Drip dry or Wipe Dry?

[cindygenit]

Again, just a fun question for the day.

How do you do your dishes?

Personally i buy a rack and air dry my dishes. But when its FI''s turn to wash dishes, he ALWAYS wipes them clean with a clean towel.

I was brought up in Asia, and everyone in Asia dries their dishes this way.

Fi was brought up in Australia and they always wipes the dishes clean. BTW, FI''s family (and sometimes FI) does not rinse the dihes so essentially he is wiping away soap on the dishes on to the towel. I find this really hard to believe since it means a bit of soap will remain on my dishes!! I always rinse before I use anything nowadays.

 

[iheartscience]

It''s more sanitary to let the dishes drip dry. I''m pretty sure that restaurants are required to let dishes air dry for that reason. And not rinsing the dishes is just disgusting!

 

[soocool]

I wash my dishes in the dish washer. Saves time and saves water. When it comes up to the dry cycle I stop the machine and open it after a while to let the dishes air dry.

 

[chiapet]

Ha ha ha! I have the same argument with my BF. I grew up in Asia too and we air dry our dishes but BF (American) wipes them with a dish cloth. Another big difference is probably the dishwasher. I never had one and have never used one. Most of my friends can''t live without one. BF''s family is appalled that we don''t have a dishwasher in the apt.

 

[packrat]

I use the dishwasher for everything I can. We have some plates and bowls that aren''t dishwasher safe, and some things just won''t fit-I don''t want to use the whole top rack for 3 pots etc. Drying depends. I like things put away so sometimes it irritates me to leave them out to dry.

 

[Kaleigh]

Dishwasher for us. If it''s already been started and have a few things that won''t fit, drip dry...

 

[kenny]

I have a 99-billion dollar diamond but no dishwasher.
Priorities, you know.

I usually let dishes just air dry.
But I will dry the good knives and nice crystal with a dishtowel.

I use a freshly-laundered towel every time.
We have a few dozen of them.

99% of the time I cook in cast-iron skillets since teflon fumes kills birds.
Those have to be dried on the stove so they don't rust.

 

[cindygenit]

Wow from the responses so far, it seems like most people would drip dry.

I have no dishwasher!!! I actually like doing dishes by hand. LOL

 

[swingirl]

Date: 9/29/2009 9:52:57 PM
Author: cindygenit
Wow from the responses so far, it seems like most people would drip dry.
I have no dishwasher!!! I actually like doing dishes by hand. LOL

Please come to my house!!

 

[cindygenit]

Date: 9/29/2009 10:22:29 PM
Author: swingirl

Date: 9/29/2009 9:52:57 PM
Author: cindygenit
Wow from the responses so far, it seems like most people would drip dry.
I have no dishwasher!!! I actually like doing dishes by hand. LOL

Please come to my house!!

Hahah sure thing. I aint cheap though

 

[isaku5]

Dishwasher with air dry at the end. Anything that isn't dishwasher safe is dried with a clean dishtowel.

One of my pet peeves is seeing a rack in the sink with dishes left to dry....Dry them already and put them away.

 

[misskitty]

I use the dishwasher, and then dry anything that didn''t dry completely on a rack.

 

[Deelight]

Date: 9/29/2009 8:57:20 PM
Author: thing2of2
It''s more sanitary to let the dishes drip dry. I''m pretty sure that restaurants are required to let dishes air dry for that reason. And not rinsing the dishes is just disgusting!

Ditto, I hate tea towels ewwww and the not rinsing thing, lets not even go there I know other Aussies who do that as well *bleugh* SOAP ewww people you don''t eat it mmmkay

 

[pinkstars]

We use our dishwasher, but when I have things to wash by hand I let them drip dry. If there''s no more room for what I''m washing, then I''ll use a clean towel to dry some dishes with to put them away. I do rinse though!

 

[Lilac]

Mostly drip dry (although since we moved in we can''t seem to find good towels, so that contributed to our decision to just allow everything to drip dry - all the towels are just for "show"! They don''t actually DRY anything effectively! We must have bought about 10 different towels from Bed Bath and Beyond trying to see if they would work any better and none of them actually dry anything - sooo frustrating.

)

 

[redfaerythinker]

I do all my dishes by hand since i''m by myself. I mean, the pots have to be hand washed so I figure I might as well do the plate and utensils too. That and I only have like four plates so I would be constantly running an empty dishwasher! And yes... I drip dry, I don''t want to have to dry everything on top of washing it!

 

[somethingshiny]

air dry

Isn''t it a waste of water to wash a towel because it''s wet?

 

[radiantquest]

I use the dishwasher. When there is more than the dishwasher can handle I let them air dry unless there is so much that I don''t have the space the sit them all around then I will dry them with a towel.

He doesn''t rinse? That is nuts. My mom taught me to make sure I rinsed the dishes really well. She said that if you did not it would make you have loose stools.

 

[Kay]

Everything that can goes in the dishwasher. Good knives, crystal and my grandmother''s china get dried with a towel. Pots, pans and anything else that did not fit in the dishwasher gets air dried.

 

[Kay]

Date: 9/30/2009 10:44:55 AM
Author: somethingshiny
air dry

Isn''t it a waste of water to wash a towel because it''s wet?

I do not wash my dish towel simply because it is wet from drying clean dishes. I hang it up to dry and re-use until the next time I am washing whites.

 

[zoebartlett]

Anything that doesn''t fit in the dishwasher either waits until the next time it''s loaded or we wash by hand and let everything air dry. I hate drying dishes with dish towels.

 

[Dancing Fire]

hand wash drip dry in the dishwasher. our dishwasher is a 22 yrs old virgin.