I err on the side of thoroughness, but I use so much more time & water than others I see. I think I’m doing a better job… does it matter?
I want to watch an in-depth video of the minimum required washing. If you know or are a science educator (microbiologist? Epidemiologist?), maybe you can help :D
I can’t find a copy of it right now, but there was a show on Nat Geo called “Going Deep with David Rees.” In it, he explores seemingly trivial concepts. One episode is about exactly this.
Fantastic.
Season two episode eight is how to do the dishes! Edit: it was their series finale :)
Did watching it it help you?
Didn’t watch but hope to!
I had a girlfriend that wouldn’t rinse the soap off the dishes after she washed them. Just put them straight in the strainer. I’m like, “no wonder you’re so thin”.
I was told that it can give you the runs…
It’s not the soap, it’s the dishwasher rinse aids.
Hand washing…
Never mind, I get what you mean.
You should look into restaurant health codes regarding washing dishes.
I’m curious as to what your method is, and what you are comparing it to.
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Scrub every inch and cranny real good with soapy water
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Even try to leave the soap on for 30 seconds if I can wash other stuff in the meantime
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Rinse very thoroughly so nary a hint of a sud remains
Prioritize dishwasher for everything that won’t be damaged
If you have enough sinks, or a big enough pot to soak them in, one soak in hot soapy water, wash them all in the next sink, do your scrub-scrub without rinsing then rinse them all in bulk, then final rinse by dipping them into a sink full of hot water with a little bleach.
Then dry them with a clean towel.
That’s how we hand wash when the dishwasher was broken and someone in the house was sick. Because otherwise my husband will wash them with the water running the whole time.
At the very least, unless you have some real stuck on food, there’s no point in leaving soap on the dishes. It’s actually better to rinse them immediately. Soap acts like a magnet that brings oil and water together. That soapy magnet grabs up all the grime and gets rinsed away with water. Leaving dirty soap magnets on your dishes just gives them a chance to dry up and stick back onto the dishes.
It’s certainly not going to dry very much in 30 seconds though
🤣 for whatever reason, my brain read 30 minutes. It seemed a bit excessive.
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If you’re using the dish to prepare raw meat use a disinfectant, otherwise If it looks clean, it’s clean.
Agar plates?
Very very tempting
If you’re just looking for presence/absence of live microbes, just use ATP swabs.
it’s soap, a power surfactant and anti-bacterial. Scrub in one sink of warm soapy water, rinse quickly in another sink with clear warm water.
The big problem with washers is the pods with clearing agents to prevent water spots, that stays on dishes and destroys the human microbiome if ingested, as well as the gut lining. Where’s RFK Jr on this?
https://www.jacionline.org/article/S0091-6749(22)01477-4/fulltext
Thank you. Been thinking about this.
Is there a [soap] product that you use or would use with a dishwasher, or at least a guideline or purchasing process you’d follow?
