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!

As I said upthread, poor quality washing up liquid can leave a greasy film

Nah, can't be arsed. Just leave on the rack to air dry. Never rinsed, never come to any harm decades later. My parents don't rinse either, so I've obviously inherited their scuzzy habits. 🤷‍♀️

@OntheBorder1

"When you have a bath do you empty it then refill it with clean water to rinse yourself?"

FFS don't give them ideas!

No, I disagree. When you wash a plate in warm water with detergent, the grease is dissolved in the detergent. When you rinse it you rinse away the water and detergent, carrying the grease with it. If you don't rinse there will be a layer of dilute detergent that will dry leaving a layer of grease. So you have detergent, old grease and any food residues left on your plates. If you are happy to eat off that and you think that your guests are happy to eat off that then fine, but lots of people aren't.

Many people will dry their plates with a cloth. That won't be getting rid of all the water/detergent/grease and the cloth will get dirty quite quickly. Most people would put the cloth somewhere to dry and it won't get washed often. So I would expect lots of bacteria. I know there is a school of thought that says we would be better off not cleaning so much and being in contact more with bacteria but I personally wouldn't want that.

All these people not wanting to rinse dishes or happy to sit in a bath and not rinse off afterwards should presumably stop their washing machines after the wash cycle and not do the rinse cycle but as we all know the rinse cycle can produce dirty water too.

You do realise that all the water that will ever exist is already here, right?

No… you rinse off in the shower after having a bath.

No... I don't.

Most of it is unfit for consumption. I believe the poster was referring to potable water.

When I hand wash, I rinse everything in clean hot water and then pour water that's at boiling point over everything on the drying rack.

Dishes left to dry with soap and food residue still on them are not clean.

What's your objection to using water to clean cutlery properly?

It's what water is for, surely?

Sweet baby Jesus. Loads of my stuff would break if I poured boiling water over it and it would also end up with bits of scale from the kettle!

A rinse under a warm/hot tap will wash the soap off. If there's still food on the crockery then you didn't wash them properly.

I think she means that it's easier to dump a load of water on all the cutlery in one go rather than one by one under the tap.

If you're left with bubbles of food residue then you are doing it wrong surely!

The boiling water is a great idea as long as the drying rack is metal. I wouldn't try it with a plastic one.

Glasses might break. Not your dishes and cutlery, surely. Not every kettle gets scale either. Depends on what minerals are in your water source. I have well water, so I use a softener. There's no scale. So I don't think it's a bad idea.

Ooh, it could be a bit like double dishwashers - two rolltop baths side by side, one with bubbles in, and the other filled with clean hot water for rinsing yourself in afterwards.
There could be a hoist arrangement for transferring you from bath A to bath B. Lovely.

I'm going to the patent office tomorrow.

Nah.

I rinse glasses and coffee mugs, tend to wash them first while sink is still filling, I deliberately don't have the tap on full blast so I can get stuff rinsed.

I dont rinse plates or cutlery unless I've been a bit too generous with the Fairy.

If people are so ridiculous about baths then why not just have a shower instead? What an absolute waste of water! I have never heard of anyone having a bath followed by a shower btw.

MN is a seriously weird place.

I got it wrong - apparently they have a bath followed by a shower to rinse themselves 😅

Grasping at straws here. How is clothing in any way related to dishes? Obviously clothing, towels etc. hold onto whatever they are washed in more than dishes do - and I don't know about you but I don't wash my clothes in dishwashing liquid.

It is the pits not to rinse.
Just too gross.

Can I ask a question? When you wash dishes by hand, do you have a washing up bowl full of warm water with detergent in it? I think most people do. I don't though. So I don't think that I am using more water by rinsing my plates etc than other people. Probably a lot less than dishwasher users.

What's the point having a bath then to shower after.