hands under. And there is a sink plug. Am I correct in understanding that in such setups one is expected to plug the sink and fill it ever time one wants to wash ones hands? And if an unfortunate human being would like to wash hands, face and brush teeth, does the sink need to be filled three times?

"All the germs and soap residue are left on the plates surely?"

No, it isn't. Washing up liquid is formulated not to do that. I rinse the stuck on food before it goes into the washing up bowl so there is no food residue floating around anyway. Everyone I know washes up like this. I rinse plastic cups and glasses, but don't bother with the other stuff. I make sure that I have wiped the bubbles off though. My crockery doesn't taste of washing up liquid either because I don't use too much of it.

I think you are being over fussy.

Rinsing the stuck on food before it goes into the washing up bowl does not get all the residue off, though, otherwise there'd be no need to actually wash them at that point, would there?

Omg this thread is massive... But just gotta say, in case it hasn't been said already, it's probably more important to dry after washing than to rinse from a germ perspective (but yeah I'm a rinser )

Non-rinsers have clearly mastered the art of washing up with an appropriate amount of washing up liquid, and suitably frequent changes of water - whereas those who need to rinse are obviously using to much w/u liquid, and not changing their water often enough

Those of us who don't rinse are advanced washers

One sink people: you still need to rinse.
People economising on hot water: you still need to rinse.
People economising on time: you still need to rinse.

Yes there would. Washing up liquid dissolves the grease for a start and holds it in suspension in the water so it doesn't coat the dishes.