Are you one of those people who wash/rinse your dishes before running them through the dishwasher? I just caught a Consumer Report on the evening news that says it is a waste of time, water, and energy! Yay!! I feel validated.
My mother-in-law refuses to own a dishwasher because "I would have to clean the dishes off first anyway." Her comments have always made me feel a bit lazy. I have owned a dishwasher (my current model is my third) for years. I love having a dishwasher. I do rinse off gravy and cheese if I am not going to run the dishwasher for a few days since I have found those can be a problem. I do scrape off food scraps before I put things in the dishwasher, but forget that rinsing them clean. I just don't do it.
And now Consumer Reports say that I am right. Hooray!!! It's the small things that create joy in my life.
Really? Interesting. I rinse almost all my dishes. Mostly I think because I don't trust my dishwasher to get anything clean (why do I have one then?). I may need to rethink things and save myself some time!
ReplyDeleteOne of the few things I rinse is the oatmeal bowl! I've never been a fan of rinsing everything, but I've always been a vocal minority in my family. Nice to be validated by Consumer Reports. Now we can attribute our lack of rinsing to our green consciousness. Thanks for sharing.
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