What is a washing up bowl for?

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I've never used a washing up bowl in my house but when I go away at Airbnb there's often one there and I don't understand their purpose. Please can you break it down for me.

Thanks.

I presume you also leave the tap running when you are cleaning your teeth

Certainly not!

Those public information campaigns of the 1970s (drought of 75/76) left their mark

Washing hands a bit more hit and miss, but yes tap off when I remember and am not too slippery!

In reality, most people use a combination of dishwasher, bowl and rinsing water depending on item and frequency of use. No point running the dishwasher for one item but you might need to clean it between uses. Which is better? Rince required item quickly under the tap or buy multiple of that same item so you always have a clean one as you wait for a full dishwasher load? Saving water but filling the landfill ultimately.

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I know plenty of people who wash up without a washing up bowl or filling the sink.

Those who use the least amount of water were brought up in a hot country where water is and was scarce.

Oh and you are suppose to scrape dishes not rinse before putting them in the dish washer as that the most efficient way to use one.

For carrying the grey water outside so you can fling it on the garden.

I run much more water if I don't have a bowl - obviously the sink is bigger but it's also harder for eg glasses

For those who water their plants with dishwater, doesn't the residual detergent harm them?

Nope.

My DD's flowers are still alive after I watered them repeatedly with my shower water a few weeks ago before it finally rained.

You just need to make sure the plants are in the ground, they aren't edible, and the water isn't too soapy and dirty.

It's very dilute and I think that dilute soapy water is good for getting rid of bugs considered pests?

My plug in the sink is useless and doesn't hold water in. It's an unusual one so would be difficult and probably expensive to buy a replacement so we use a bowl.

I don’t mind if you find my opinion and comment and experiences OTT. Scraping is standard but doesn’t get rid of all food particles. It still ends up as a grim soup in the bottom of the bowl.

In reality if you’re there rinsing before washing then that’s double the time/handling it all twice and twice as much water, so why not just scrape and rinse/wash at same time? Then it’s done.

Anyway I know I have a long-winded method of washing up and it takes me ages, so this is why I have a dishwasher so I don’t need to do it or think about it that often.

Getting a dishwasher changed my life tbh 😂 so much more time! No growing pile of plates on the side - just straight in there after use. Incredible invention

Getting a dishwasher changed my life tbh

And mine. My parents got one in the 1960s and it meant no more helping with the washing up for me. It was the first thing I bought when I got my own house.

I didn't get a dishy-washy (good life reference) until we inherited one upon moving in 2007.

Wouldn't be without one now. Such a time saver, helps the kitchen always look clean and if you use it efficiently saves money, energy and water.

So a dishy saves time, money, energy and water. Plus no sore hands.

I'd rather be without my washing machine than my dishy.

I'd rather be without my washing machine than my dishy.

Shouldn’t that be your “washy”?

Me too. Same for soaking dirty clothes 🤮 just as bad is using the sink as a bath for young kids, I know they're probably cleaned afterwards but the thought is horrible 🤮

I never understood that.

As apart from having to clean it before and after use, a sink is high up and young kids wiggle so there is further for them to fall when carrying to and from the sink, compared to if you use a baby bath on the floor or in a bath.

Plus you can get folding baby baths. The one I have is on it third child who is no longer a baby....

I remember being sat on the draining board to have my feet washed in the kitchen sink before bed. Must have been playing in the garden barefoot. I don't know how old I was. Fourish, I should think.

Another unecessary thing to clean, a bit like the plastic drainers that sit on the draining board. They're useful for if you need to clean a spill on a carpet/soak a stain off something/a sick bowl!

Another unecessary thing to clean, a bit like the plastic drainers that sit on the draining board

Don't you clean your sink then?
Do you not have a drainer at all?

I have quite a few pots, oven trays and tupperware that just can't be put in the dishwasher, so we always have some stuff to handwash.

We don't have a drainer, but in the few days we had to go without a dishwasher till we got a new one I really wished we did. It was impossible to fit more than a couple of plates on the draining board and get them to actually drain.

My sink is quite big and without a bowl it would use a lot of hot water for washing stuff which is quite wasteful

Don't you clean your sink then?
Do you not have a drainer at all?

No drainer here, but I previously only ever owned the cheap plastic ones, so maybe I'm missing something. I find they always seem to collect gunk in the crevices (particularly the cutlery part) and are fiddly to clean. Much quicker to just spray down the sink and draining board at the end of the day. Anything that's not quite dry can be wiped over with a tea towel whilst I'm waiting for the sink to fill with water. Personally I find I can fit more on the draining board without using one.

Only ever used to bath our newborn babies in 😂

How on earth do you fit all your plates and pots on the draining board without one? Do you expect them to levitate?

Double stacked drying racks are where it's at.