Saving the Clear and the Green Stuff

This is especially for those of you who still wash your dishes by hand. I never understood putting dish detergent in the dishwater. Maybe it's just me, hopefully not. I also don't understand letting water run straight down the drain while washing dishes. And for some strange reason unbeknownst to me, the way I wash dishes seems to irritate a few. Maybe because it's different, people in general, don't welcome change.

I put the soap on the rag or sponge, simply because soap in water is very diluted. I start out with only dishes in the sink, making the water do double duty. --A: Since I can stand it, the water's always really hot, thus soaking the dishes sitting in the sink. B: Also because it's hot, I can rinse with only a thin spray of running water. Scrub, rinse, drainer, but once the water gets about halfway up to the top, I change it up a bit. I shut the water off, scrub the dishes and set them on the counter, suds still intact. And when I run out of counter space, I begin rinsing those, and continue this pattern until either the sink gets full or I run out of dishes.

True, this requires a bit of available counter space, or a double sink. You have to wipe the counter down real good to catch all the water, but you'd have to clean the counter anyway. Some may think this way is a waste of time, but really, it's about the same or faster then the way most people I know do it. And with the water running mostly when rinsing dishes, it not only serves it's purpose, but also saves money, and is better for the environment.


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