to ask my MIL to rinse dishes after washing up with Fairy

[Oriole]

My MIL often offer to do the washing-up when she is staying with us. At first I was happy with this, but soon I noticed that she didn't rinse them off after washing with Fairy in the sink. I had a talk with her about this, still I see some foam in salad bowls and cups.

Is it unreasonable to ask my MIL again to rinse dishes after washing up with Fairy?

geekgirl,

I don't want to insult anyone but I think that is too weird.

if you're so concerned about wasting water (and so unconcerned about the yukiness of it all), how about just wiping everything down with a kitchen towel or a baby wipe?

wow. who would have thought though, that this thread could turn quite so contraversial ;)

My SIL tells me off for not rinsing. My parents don't rinse either.

After dinner at my house once my Dad was washing pots and SIL drying, She told him off for not rinsing and he was well miffed off.

I never rinse and just leave to dry on the drainer.
Dp always rinses ("because of toxic substances in washing-up liquid") yet will quite happily dry with any old tea towel laying around that could possibly have been used while bathing the rabbit.
Still, no ones died yet.

Re the shower after the bath, yes I do. Just a quick squirt all over with the hand held as the water is draining. Cleans the bath at the same time.

This Brit non rinsing dishes trait is a source of hilarity in most countries. Ask any language student to give you a horror story about their visit to Britain and it will always be "my host family doesn't rinse the dishes after washing them up". This is guaranteed to be greeted with gasps of shock and horror.

I think we do what our parents did. I rinse because my mum did. Not all Brits are non rinsers I'll have you know. [umbridge emoticon]

I do that in the bath too brang.

Oh I always rinse, you can taste washing up liquid on dishes if you don't.
My friend never rinses and every time you go to get a drink at her house she reminds you to rinse out the cup or glass before using it..why not just rinse em when you wash em!

Not very important in the grand scheme of things, but bugs me too

I don't rinse. Except sometimes glasses. And then I always do it with hot water.

DH prefers to rinse I think.

We use Morrison's own washing up liquid rather than Fairy (unless there's a special offer). Maybe I should rinse .

I don't agree with Brangelina re the UK being on its own - I've never seen anyone in Australia or NZ do a separate rinse.

also - what is this UK thing about having a plastic bucket thing in your sink, for washing up, about? Is it mandatory, and is it related to the rinsing ritual?

washing up bowl. I think they're called washing up bowls.

Now we used to have a plastic bowl in the sink. Then realised it was a silly idea. So removed it. But there has been no change in our rinsing habits.

i don't rinse the dishes. i leave them on the drainer. I rinse out cups/galsses before we use them but nothing else.

How did this non rinsing thing actually originate? Did the original Fairy ad proclaim not only soft hands but clean innards too? Was flavour a selling point in the early days?

am german, and actually don't think all germans rinse...well, I don't anywya, and I know I can't be the only one...(saying that nowadays most stuff is washed via Dishwasher anyway, lol)...
As for that silly washing up bowl...yeah, what is all that about? I think they are disgusting, lol....and they limit the usual not that large space in the sink even more...
but the amount of times you lift up a washing up bowl and realise that the last time the bowl itself was washed up was probably before WW2....shudder....the gunk there is....
Now, I could see the point inpeople putting dirty dishes into the sink in a bowl, then taking the lot (including bowl out) and then proceed to wash up...but as it is...WHY?

I don't rinse and I don't think I've ever tasted washing up liquid on my dishes. Now we have a dishwasher. And things seem to come out mankier from there - the amount of substances you need to put in the damn thing to get clean dishes is outrageous!.

The washing up bowl is so that you can empty glasses and cups down the sink whilst in the process of washing up I suppose.

i have never tasted wash up on my dishes. i don't over use it and i usually use shops own, maybe thats it

Good grief. I've managed to live 44 years without realising you're supposed to rinse dishes after washing them

I can't believe so many people do this- no wonder there's a hosepipe ban every year...

Ah yes, but OZ and NZ are traditionally emigrated British Islers. I wonder if other Commonwealth or ex colonial countries have kept up the same traditions? I had a Sri Lankan nanny but she always rinsed, but that might have been from living in Italy.

My cousin has lived in SA for decades now. Can't remember whether she did or not. But then again I never say her do any washing up.

lol Orm, I empty everyhting out before I start filling the sink wiht water...like, when I wash up, lol!
Oh, agree with dishwasher sometimes being shite...but wiht us the problem is probably that we have an Indesit one, which are meat to be rubbish (only found out AFTER buying it, lol)....apparently Bosch and AEG and Miele ones wash fab...

must say, what get me far more "excited" then leaving Washing up liquid on my dishes is when people wash up with yukkie clothes, that have been laying about for ages around the sink and actually smell....yuk...I tend to put a fresh cloth and sponge on my sink every day, and just bung the used one into the washing machine...

Ah...that is because you are organised 3and . I might just say that my washing up bowl is spotlessly clean. I get mad with my DH when he drains pasta and rice into it and doesn't clean it out! And I always clean the bowl inside and out every time, and clear the plughole and the sink. Cloths are bleached or washed regularly. I can't stand stinking cloths...

It does seem odd now that you mention it though. Useful for DS#2 to 'swim' his toy animals in.