You usually wash the dishes, then rinse, right?

Yeah, English people dont seem to rinse - my family is foreign and we always have, but at friends houses they don't!
I always think it will make your food soapy - you wouldn't put shampoo in your hair and not rinse it!

What American washed dishes these days, does not eveyone use automatic dishwasers?

Jan wrote:

What American washed dishes these days, does not eveyone use automatic dishwasers?

moslty Americans, we have, but because we only are 3 in the house, then I rather safe money and not use it, but use it if we invite people over then is too boring to wash too many,:o) take too much time, but not when only 3 in the house, then it don't take so long time to wash dishes.

But indeed autumatic dishwasers is good to have to handy :o)

Indeed I would think people would rince off the soap off the dishes, I wouldn't want soap into my food and drink.

Think of that I forgot one time rinse off my cup long time ago and when I got me coffee and were gonna drink it, did let dish soap but forgot to rinse it off, so you can image how the coffee did taste, all soapy, yuck and I had the danm sopa taste in my mouth all day long after that, no matter I did drink everything else to try take it off the sopa taste.

Rinsing the dishes is not the only thing the Brits are skipping:

THEY LEAVE BROWN STAINS ON THE TEASPOONS TOO!!!

YUCKY wrote:

Rinsing the dishes is not the only thing the Brits are skipping:
THEY LEAVE BROWN STAINS ON THE TEASPOONS TOO!!!

I think you are looking for the sex blog.

True. I lived in England and I noticed they never rinse dishes...Afterwards I even watched some tv serials about Victorian London and there was a maid in the kitchen, also leaving the dishes to dry without rising...

Does anyone here speak English?

at our house we DO rinse. This anti-british rinsing story is a slander! I bet if you said Moslems don't wash their hands or use paper in the bog , the PC lefties would be all over you.

It may have something to do with modern or biological liquids? I seem to remember noticing that if dishes were left to dry without rinsing, there was no way to tell they had not been rinsed. That does not seem possible today? I doubt if this is ever discussed in some households, including mine, so perhaps some folk came to the conclusion rinsing made no difference? Maybe that was just a wrong impression? It might have to do with bacteria and lack of anti-bacterial agents in modern substances? Just a guess.

They should always be rinsed. Bacteria build up quickly. Ever notice that a washing-up sponge will smell after a few hours if not rinsed thoroughly?

That Brits might be especially culpable would not be surprising. The ignorance of people in the UK is as bad as anywhere I suppose. The UK thread here demonstrates that very well, IMO. Its the government's fault too; and the lefties?

http://www.wikihow.com/Wash-Dishes

http://212.187.153.30/notesand queries/query/0,,-185700,00.ht ml

Washing liquid is a pollutant, at least if spilt neat or not fully used up.

From:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/blueplanet/infobu...
“Products such as washing up liquid which are also often high in phosphates regularly enter the drainage systems. All these chemicals can concentrate in rock pools, decimating life in these microhabitats.”

From:
http://www.anglersnet.co.uk/News/huddersfield...
“Unknown persons had agreed to take away the surplus washing-up liquid but managed to spill large amounts of it in the unit yard..” killing hudreds of fish.

http://www.cornwallriversproject.org.uk/educa...

EdSed wrote:

It may have something to do with modern or biological liquids? I seem to remember noticing that if dishes were left to dry without rinsing, there was no way to tell they had not been rinsed. That does not seem possible today? I doubt if this is ever discussed in some households, including mine, so perhaps some folk came to the conclusion rinsing made no difference? Maybe that was just a wrong impression? It might have to do with bacteria and lack of anti-bacterial agents in modern substances? Just a guess.
They should always be rinsed. Bacteria build up quickly. Ever notice that a washing-up sponge will smell after a few hours if not rinsed thoroughly?
That Brits might be especially culpable would not be surprising. The ignorance of people in the UK is as bad as anywhere I suppose. The UK thread here demonstrates that very well, IMO. Its the government's fault too; and the lefties?
http://www.wikihow.com/Wash-Dishes
http://212.187.153.30/notesand queries/query/0,,-185700,00.ht ml
Washing liquid is a pollutant, at least if spilt neat or not fully used up.
From:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/blueplanet/infobu...
“Products such as washing up liquid which are also often high in phosphates regularly enter the drainage systems. All these chemicals can concentrate in rock pools, decimating life in these microhabitats.”
From:
http://www.anglersnet.co.uk/News/huddersfield...
“Unknown persons had agreed to take away the surplus washing-up liquid but managed to spill large amounts of it in the unit yard..” killing hudreds of fish.
http://www.cornwallriversproject.org.uk/educa...

you should realise that the lower classes never use plates or cutlery. but eat from packets of take away rubbish. When the kids get to school they only know that a knife is for stabbing people with. Washing up is unknown to the slummies, chavs and tower block trash.

Mr Giblets wrote:

<quoted text>you should realise that the lower classes never use plates or cutlery. but eat from packets of take away rubbish. When the kids get to school they only know that a knife is for stabbing people with. Washing up is unknown to the slummies, chavs and tower block trash.

Part of the dumbing down process in the country. Let's make the BBC exactly like the satellite channels and speed up the process eh?

Standard washing up liquids are mildly poisonous. Those that don't rinse are bloody idiots.

Well, I raised in a Danish household, so I actually use a fork and knife when I eat, to the bewilderment of my American compatriots. Hell, during Hurricane season, I've been known to have to wash the dishes in the bathtub! Only place that was disinfected, but it's amazing what you will learn to do in a specific environment. One day, long ago, long long ago.... heehheee, I looked up and my big fat banana plant and realized, sheez, all the leaves are gonna be ripped up by the 'cane, so I cut them down, washed them off, and made sure I had enough propane for the grill. Voila, perfect cooking and eating utensil! Put the food in the banana leaf, cook it on the grill, eat it from the frond and throw it away. No rinsing required and afterall, waste not, want not. And the following year, that very grateful plant produced a nice fine stalk of over 100 yummy edible bananas for me!

WoW. I would have Never figured that a Westernized 1st world country like the U.K. would disagree about rinsing , I would have thought we got they notion from the U.K.. Not that there aren't worse examples in the U.S. of course . But what a weird Meme indeed.

Many U.K. non-rinsers say their dish soap is not as harsh as the U.S.'s dish soap .Ok , this is plausible . Now, non-rinsers must take into account that there also are bits of food in the 'washing up' water , not just soap. Wiping this food/soap/water sludge away with the drying towel may not stop bacteria and chemicals from doing what it is designed to do. This kind of defeats washing in the 1st place IMHO.

This said , no doubt you cousins over the pond may have tougher guts than us in the U.S. after digesting a few bottles of 'washing up' soap over the long haul.

Dishwasher..........nuff said.

Much ado about very little.
Once a dish is washed, the water drains off so well that only a minute trace amount of soap remains.
Rinsed in plain water, this does not drain so well and "beads" on the dish.

Unless you are using a huge amount of soap, I defy anyone to taste it, once a dish has drained.

In a dishwasher, the last thing added before drying is a detergent,(Various trade names)to let the dishes drain well, and I have not heard of anyone complaining of a soapy taste

Damn the lot of em thats what i say!
I have been eating detergent from my plates for as long as i can remember, and im just a picture of good health!
I mean its all the same to me and for generations past, maybe thats what made Britain great! Ever think of that? Also maybe why we have so many nutters....

Nevermind the dishes, what about their teeth?

Mr Giblets wrote:

at our house we DO rinse. This anti-british rinsing story is a slander! I bet if you said Moslems don't wash their hands or use paper in the bog , the PC lefties would be all over you.

muslims DON'T use TP...they use a bucket of water and their left hands!

...it's a religious thing.