Vindication for the lady in an apron hand-washing dishes

[PrettySquareGal]

Dishwashers harbour 'killer bugs'

For many householders, it is most sparkling area of the kitchen. But the inside of people's dishwashers could be harbouring potentially lethal bugs, according to scientists.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/8589765/Dishwashers-harbour-killer-bugs.html

And people tell me my dishes will never be as clean as those washed in a dishwasher!

 

[scotrace]

I think I saw a study a few years back that searched for the items in the house that were the most bacteria-laden. Result? Ice cube trays. They seem to rarely get washed. The worst all 'round? Ice on airplanes. Germy as all get out.

I still prefer to wash dishes in the sink, in small batches as they are dirtied. It feeds a phobia of mine: Never leave the house with a dirty dish in the sink or the bed unmade. What if I die while I'm out? What would people think when they got into the house?

 

[Lady Day]

But what if you died in your house, Scott? In the unmade bed with a sink full of dirty dishes. The horror!

LD

 

[PrettySquareGal]

I'm so old-fashioned that when I read the headline Dishwashers harbour killer bugs I thought they tested the hands of those who wash by hand and that perhaps I, a dishwasher, was a carrier of murderous insects as a result!

 

[tuppence]

Sometimes I will leave the house with dishes unwashed. I put them in the sink with the soapy water and say they are 'soaking'.
I usually make the bed just before bedtime.

 

[PrettySquareGal]

It feeds a phobia of mine: Never leave the house with a dirty dish in the sink or the bed unmade. What if I die while I'm out? What would people think when they got into the house?

They'd think: "He wasn't so clean. You couldn't, after all, eat off of his kitchen floors evidenced by the fact that he had to use dishes."

 

[LizzieMaine]

I once lived in a tiny apartment where I owned exactly one plate, one bowl, one knife, one fork, one spoon, and one glass. That's the only time in my life I've ever been truly caught up on the dishes.

 

[Puzzicato]

I'll take my chances with the potentially fatal fungus. I love my dishwasher!

 

[Gregg Axley]

No dishwasher.
It was a dishwasher or dryer (the room I had in the kitchen at the time), I chose a dryer since I lived alone.
Even being married now, my wife has learned to wash by hand, since her parents have to do it too (no dishwasher).
I find we're more thorough washing them by hand....
Lizzie, and easy way to keep up on the dishes is to use Chinet dinner plates.
They are paper, biodegradeable, and I get 165 of them at Costco (Sams probably has them too) for about $10 I think.
I have an entire set of Mikasa dishes we got for our wedding, that have never been eaten off of....since we don't want to wash extra dishes.