I do rinse dishes, maybe cause I was brought up that way.

I am sure it is important to save water in most places because of high cost, drought, saving the planet, whatever but where I live there is usually an abundance of water. Such as on my mtn place and even in the city I spend the winter in, which is in N. Colorado. There is a saying in northern Colorado: "Flush twice because Nebraska needs the water." :

 

Others seem to be of the opinion that that not rinsing your dishes will cause you to do a slow horrible death...

This is a great quote! I would guess this to be true only if you used a toxic dish liquid and yes I do give a quick rinse.

 

Really should do it. Most dish soaps can give you diarrhea. We learned those lessons the hard way in boy scouts. Even after the scout masters told us...well, you know how teenage boys are. Half ass most things. And it didn't occur just once. I'm all for water conservation. Just not at the expense of my anus...and shorts.

 

lol, my body must be immune to it by now, because I dont think its ever happened to me.. and we dont use the same soap all the time.

It is possible we have higher "soap standards" in the country if there is such a thing

Its not like your drinking the stuff anyway, the vast majority of it ends up down the drain and in the tea towl...

 

Yes, I rinse after washing.

The problem I have is getting to the washing part.....

 

I rinse after washing, when I am not using a Dish Washer.

 

I don't have any references on this, but I remember reading about a study, done not long ago, which linked dish-soap residue with serious digestive-tract diseases - including cancer. A search online might turn up more information.

Not only have I always rinsed the dishes, I rinse them very, very well.

 

I found this on Wikipedia "Dishwashing liquid can also be administered orally as a substitute for soap as a corporal punishment. This is often colloquially referred to as washing the mouth out with soap or another similar phrase."

They didnt say they recommended it though....

I also found this: http://www.healthrecipes.com/dishwashing_detergent.htm and a few other articles stating that dishwashing detergent is bad.

But then again, you can find anything on the internet. I'm sure I could find an article stating carrots give you cancer if I tried hard enough...

 

Always rinse mine under hot running water. I guess if I was in a situation where I had little water, then I might do something other than washing with soap. Maybe clean with sand or something, or just not use dishes. Cook over fire and eat with fingers maybe.

 

When I'm camping I always have two dish pans, one for washing and one for rinsing. If you see how filthy that wash water is you'd want to rinse it off your dishes. Then you dump the wash dish pan first, then dump the rinse pan into the wash pan to rinse out the wash pan and then dump that water too. All far enough away from your water source, fo course.

 

I rinse it because it is the act of the water moving the detergent-fat globules of the plate that degrease and cleans them.

 

I always rinse the dishes, because soap can give you dirrhea, and in a survival situation, that is the last thing you need! When I use to camp or we were having power outages where we had to use the hand pump on the well to get water, I would set up two pans with water. One had soap and one was clean water. After I finished rinsing the dishes, that water was still clean, so I would put a little of it in the emptied wash pan, rinse that and dump it. Then the rest of the rinse water went into the wash pan, and I used that to wash the next batch of dishes. That way everything got used, and I could still rinse my dishes. :thumb:

 

soap can give you dirrhea,

I can personally vouch for this statement. :xeye:

RINSE ! Hot or cold, don't matter, jes' do it.

 

I always rinse mine. The extra water was factored into my water storage plans. Besides, the rinse water can be used for other things afterwards like bathing, washing the next batch of dishes, laundry, etc., that you are going to need water for anyway.

 

I work in health care and we have to give soap sud enemas for people that are constipated, when all else fails. So if you are "regular" and get enough soap in ya, then yeah you are running the risk of diarreha and potentially dehydration. In a survival situation and you know that you are low on potable water, I wouldn't bother with washing the dishes, sterilize them with the cook fire and save the water for drinking and cleaning yourself...

 

I actually go a step further when I hand wash dishes - wash, rinse, sanitize. But that's just because I've worked in professional kitchens.

Most of the time I just use a dishwasher - so I usually rinse before I wash.

 

When I hand wash I do rinse, but I rinse many at a time and don't just wash one, then rinse it, then wash another and rinse it. I put all the silverware in one strainer and pour water over the whole bunch. I developed this habit a long time ago before we had a dishwasher at our cottage and at the time only a 10 gallon hot water tank

When I am with the boy scouts cooking and eating in the woods we use three basins/tubs - one with soap, one with just water and a final rinse that has some bleach.

 

You can use sand or sandy soil to get the grease off dishes and reduce the amount of soapy water you need enough to have some left over to rinse.

 

We do that when we camp. Put some sand and a little water in the pots, use the mix to scour plates, dinnerware and cookware. Then boil water in the pot and sterilize everything with it to kill any cooties from the sand. Works great.

 

When I wash dishes I use a small container (usually a cup) with a little water and soap (I don't fill the sink up), I dip the scrubby in the water mixture wash the dish then put in the other side to be rinsed with clean water after all have been washed. I save water when I wash and rinse everything at the same time (I put them in the strainer and then rinse them).

 

Is this only when camping? or every day??

If its every day I bet your water bill must be tiny! (or your tank water lasts a long time..)

This might be fine for cookie crumbs, but if you've got raw chicken on there- you could well be putting yourself at risk.

He he, My poor old immune system has to deal with all sorts of terrible stuff, it seems to be able to handle anything I throw at it. I get sick less often than anyone else I know

I am on town water at the moment (which is essentially unlimited, and essentially free) but i'm still not sure I could be stuffed rinsing, i'm just too lazy I think

 

I'm the exact opposite. I rinse all my stuff but rarely wash them. I basically have two plates, two bowls, 3 forks/spoons/knives and two pots. After every meal I run them under cold water while rubbing off most to all of the remnants with my hand. However, I do eat about 98% non-animal based products (due to efficiency in cooking, cleaning and price -- I eat mostly potatoes, oatmeal, beans, and tomatoes which cost me about $80 a month) and only break down and buy meat when I get a headache (which I assume is from some sort of vitamin or mineral deficiency since I never got headaches before I started eating like this). When I do cook meat I soak everything in bleach water and then wash with soap and rinse to get all the fat/grease off of everything. PS, I haven't been sick in years so I don't think not washing kitchen-wear is really to much of an issue hygienically as long as you don't let stuff rot/mold and have a different set for everyone you live with.

 

no washing here. the dog licks 'em clean.

 

The main purpose for soap is just to make the water wetter. You can substitute vinegar in your dish water for a similar effect and don't have to worry about getting sick. I cook a lot with cast iron and to clean, I put a few drops of cooking oil and a sprinkling of salt, scrub a bit and wipe it out.

 

Actually I do two rinses if I'm out in the sticks, a quickie rinse to get the soap off then I use a dunk bag for rinse/scalding in boiling water

 

Don't know, we have a dish washer.

But when I DO wash pots, etc. by hand, I rinse. Who wants soap scum on your dishes and pots and pans.

Much research has shown that automatic dish washers save water over hand washing. Our is only a few months old, very energy efficient and I have no worries about wasting water.

 

When I first read this, I thought it was askin if you rinsed after washing in the dishwasher- so count another one for yes. LOL If you wash in hot soapies- you're just leaving the dirt on the dishes because you dunk the dirty dishes into the water and it never truly gets clean. This might be fine for cookie crumbs, but if you've got raw chicken on there- you could well be putting yourself at risk.

 

When i live in the mountains most of the year i live off paper plates and plastic forks...But when i am in civilization i rinse that's a healthy way..

 

I post4ed my method before, but as joes just said right now I don't wash and I don't rinse. My kitchen has been gutted to renovate it, so we are using plasticware and paperware. So I just toss them instead. LOL.

 

In a sense, I rinse before and after.

After I use my dishes, I try to get food off of it right away. It means less to attract pests. It also makes for easier washing when I do was a full load (by hand). And I rinse afterwards too... Soap doesn't taste all that good.