Dig licking plates before going into dishwasher - ick or not

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Have have hosted a lovely Easter BH Monday for all 7 GC, 3 step children, partners & children. We had an Easter egg hunt in garden, had breakfast in local farm shop & walked my lovely little dog around, petted animals etc.

For context I need to say that DSS & DIL are both British, but live in USA.

After a roast dinner I put the plates & general pots & pans down for the dog to lick. My DIL lost the plot saying that was so unhygienic I assured her that they would be going into the dishwasher on a high temperature - about 90c so would be sterilised. I always let the dog pre-wash my plates as consider it's going into the dishwasher at high temp to be sterilised so no problem.

DIL saying she will never let her children eat at my house again & gone-taken her DH & DC off in an huff.

DH has had a text from his son apologising but saying what can he do as has to support his wife. I totally get that. But....

My question is - is it OK to let dog lick out the plates etc when they are going into dishwasher at a high temp? WWUD?

Food is food. Dogs eat food. Dogs have been cleaning up after human dinners for around 40'000 years.

This distinction between 'dog food' and 'human food' is a human construct that dogs could not give a shit about. There are a few things that are toxic to dogs (chocolate, onions, large amounts of salt or sugar) but thats not likely to be an issue with them simply licking traces off a plate.

It wouldn't bother me in the slightest, but equally I wouldn't let my dogs lick the plates if we had guests as I know lots of people hate it.

The bacteria living in dishwasher drains are the same kinds of bacteria that live in your sink, bath and shower drains. E. coli, for example, is quickly killed in the dishwasher.

Sorry I clicked yabu by mistake!

I have absolutely no problem at all with dogs licking plates before dishwasher! They’re being thoroughly washed!🤣

Of course it's perfectly fine to let your dog clean the plates as long as there's nothing on them that's poisonous for them. At least you are putting them in the dishwasher afterwards (unlike my aunt according to my mum's suspicions...)

For me it’s on a par with putting your loo brush in the dishwasher.

Well, that's good for you.
How convenient that religion has saved your day.

This thread has made me laugh.

We have a cat, and he will always try and get in amongst whatever we're eating - there are certain things I am happy for him to lick the plates after (he's thrilled we're into Greek yoghurt/granola season for breakfast, and he loves scrambled eggs) but even I draw the line at doing this with company around. My mother hates cats in general and would be beyond horrified to see him licking a plate.

He has his own dishes which get rinsed and go in the dishwasher along with everything else, perhaps our standards are particularly low.

My dog has been known to help clear out a pot of something or to clean off a plate every now and then.

But not when we have visitors ffs 🤣

It's not being precious, it's personal values and boundaries. We don't let the dog lick 'human' cutlery or crockery or lick faces (nor did my parents). DH occasionally puts the dog food fork in the dishwasher and I remove it (as does DS). Technically the dishwasher may killl any germs, but I want those items kept separate. Wouldn't put in the loo brush for the same reason (damn @Mudkipper got there before me).

I remember talking to someone who spent a gap* year with Romany gysies and they told me that if a dog sneakily licked a plate or bowl, then they would smash it (the plate not the dog!).

*they didn't call it that

In ye olden days, dogs used to lick plates clean because it made for easier washing up by hand, with liquid soap in tap-hot water, and no-one ever died from it. Dishwashers provide a lengthy scalding-hot chemical-laden scouring process by comparison, so I can't see there being any genuine hygiene problem. People just don't switch their brains on any more.

That’s fucking disgusting. A 90 degree spray from a dishwasher isn’t enough to sterilise all the disgusting dog spit off your plates. Dogs lick their arseholes and you’re letting it lick your plates and pans. Grim.

Well the poshest family I ever knew used to do this. I ve also let the dog lick a plate sometimes but wouldn't as a rule in front of guests...especially DIL if I hadn't checked out their views first..grin

If you must say things like this at least link to some science showing it's true.

No, I certainly wouldn't eat at your home.

BUT how would I know you have these filthy habits? Would you tell me when you invited me or when I arrived? When do you tell people that you invite in to have a cup of tea or a meal?

How would I know? When would you tell me? When would I be given the chance to reject your offerings?

Owned dogs all my life along with the other animals as per name. No they don’t lick the human’s plates and I don’t lick theirs. 🤢 Really grim.
Please tell me you don’t out the dogs bowls in the dishwasher along with your own.

As long as you prewarn the guests - because if you told me in advance you did this, I’d gladly take you up on your offer to eat elsewhere. However, it seems people do this and assume it’s normal/ fine when it isn’t.

It’s beyond disgusting.

I don’t care if technically it’s completely fine as the dishwasher sterilises, psychologically it’s revolting.

Why not just scrape it into the dog’s bowl?

And to do it in front of guests, even if you must do it, is horrible.

Regardless of your view on the dog, this is silly. If you used a knife to dice some raw chicken, would you boil it to clean it? Or would hot soapy water, or the dishwasher, be absolutely fine despite not reaching 100 (if washed by hand in soapy water it would be nowhere near 100, and would still be clean if washed properly).

Oh I've done that. Dog managed to nibble at a chicken thigh I'd left on the side. Just took that thigh off and didn't think about it again until now.

That's got to be one of the most bizarre sign-offs I've ever seen.
Although he did name himself after St Francis of Assisi so strangely appropriate to your thread OP.

Dogs can carry ecoli in their mouths. We have a dog. All dishes are washed separately and I sterilise her bowl on its own. I would never mix her dishes in the bowl

No one is saying you'd die- just end up with some rotten tummy bug, potentially.

It's basic hygiene to keep bowls and utensils for humans and animals separate.

We do the same. I think most people would not care (esp if they have dogs). But of course some might. I just would not do it front of her and if she is so bothered by it, she can bring her own plates to eat off of when she visits you.

What I find completely disgusting are the people that use sick bowls for eating out of cooking. I have read about people using those big popcorn or salad bowls for vomitting....now that is VILE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Urgh disgusting