To think you dont rinse dishes after washing them??

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Just had a blazing row with "D"Bro over rinising dishes after washing them.

I went to put a plate I was washing on the drainer and he roared at me for not rinsing it

Who is the weirdo here?

No rinse here.

Yes, I have a washing up bowl too. You can save water that way.

Eeuww.

If you have a washing up bowl, surely you waste water keeping the bowl clean as well as the sink? Unless you are one of those proud owners of a minging washing up bowl?

Having a shower after a bath?? I feel sometimes I've entered so me sort of parallel universe. Sometimes, in the winter, I have 2 baths a day, (love a hot bath when it's cold outside) why in the name of all that is holy, would I then get in the shower??

Asking why I use washing up liquid ... the answer is, boiling hot water and soe washing up liquid cuts through the grease that wouldn't work so well with just boiling hot water. And I really don't class washing up liquid as a chemical, it's hardly toxic!

I think I need to go on Dragons Den with a protective bubble that can be bought off the shelf to protect everyone who worries about all of this stuff! I'd make a fortune

I really don't class washing up liquid as a chemical, it's hardly toxic

Do you know what a chemical is?

So what I have learnt from this post is that people don't scrape food off their plates, the dishes are not left to soak when it has dried food residue and people just don't rinse the soap off.

Those who don't clean food of the dishes do they do the same to the dishwasher? I rise the food of the dishes before loading to stop it from clogging the pipes.

I want to know why is there so much saliva on your plates. I don't think I have ever enjoyed a meal so much that I drooled onto my plate while eating.

This thread is like those towel washing bonkers madness ones where people lay on the floor and weep at the thought of the bum towel. And angst over poo crumbs in the air like snowflakes after flushing etc.

llewj No, not really and I don't care. All I know is, they wouldn't be selling washing up liquid if it was some sort of toxic substance that I shouldn't be washing up with.

Having a shower after a bath??

nah, just a rinse

Don't class washing up liquid as a chemical?! It's full of chemicals and not toxic, maybe, but certainly tastes vile, has no nutritional value and if a large dose didn't make you vomit bubbles, would certainly see you on the toilet for hours with diarrhoea and stomach cramps!

I've never tasted washing up liquid so I have no idea!

Some people obviously have very greasy drinks if they need washing up liquid to clean their cups and glasses!

The saliva's more about the cups and cutlery than plates (though I have been known to lick the odd plate).

Roussette - you've obviously just got used to the taste.

Yes, maybe people should put a bit of Fairy Liquid round their lips before they kiss anyone, too. To ward off all that saliva.

Yes, I rinse, and always have done. Having been trained by my professional caterer mother and having observed the colour of dishwater less than half way through .

However my extended ILs are convinced that as a person not of the same race and culture as them I am a prime suspect for the perceived disgusting habits of my race and culture, especially not rinsing and so I am never allowed to help with the washing up after family events.

Their loss

Rinse, wash, rinse. That's the only way to wash up.

Do 'rinsers' have a shower after a bath?

Yes! I don't have baths anymore as I can't stand them but when I bath DC I shower them with clean water, then dry them off with a clean flannel before I get them out. Why would you leave arse water and bubble bath on your skin?

All I know is, they wouldn't be selling washing up liquid if it was some sort of toxic substance that I shouldn't be washing up with

They also sell bleach. You can wash what you want with it.

Not the same, I know. It's just the reasoning, though. Although it's been weird on the thread on both sides.

But, washing up liquid is intended to be rinsed, as safety goes. I don't think regulators actually expect people to be exposed to it through non rinsing, although, if they are British, maybe they do.

Yuk to not rinsing, but my oh doesn't normally.... We don't row about it!

Dipankrispaneven It is strange to me. I wash a plate etc, it dries naturally or via a tea towel, then is put away for the next use. Trying to compare it to rinsing clothes is ludicrous, not the same thing at all.

I don't care what you do, rinse away if you want, to me I have never known anyone who rinses after washing up so find it strange. Sue me!

Some people must spend a helluva time washing up with all this rinsing!

I have the water running to the side whilst I wash and just pass the plate or whatever under it. At approximately 2 seconds per plate, glass, or cup, with a batch of cutlery rinsed altogether, the extra time per washing up session comes to all of one minute. I think it's worth it.

I've never known anyone either and I am robustly healthy as are my DCs, DH, DSs, and all related family and friends

Now off for a bath and possibly leaving a skin cell on me which might end up on my sheets!

How does anyone imagine previous generations managed? My DF used to have to share a bath with all his family - one after the other - and he died at a ripe old age. All this is just a fad and worrying unnecessrily.

If you only have a single sink a bowl is required in order that you can pour water from soaking pans, dregs from mugs etc don the side into the sink as you wash uo.

Or you could be organised and do all of that before putting the washing up water in the sink? That's what I did when I had a single sink and no dishwasher.

I'm an immigrant. Both washing up bowls and not rinsing dishes are both totally bizarre things I've only encountered here. DH is at a loss to explain them (see also: the ham/gammon conundrum and the fear of electricity in bathrooms.)

Rousette I don't think it's likely to be health hazard as such, just that washing up liquid tastes vile, so not rinsing it off isn't likely to help the flavour of your food!