My discovery: Dish washing unnecessary

palani · #41 03/25/10, 09:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Cabin Fever

I just lick my silverware "clean" and put it back in my desk drawer.

If truly "silver" the utensils have built-in antibiotic.

DJ in WA · #42 03/25/10, 09:46 AM

Great, more people coming out of the closet!

As HermitJohn explained, I'll take a dirty old dish any day over one that was washed in a river.

If it makes anyone feel better, after a week of use, I put a plate into the sink for washing. Of course, this is after I accidently knocked it off the counter, and the egg and the plate ended up with hair stuck to it. Washed the hair off the egg and ate it.

fatrat · #43 03/25/10, 09:55 AM

I have found that for the very same reason it is not necessary to bathe or do laundry. An occasional roll in the dust like a bird is all that is needed.

Joshie · #44 03/25/10, 10:42 AM

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Originally Posted by seagullplayer

This is why God gave men wifes, we would come up with all kinds of crazy ideas if left on our own...

Wives might give you grief over that statement.

I might be one of those except that my husband is in the kitchen doing dishes right now.

agmantoo · #45 03/25/10, 10:51 AM

I do not think that most of you non dish washing folks have traveled extensively outside developed countries. Presently your bodies have developed a resistance to the bacteria within a 50 mile radius or so. Go to a third world back country and take a local outside his comfort zone with you. He will be near death bed sick within 3 days due to lack of sanitation. I have been to numerous place to where I wash my hands before using the toilet. Two instances that always come to mind are one where an American accompanied me and did not heed my warnings about what and where he could eat. He spent 6 months in the hospital after having nearly all his small intestines removed due to gangrene in the intestines and finally of the blood. Another was a British man that went with me to the back country of India. He was supposedly healthy when he left home but was on sick leave for a year from complications from parasites that were so difficult to find within his body that only an immediate lab test of his waste located his problem. Isn't there some saying that cleanliness is next to godliness ? Ever wonder what prompted this saying? Could it be that before refrigeration that most religions banned eating anything larger than a chicken such as large animals that spoiled? Have you also notice than the closer to the equator the hotter the food is spiced? Maybe to cover up spoilage? Poor old Eskimo is left to eat bland but frozen animals. If I am going to eat from a utensil away from my home the utensil nor the food cannot be too clean.

salmonslayer · #46 03/25/10, 11:58 AM

I agree that cleanliness is important but I cannot agree with much of your post agmantoo. I have lived all over the world from Asia to Africa to the Middle East and always eat local. I think much of the problem with people who get so sick is that they use anti-bacterial soap, they only eat packaged foods and they never develop the natural bacteria set in their systems.

For most of 2008 I lived and worked in Mongolia, Korea and Nepal (I have a couple of pics in my blog under "Will I Miss It") and because I was out in the Gobi desert or other remote areas I ate all manner of things and I guarantee you there were no dishwashers out there. I used sand to wash my mess kit and tried to rinse it off good but you know after picking the flies out of your fermented mare's milk while having dinner in a Ger in the Gobi desert you just kind of roll with it after a while.

I also dont know if anyone has ever lived with a horse for any length of time but they arent the cleanest. At one point I was riding horse patrol for several weeks and their dander and sweat permeates everything to the point where you and the horse kind of have the same odor. Somehow cowboys survived as did I with no ill effects other than an occasional stomach upset.

Americans over use refrigeration and freak out if a piece of meat is left overnight to thaw or if eggs arent immediately refrigerated...most other countries including Europe have different cultural norms and they survive just fine.

Oldcountryboy · #47 03/25/10, 12:17 PM

The OP thread reminds me of a episode of "Sanford & Son". A friend of Sanford came over for a visit and Fred asked him if he would like a cup of Cojo (not sure if that was the real name). His friend says "Sure", so Fred fixis him a cup. His friend takes a sip and says "Mmmm,mmm", Fred what do you put in this that makes it so good". Fred says "I don't put nothing but hot water in it". His friends ask "Then what makes it taste so good?" Fred replies, "I don't know for sure, but I think it might have something to do with that I haven't washed these cups in the last 14 years".

**ladycat** · #48 03/25/10, 12:29 PM

Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww. Ptui!!

**Kris in MI** · #49 03/25/10, 12:41 PM

While we're making confessions, I guess I better make mine.

I have a water glass at work that gets washed a couple of times a year. I drink water out of it, I empty it, I let it air dry, no washing. If I have a cold (rarely), I will wash my glass. Otherwise, water is what you use to rinse with, so why bother with the soap?

And to gross out the really squeamish, once in a while, when I was a teen, I would drink a handful of water out of the horse trough or bucket rather than run to the house for a drink of water.

Haven't done that in many years tho, as dh opposes it.

Nevada · #50 03/25/10, 12:56 PM

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Originally Posted by ladycat

Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww. Ptui!!

I can't wait to hear his solution for making toilet paper unnecessary.

fatrat · #51 03/25/10, 01:04 PM

You got to be real careful about water. Water can do you more harm than many things you might eat. Bad water scares me just as much as bad food. Water is filled with all kinds of parasites. If you are drinking from the same water container as the animals or from surface water not purified you may end up with the same parasites as them. You don't have to go to Africa or South America to find plenty of parasites in the water. When you poop out a clod of worms or find worms under your skin you will regret not taking your drinking water more seriously.

backachersfarm · #52 03/25/10, 01:27 PM

People used to think it was unhealthy to bath often too.......A whle list of questions pop into my mind..but I better keep them to myself...lol

stef · #53 03/25/10, 01:31 PM

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Originally Posted by DJ in WA

I may be found dead in a gutter somewhere when the dishsoap, dishwasher and hot water heater companies find out I've said this and their multi-billion dollar industries are wiped out.

At my work for the past several years, I have failed to wash my dishes. I just reuse them. I've started to do the same thing at home, even though my wife would love to wash my stuff.

As long as you deprive bacteria of either food, water, or warmth, they won't grow. So, I just try to make sure I've eaten down to a thin film which will dry quickly. This includes the supposedly deadly raw milk I leave in the bottom of my cup.

Of course, if you're sharing dishes, you might want to wash, but it doesn't make sense to be kissing your wife, then washing dishes to prevent disease spread.

I spent years as a public health inspector enforcing severe dishwashing - either high temperature or chlorine to kill everything. Can't believe I'm saying all this.

In a word, or two or three:

Gag!
Yuck!
Ewie!
Blech!

stef

Cindy in NY · #54 03/25/10, 01:36 PM

After the dog has licked a plate, I often say "That's clean enough to go back in the cabinet!". But it never does. Anyone else notice the slime that a dog leaves on a licked plate!

country_wife · #55 03/25/10, 02:37 PM

I really think we need an icon for this sort of thing...you know...something like the little green faced, urking guy with puffed up cheeks?

dezingg · #56 03/25/10, 02:55 PM

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Originally Posted by DJ in WA

At my work for the past several years, I have failed to wash my dishes. I just reuse them.

Rinsing with running water and scrubbing with a brush right after use keeps a lot of things fairly clean. You have to keep the brush clean.

But a shortcut is always a shortcut, I never consider a rinsed plate to be as clean as a properly washed plate.

I do feel that some people are slightly manic about wanting to sterilize everything.

Conversely, there certainly are some situations where the potential for breeding dangerous germs is high and proper cleaning is imperative. I guess that you could consider it another version of situational awareness.

glazed · #57 03/25/10, 03:05 PM

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Originally Posted by fantasymaker

Ive heard this joke told as a miner with either a burro or dog named "Three rivers"

I heard it long ago as "Three Rivers" too!

Heritagefarm · #58 03/25/10, 03:06 PM

Fine for you. I'm going to keep cleaning my dishes!

big rockpile · #59 03/25/10, 03:11 PM

Dishes are pretty easy.Just put them out in the yard let the Dogs have at if they haven't already.Spray down with Hose,then put in Wash Tub,Hot Soapy Water,Rinse in other Tub.Lay on Table to dry.

Done!

big rockpile

HermitJohn · #60 03/25/10, 05:35 PM

Has a lot to do with what you've been eating off the plate and if you dry wipe it so you dont have chocolate ice cream and garlic spaghetti sauce fighting each other next time around. In other words at least a wipe or light rinse minimum. This is all assuming you live alone or have your own unique place setting if in a group. Havent any of you folks ever been dry camping without mega gallons of water along? By way washing a cast iron skillet means you have to start over seasoning it. Wipe the skillet, dont wash it! Get an uncoated stainless skillet (do they still make such things?) if you feel need to ultra sanitize it. They are meant to be scrubbed.

What really is disgusting is those folk that leave dirty dishes in sink soaking in water for days at time and water gets rather foul smelling. Jeesh, either wash them or let them case harden. Having the sink smell like a foul swamp doesnt cut it. Does drown the cockroaches though....