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!

If you have a bath with lots of soap suds you might want to quickly wash them away with a shower attachment before you get out the bath. It's not like you would use soap in the bath then shower gel with with a shower.

If you weren't using soap but an essential oil just for relaxation then you wouldn't want to wash it away but leave it.

I don’t rinse but change the dishwater often so there’s no greasy residue on the dishes.

You just empty the bath. While it is emptying you stand up, pick up the shower attachment and take 1 minute to rinse yourself with the shower attachment. Not much water and not much time and you get a clean soap free body.

Oh yes I found a dish friend lol I have to wash in the same order and yes agree OP absolutely rinsing every time! You know what I can’t stand, tea towels on dishes all them fibres coming off so once rinsed left to dry.

Didn't Old Man Steptoe wash his dishes in the bath while he was in it? I'm sure some people on this thread would approve as it saves water and keeps our reservoirs topped up.

We have the exact same routine, everything is washed the same way in our house, right down to the pet dishes.

I'm disgusted to hear so many people saying they don't rinse their plates, and that it would somehow be a 'waste of water' to do so. Even when I lived in places with no running water (where every litre of water used had to be carried in) or cooked outdoors (sometimes with just an open fire to cook/ heat water) I have always rinsed, usually with hot water! There are lots of ways to wash up and be extremely frugal with water, but still rinse the soap suds (and bacteria) off the dishes! Reading threads like these makes me think that maybe washing up should be on the curriculum in every primary school in the UK...

That's the way I do it too. I don't get why people think that's strange.

I don’t use the bath for exactly that reason I see it as pointless. Can’t wait to redo the bathroom and rip the stupid thing out.

Yes, I said loads of stuff, not all of it.
You said you pour boiling water over everything.
We do have very hard water….but softener being fitted in Aug. Yay!

If precious means wanting more than a dog licking my plates and then a wash in soapy water with no rinsing, then I own that!

Longtimelurkerfinallyposts no-one in the UK appears to have died through not rinsing dishes. It maybe possible to rinse dishes using very little water but most on this thread who rinse dishes aren't doing that, they're rinsing under a running tap. And will probably be the first to complain when water restrictions are announced.

I was born and brought up in the UK, but my parents were from a different culture. They rinsed everything in water after handwashing in soap, and could not get their heads around people washing in soapy water and then just letting the suds drip off. I do it my parents’ way and now my English husband does too, though he was raised with the tub of soapy water and no rinsing.

I think the plastic bowl situation is why Brits have a reputation for being dirty!

I am the same. We are not alone!

Do we?
I have a plastic bowl. I have not been shunned by society or chased out of my home by the village elders.

It prevents my glasses being broken in the stone sink. I tip dregs etc down the sink keeping the water in the bowl cleaner. I use the soapy water to wash down the bowl after I've finished washing up.

I turn my tap on and off for each item I rinse.
Water restrictions don't impact me as I don't water my garden, don't wash my car with the hose or use a pressure washer. I think my tap usage is quite reasonable. I think someone keeping the tap running low for 10 mins probably uses 1/10th of what someone using a garden sprinkler would use.

Says who?
It's a bit ridiculous to label a whole nation in that way, there are 'clean' and 'dirty' folks in all countries around the world.

Of course you need to rinse them. Otherwise it’s like stepping out of the shower with soap on.

It isn’t and they don’t.

Most people do rinse off before getting out of the bath, either with a shower attachment or a jug, same as for rinsing hair after you wash it.

Otherwise you are just taking dirty water and soap residue with you.

That wouldn’t be seen as dirty or lazy, it’s just a different era, same as only bathing once or twice a week.

But it’s not optimal - so it’s odd not to rinse soap off dishes or not wash yourself daily in this era.

I don't want to take risks with my health, or shorten my life by ingesting cleaning chemicals unnecessarily, when it's as easy as a simple water rinse.

Oh, gosh - no idea.

I'll ask the staff.

Exactly 'no one died'. Who knows? As an example: They're not going to be able to attribute a particular persons cancer & early death solely to one thing are they. But they can say formaldehyde should not be injested, hence washing dishwater soap (and the dirt.fat.fiid/bacteria etc if holds) off the dishes is common sense! Which is sadly lacking apparently!