That hand washed dishes should be rinsed with clean water?

[Drew79]

When hand washing, interested in how many people either -

Wash dishes then rinse with clean water, then put on the drainer to dry

Or
Wash dishes and put on the drainer with soap suds and dirty water still on them?

I don't like the idea of eating and drinking from something that's got some cleaning chemicals left on it, but my partner says I'm being fussy!

Even the fairy liquid advert shows suds being left on the plates. Makes me shout at the telly every time ‘rinse them you minger!’

Yanbu.

Same and I am still alive

The I’m still alive is a funny one isn’t it. We used to do loads of things we don’t know and most people lived. Other countries do things we don’t and the other way and we go well I lived. Doesn’t mean there isn’t a better healthier or safer way depending on each things.

I remember my mum would never rinse dishes and it always disgusted me even when I was little and not used to any luxuries.

I run a few inches of very hot soapy water into the sink and then leave the hot tap trickling slowly for rinsing. I'm so fast at washing that the sink never gets over full and everything is spotless.

Not really as you have several litres of water in the washing up bowl when you wash up. The soap is much more concentrated when you're in the shower

So all you rinsers follow a procedure to avoidinstant death by detertergent or dirt but probably eat at hotels, pubs, restaurants, canteens etc without a care in the world

Do you use a kettle in a hotel room......don't Google it 🤮🤮

Hope you don't eat chips or the many other foods that naturally contain formaldehyde.

If you're doing this then your soapy water will a) have to contain a higher concentration of soap to clean the dishes and b ) be much dirtier and therefore in more need of rinsing than someone who fills the sink full with hot soapy water, cleaning from the cleanest to the dirtiest and changing the water regularly so they are never using dirty water.

I think there's two things here. Firstly there are those who are obsessive and excessive about cleanliness who can't see that their behaviour is extreme, for example, I'm quite sure most people don't get out of a bath and walk across the bathroom to the shower to rinse themselves, if you were really so dirty that the bathwater got noticeably dirty then surely you'd shower first before having a bath for relaxation?

Secondly, there are different washing techniques that mean some people have a greater need to rinse because they are using more concentrated detergent directly onto the plates as opposed to diluting detergent in a large amount of water. Or people who put everything into the washing up bowl then take out piece by piece to clean with a soapy cloth then rinse vs cleaning one item at a time through your bowl of hot dilute soapy water and using the Brownie method so the water stays
clean for as long as possible and changing the water when it gets dirty. Even on a personal level I know if I'm washing a lot of glasses vs a single pot my washing method varies.

Also, if you rinse off the soapy suds from your glasses you are more likely to get watermarks, although that is complicated further by soft vs hard water (and it would be interesting to map different washing methods against water types because I better hard vs soft water has an impact here with hard water making it harder to effectively wash anything). Reality is (like shoes on vs shoes off in the house) there's no noticeable impact on population health based on cultural norms and so it doesn't actually matter.

No, my plates are almost clean before I wash them as they're thoroughly scraped and rinsed - only normal amount of soap required.

As in my washing water stays very clean and only one sink full used for washing and the trickle rinse combined. Was shown this method when working in a well known York establishment and it's a brilliant way to deal with dishes.

I don’t rinse
Never really lived up to MN standards though (I also own a loo brush)

Rinsing isn't so much about hygiene for me, its because if I drink from a cup that hasn't been rinsed I taste the soap and that tastes nasty (even though it smells so good...)

I've started rinsing since a similar thread on here, which made me think about it.

It's a pain though and I can confirm there was no taste of soap or residue before and obviously not one now.

If you can taste suds it's either psychological or using far too much soap.

@SeaShellsSanctuary1 Definitely not without a care. I surreptitiously polish or if it’s too gross ask for a replacement. Never use a hotel kettle.

Can I ask all of the non-rinsers: have you never poured a glass of beer for yourself or a guest 🤔?

Washing up liquid, Fairy, probably, was heavily advertised in the early days of commercial TV "Ladies at last! No more greasy dishes. No more arguing who will wash or dry. Use xxxx, the product specially for you. NO rinsing and NO wiping dry! Simply wash and drain " etc. Washing up was a horrible ordeal prior to this wonder product. Ugh.

"For hands that do dishes, can feel as soft as your face. Mild green Fairy Liquid"

I'll now look that up to see if my memory serves me correctly and the years it was broadcast.

It was "Now hands that do dishes..." and it was a classic 80s ad.

That ad was a lot earlier. I had to sing a version in German for a school thing in 1964 "hande die tische waschen weich sie gesicht mit unseren guten Fairy" or something like that 😀

Yes. Why?

Good god, so we should be leaving suds, chemicals and dirty water on our plates and glasses, just so we don't get water marks?

I think I'll carry on doing a quick rinse thanks!

Trust me the industrial machines in pubs are good but those long lasting lipsticks are a bloody PAIN in the ass to get off glassware. In an old job they had to order a specific chemical to get it off before it went into the machine. I can understand how someone would miss this step if it's busy etc I hope you got a fresh drink and enjoyed your experience x

It started earlier, but went on for a long time. The 80s is when I remember it most, I'm 54 now so was 10-20 in the 80s - peak telly time!

Because an unrinsed glass will prevent a head from forming on the beer- it goes instantly flat on the top.

It's difficult to know which lifestyle choices have long-term effects on health. Nobody is suggesting that if you don't rinse your cups and dishes you will keel over there and then. It is only longitudinal cohort studies that can determine this and only then if they ask the right questions.

UK Biobank data revealed that high consumption of artificially sweetened beverages may be associated with a higher risk of stroke and dementia, even after adjusting for other risk factors.

You wouldn't think that artificial sweeteners could be a problem, but ingesting a small amount of detergent with every meal and every cup of tea doesn't sound like a good idea. You would expect that it would have some effect on the bacteria in your gut and the cells lining your gut.