Read yet another article on Rinsing Dishes & Dishwashers
I had to chuckle when yet again–there was an article written about: How dare you clean your dishes before putting them in the dishwasher to clean your dishes!
There must be some research group continuing to hope and pray that their findings will promote the OCDness in some that feel the need to clean before cleaning. This article went on to note that you can be the reason for your dishes to have etched surfaces and your detergent having nothing to “grab”. Gasp; how dare you!
I have never had the urge to clean before cleaning and would just tell the kids that the crud left on was “sterilized crud” and therefore just fine and not to worry; get over it and eat. They weren’t going to clean the dishes and so the alternative needed to work for all of us and we just get over it and eat.
Hope my post assures one person who has been leaving on the crud to continue to do so and encourage another person to give it a try. This also could be a fairly safe topic to share with those gathered around with dish towels after the Thanksgiving festivities. Party on!