To think that you should always rinse dishes when hand washing them?

[BarryWhiteIsMyBrother]

Over the years I have come across a number of people who hand wash dishes with soap (obviously) but then do not rinse the dirty soap off under water. They either go straight to drying them with a towel, or they put them to drip dry. I think that is gross. Now the dirt is still on the dishes plus soap scum is there too. It's like having a bath and not rinsing off the dirt/bubbles before drying yourself. I think both habits are gross. Anyone else in my court or is it just me?

I sometimes rinse glasses and mugs but I've never rinsed everything as I wash up. It might be gross but I've never noticed any problems from not doing it, my dishes look clean, they don't taste soapy and it's not making me ill.

I never rinse. Nobody has died.

YANBU.

Definitely rinse. I don’t like my food to taste of Fairy Liquid. In a professional kitchen you would be fired for leaving foam on.

I do it in a very cursory fashion. I take more care with glasses just so they don't get marks.

My husband never rinses anything that doesn't go in the dishwasher.

I can't stand it.

Definitely rinse otherwise you can taste the washing up liquid.

We don’t often hand wash but we usually wash up then pour hot water from the kettle over all the dishes on the drainer.

Rinse. Rinse! RINSE!

Of course it's grim, but some people are & frankly, lots of people on MN, do far more grim things than this!

Do not read any threads about what people put in their dishwashers! 🤮

Never rinsed ever. Nor did my mum and my son doesn’t. Three generations of us all still alive. Unrinsed china and glass dries much faster if you dry with a tea towel.

I rinse plates etc. DC's plastic cups soap clings on them so I only use a tiny bit.
Then leave them all to drip dry on draining board rack.

I don't get the people who say 'nobody died' - yes of course nobody died. Nobody would die from eating poop either but surely you wouldn't eat it, would you?

I always rinse as I hate tasting soap in my tea or food.

I rinse glasses, nothing else

@Angel2702

We don’t often hand wash but we usually wash up then pour hot water from the kettle over all the dishes on the drainer.

Why not do it under the two? Surely it’s a lot easier?

That was meant to say “tap”

I honestly can’t get my head round the not rinsing.

If you just pull plates out of a bowl, they can’t be clean

I was incredibly precious about only washing my dear departed cats bowls in fresh hot water because I heard that they could be very sensitive to remaining soap.

Everyone else gets a lot more casual treatment.

I rinse my dishes but can't say I've ever rinsed myself on emerging from the bath. Am I doing baths wrong??

I was shocked when we did food technology classes in my secondary school and everyone around me was drying soapy dishes! Have since accepted that people wash up in different ways...(but will still always rinse).

Rinse everything thoroughly especially if you’re using just one sink of water for all of the dishes

Not-rinsers are probably also toilet seat hoverers and splashers.

I cannot fathom either.

Essentially, it’s probably a good job I can no longer eat in anyone’s house or go anywhere that requires a public loo...

Yes, of course you'd rinse. It's definitely one of those things that touches a nerve with folk who don't think to do it though, hence replies.

Yup, mmm, lifting a plate out of dirty scummy soap water and placing it on the rack for all that stuff to dry on it then eating off it - yummmmmm

If you can taste soap on unrinsed China you're using too much.