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Are you a righteous rinser or a sloppy soap muncher?

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MrsMerryHenry · 05/02/2009 15:47

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.

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thumbwitch · 05/02/2009 16:29

I'm sure that Persil have upped the amounts of perfume they add to their powder - I open the box and shake it around and leave the lid open to try and dispel the niff.
I do only use Ecover washing powder for DS's stuff - have to use up the Persil for our stuff, and of course Ecover washing up liquid. But not that good for bog-cleaner, tbh - had to revert to non-eco bleach to get the loo sorted.

shootfromthehip · 05/02/2009 16:31

MrsMH, I so know what you mean- I can smell people coming from some distance with certain washing powders. I did try ecoballs but I still like my washing to smell of something and the ecover fab.soft. is nice.

paolosgirl · 05/02/2009 16:38

If you are going to keep the tap on to rinse the dishes as you are washing them - why on earth are you bothering to use Ecover?

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MrsMerryHenry · 05/02/2009 16:41

thumbwitch, I'm wondering whether you have higher bog-blasting standards than me! I use Ecover and my trusty friend bicarb of soda all over our home; I find Ecover duck is great for the loo (leaves it sparkling). Actually I don't use bleach anywhere; can't stand the smell and I think it's more damagind than other stuff. Have to admit to occasionally washing my whites with a spoonful of Vanish, though. Don't tell Jonathon Porritt!

I have tried soap nuts in the laundry in the past; we still have millions of them kicking about the place but I prefer Ecover.

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shootfromthehip · 05/02/2009 16:43

I'm a skank- I don't rinse!

I like the ecover loo stuff too.

Sorryforbeinganuisance · 05/02/2009 16:47

My mum taught us to wash up using a bowl of water and not rinsing. Including the catfood spoon

I am a rinser since I got my own sink. However I'm not entirely sure rinsing supports the immune system in the same manner.

MarlaSinger · 05/02/2009 16:48

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MrsMerryHenry · 05/02/2009 16:52

Marla, you're right - especially the way I get the water off my rinsed chicken by shaking it all over the kitchen .

There is such a thing as cleaning one's sink afterwards!

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claireybrations · 05/02/2009 17:02

I don't rinse. Well, I have a very strict washing up order and the first things are washed in v clean water so I don't rinse them, then as I start to wash the dirtier things I rinse them afterwards. Cutlery is always rinsed. Glasses are the first things I wash so I don't rinse them but I do tend to rinse them when I get them out of the cupboard Would never leave tap running though. Also I don't use that much soap so things don't come out of the water covered in suds.

DH rinses (it's those Naija genes obviously MrsTH ) but he uses loads of soap and even though I don't rinse and use less soap my washing up is ALWAYS cleaner than his.

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MrsMerryHenry · 05/02/2009 17:16

Clairey, so yu don marry eh Naija? Bot he no go fit wash opp? Ah-ah! Shoo? Send him tu mi! Noh, bettah yet, send me his moddah!! Ktcheeeooouwpp!! I go tich ha eh lesson een wosheeng opp dat she weel nevah fohget!

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BonsoirAnna · 05/02/2009 17:22

I put everything in the dishwasher. So it is all rinsed.

But were I ever to wash by hand, I would rinse under the hot tap before putting on the draining board.

thumbwitch · 05/02/2009 17:33

weeeeell, it's not so much that I have super-duper hygiene standards on the loo, it's more that we have a no-flush policy overnight (no.1 only!) so as not to wake DS, and we have hard water and tbh, even if I clean it daily (which I can't be arsed to half the time), it doesn't shift the staining in the depths of the pan. So, bleach blocks in the cistern it is.

Did I mention I don't tend to leave the tap running? But it must be hot water to rinse.

claireybrations · 05/02/2009 17:51

LOL MrsTH (or MH I should say, when did you change??) he is only half Nigerian, his mum is Motswana hmm does that account for his lack of washing up skills I wonder

Haribolicious · 05/02/2009 17:54

Dishwasher here too but anything washed by hand MUST be rinsed under the hot water tap too. I can't stand mil washing up cos she doesn't rinse-if she washes up then I have to wash up again!!

soon2befamilyof4 · 05/02/2009 18:46

I am quite eco in other ways but can't bring myself not to rinse things.

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MrsMerryHenry · 06/02/2009 13:53

Clairey, (I got Merry over Xmas and it hasn't stopped ) Naija or half-Naija, he is still eh child of de Moddahland! (I can't keep this up!).

Defo hot water for rinsing, I agree!

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claireybrations · 06/02/2009 14:38

Durrr, should have realised that really seeing as I still have my New Years name!

Flamesparrow · 06/02/2009 14:43

I am about 50/50

Though i would like to know - what is wrong with washing the cat food spoon?? Assuming the cat doesn't lick it...?

Gorionine · 06/02/2009 14:49

MrsmerryHenry, even before looking at who posted the thread I could say you where not from arround here and then I rememberd your other thread about the accents.

I had the very same reaction of disgust when I first shared a flat in the UK, ended up cleanng the dishes for everyone all the time to make sure they had been rinced, my flatmates loved me!

I once worked in a coffee shop with a girl from Quebec, she was "washing" the dishes in a water I cannot even describe the colour of!. when I suggested to her that maybe she could change the water because it was so dirty she said "But there is washing up liquid in it so it does not matter!"&[yuck] emoticon!

I also find it strange when people wash their dishes in cold water!

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MrsMerryHenry · 06/02/2009 16:26

Actually, Gorionine, I both am and am not from the UK! Born here but Nigerian origin - so I get the best of both a Western and an Eastern upbringing!

Funnily enough I remember when I was rinsing the dishes in a houseshare and one of my (French) housemates commented that I was washing up 'professionally'!

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AuntieMaggie · 06/02/2009 16:33

OMG @ the overuse of water to do the dishes! What are you washing your dishes in if you need to rinse them after?

Please if you do feel the need to do this don't leave the tap running!

SoMuchToBits · 06/02/2009 16:42

Errr... washing up liquid has been added to the water AuntieMaggie - if you don't rinse then you are effectively eating washing up liquid. My sister once told me that she had read some research that showed that washing up liquid can destroy the myelin sheaths round your nerve fibres. It was enough to make me rinse. Everything gets rinsed here.

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MrsMerryHenry · 06/02/2009 16:43

AuntieMaggie, don't you think it's odd to rinse your hair, your body, your clothes, even your car after washing, but not your dishes? Why even bother washing your dishes if you're going to leave food and soap stuck to them afterwards? Frankly it's rank!

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LurkerOfTheUniverse · 06/02/2009 16:44

why on earth do you wash raw meat?

it's covered in bacteria for sure, but it's going to be cooked which will kill off anything anyway

utterly bonkers

LurkerOfTheUniverse · 06/02/2009 16:45

oh, and i always rinse the dishes, it's only polite

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