Are you a righteous rinser or a sloppy soap muncher?

[MrsMerryHenry]

I remember the first time I saw someone washing up without rinsing the dishes...yuuuuuuuuuuuuuuk! I find it so bizarre that so many people in the UK wash their dishes that way - not least because they often end up with soap and food dried onto the plates.

As Janet Jackson would say: Naaasty.

i will ask the dishwasher

I have the tap running the whole time to rinse with hot water and get any scummy bits I've missed off.

Aka your DP?

Do you wash up with an accent?

(that was meant for Goaty)

Yes - I use an Upper Yakutian accent to make sure my dishes really sparkle

Really, I find that a grating Mancunian accent really scrubs off all that grime and grease!

no just the dishwasher.

i shover everything in teh dishwasher i dispise washing up.

dishwasher rinses...i don't

Sheherazade, do you like ironing? If so, maybe we could do a housework swap!

Rhuby, I think you'll find Scouse is ideal for scouring off burnt-on stains!

no i hate all housework. if i could put the bathroom in the dishwasher i would do it.

waste of water to keep tap running
on a par with washing your meat imo

I rinse, and I always go bit when we're told to be greener and not have the tap running the whole time. The people suggesting this, do they like to eat soap?

Rinse rinse and rinse again until no soap left at all. UGH!

I dont wash dishes
I make my staff do it for me

I love a bit of fairy myself mmmmmmmmm

What's wrong with washing your meat? Anytime I see the water that fishmongers use to 'wash' my fish in it always reminds me why I always rinse it off afterwards.

Agree that taps running is not a great idea but I rinse it all in a washing-up bowl so it's less wasteful.

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why would you wash meat??????

do you eat it raw???

Ggirl, I wash meat because my cookbooks tell me to. Simple.

No, seriously, I wash it because I question the hygiene of the people who've provided it for me. I also wash fruit and veg - don't you?

I always wash my fish and my turkey (S'always a bit sticky, you know?) but not other meat. My dad used to wash the bacon if it had gone a bit slimy (blech!) but it never did us any harm.

I put my stuff in the half-basin in the middle after washing it and then rinse it off at the end; or if it's too big, I rinse it and then switch the tap off again.

I particularly worry about all these anti-bacterial washing up liquids - how to kill all your intestinal bacteria, swallow half a spoonful of wash-up liquid with your lunch/dinner!

Too right about anti-bacterial nonsense. It's useful in moderation but only once in a blue moon, and never on your dishes, IMO.

Yuk - watching those soap suds dripping slowly down the plates in the knowledge that they'll dry on - yuuuuuuuuuukk!

I don't rinse my dishes. I am personally saving the world by using Ecover AND conserving water! So there...

Oh but I do wash my meat. Not mince though as I reckon any yukky germs have been minced right through

Shootfrom, do you find that if you ever smell clothing washed in anything but Ecover the scent is overwhelming and vile? I stayed at a friend's house on hols last year and used their washing powder for our laundry...I couldn't believe how overpowering non-eco stuff smells!