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?

It is a Brit thing.

The bucket in the kitchen sink - standard in English AirBnB/self-catering. I take it out and put in under the sink. Lovely BnB and kitchen, but comes with nasty bucket in the sink.

Having soapy water drip off handwashed dishes on the drying rack is also another Brit thing. MIL does this.

Weird.

I grew up in a dirty house and dishes were not rinsed until I figured out on my own what needed to be done to get stuff clean.

Come to think of it, before I figured it out, it was one sink full of water and a bit of dishwashing liquid for a full days dishes so there wasn’t a lot of soapy foam (or hot water) by the end 🤢

Yes, I’m alive so it didn’t kill me, but it was not great was it?

Your logic is false.

I agree with rinsing dishes but this is just to get the soap off not because they are dirty. I don't want to eat on plate that has soap residue. My husband however refuses to rinse and I have to pretend it's not happening. I reassure myself with the fact I use non toxic washing up liquid.

Baths however - there is no need to shower after a bath. And you are not comparing like with like.

You aren't going to eat off your soapy bum.

Yes if you were washing in neat bubble bath you would need to rinse but you aren't it's mainly water and if you use bubble bath a little bit of soap which will aid cleaning. Unless you are utterly filthy when getting in the bath the dirt in the water will be so dilute the dirt will have no measurable effect on your cleanliness.

Remember that dilution is a tried and tested way of cleaning (a good common example is washing vegetables). You aren't trying to get every speck of dirt and bacteria off you are diluting the dirt abs bacteria so it's not harmful to health.

You sound a bit dirt phobic tbh. A little bit of dirt and germs is good fir you and your micro biome and should be elbowed not avoided.

I rinse then wash then rinse again.

Have I won?

Agreed! This is one of my pet hates !!!!!!! And my husband does it and I haven’t ever mentioned it to him I just re-rinse the stuff he has done or put it in the dishwasher

I rinse glasses with hot water. That's it. Everything gets dried and put away immediately. No one has ever died.

For goodness sake - how many more times is this going to be asked??? Get over yourself OP. I personally don't know anyone who rinses their dishes, and who rinses themselves after a bath??? I defy you to come to my place and find a dish which isn't squeaky clean, and I've never rinsed.

How much soap are y'all using that you can taste it if you don't rinse it?

Wondering that myself I've never tasted soap suds on my non-rinsed dishes.

Washing up liquid contains chemicals that you shouldn’t be eating.

WTF?? How much are you using?? You do realise that it is massively diluted in the water, and that people have been washing dishes (and many not rinsing) for a very long time. I would imagine there are far more chemicals sprayed on the food you eat that what you ingest from washing up liquid. For those saying it's only a UK/England thing to not rinse, its actually not.

OP, please get a life.

You aren't going to eat off your soapy bum.

Some fetishist probably does 🤣

Completely agree. It’s manky. Even more when the water is not clean anymore . I have watched people wash up in dirty water. No rinse. No thank you!

Born here btw. But know people who say no rinse is an English thing. It’s not. It’s a choice thing.

I'm a rinser. Can't imagine not doing so.

It is definitely a cultural thing. That does not mean every British person does it but never heard of such thing in my life until I moved here and was horrified when I first witnessed someone not rinsing the dishes.
We have a dishwasher but when we hand wash we rinse the dishes in this house.

It definitely is a British thing. No other nationality that I know of does this and I have friends from all over the world. They're all horrified by the thought of not rinsing and having soap residue on your food.
Brits do have some questionable hygiene habits though. Such as putting handbags on the floor including in public toilets (then getting home and putting the same handbag on the bed), and putting their feet up on the sofa/bed with shoes on. Sure, no one's died from it but it's still gross.

The bucket in the kitchen sink

That's for soaking before you actually wash and rinse.

The bucket you keep in your sink, you mean the washing up bowl.

I never rinse plates etc but do rinse glasses so they don’t smear. I did rinse when staying with my sister in the States but her washing up liquid was much stronger than in the U.K. and I could taste soap on the dishes, it’s never been a problem here. I do change the washing water when doing dishes though so the water is hot and soapy, not lukewarm and scummy.

You aren't going to eat off your soapy bum

Well, no. Besides being gross, unless you're ridiculously double-jointed or flexible, it is physically impossible. But soapy bums still need a rinse off.

VinylDetective, strange to assume I only have seven teatowels...

I have about 20-30 and use several every day. One to dry hands on, one for dishes, one to drain dishes on (after rinsing them 😉) and several others mopping up the usually several drink spillages per day (Usually DH not the kids)

I'm aware I probably sound like some Mrs Hinch fanatic but I'm really not. I definitely don't mop the floors as often as I should, but we do remove shoes in the house.

Ah sorry, I misunderstood. I didn't mean I never used a tea towel to dry, I meant that I bet the people who dried instead of rinsed didn't have the best hygiene standards when it also came to washing teatowels.

@ParadiseLaundry

VinylDetective, strange to assume I only have seven teatowels...

I have about 20-30 and use several every day. One to dry hands on, one for dishes, one to drain dishes on (after rinsing them 😉) and several others mopping up the usually several drink spillages per day (Usually DH not the kids)

I'm aware I probably sound like some Mrs Hinch fanatic but I'm really not. I definitely don't mop the floors as often as I should, but we do remove shoes in the house.

I didn’t assume anything about you or even mention it. I said what I do. Is that OK with you? I think you meant to address someone else.

I rinse all pots because I don't like there to be any chance of soap taste lingering.

VinylDetective you were quoting someone else quoting me!