My discovery: Dish washing unnecessary

They are also good at cleaning out the refrigerator. Just take the food out and let them have at the crumbs and spillage...

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Reading this thread made me laugh so hard that I had to cross my legs to keep from wetting myself. Which is probably TMI, but I think this whole thread is TMI.

(And while I was reading, I put my dirty salad bowl in the sink and got a new bowl out for my spaghetti.)

Good point HermitJohn on the soaking dishes. Maybe that’s why one has to buy a dishwasher, so you can sanitize them after greatly increasing the bacterial load on them from soaking. Seems that dishwashers should be able to wash without soaking. Why should I have to wash the dishes before putting them in a dishwasher?

Like others have mentioned, I too have used the dogs more in recent times. When staring at a pot with grease or hard stuck food in it, I realize I don’t want to use a great deal of soap and hot water to get it out, and then end up with clogged sinks. Just let the dogs have the first shot and then clean it. Their mouths aren’t any dirtier than ours. It also cuts down my dog food bill. Dogs are scavengers by nature – they don’t need a complete and balanced diet that people don’t even get.

If a guy could cut dishwashing in half, maybe could wash by hand, without running the energy and water wasting dishwasher.

I wash all my dishes by hand, always have except for about 6 months. I don't not like dishwasher. BUT I do want my dishes washed with hot water and soap then rinsed in very hot water.

My husband don't wash dishes. When I have to go out of town for a few days he buys paper plates. Then eats what he can cook in the micro wave so he don't have pans to clean.

He does have his own special coffee cup and milk mug he drinks out of. So he will wash those under running water.

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This doesn't gross me out much. While the dishes are cleaned every time I use them here, I sometimes will eat a dessert on the same plate I ate supper on, thereby "mixing" the flavors yet have never tasted the mismatched things together. I also eat things off the floor. I could easily see this becoming part of my routine (or lack of it). But by the way, a dog's mouth is dirtier than a human's.

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CamM, you eat things off the floor? I have visions of you down on all fours, head down, bum up......

Think of the places a dog will lick on itself - then think of eating from the plates that same tongue has been licking!!

A dog's tongue is not only his wash cloth but also his toilet paper.

"...people who believe that dogs' mouths are cleaner than humans' mouths are greatly mistaken, according to veterinarians who have spoken on the subject. Most humans have a strong belief in good hygiene, and brush their teeth at least once or twice every day. Human mouths rarely come into contact with external bacteria. Dogs' mouths, in contrast, are rarely cleaned in most cases. Dogs also have a tendency to sniff around and eat bacteria-filled waste — including rancid food and feces — whenever they are given the opportunity to do so. Contrary to popular belief, dogs' mouths are far dirtier than the mouths of the typical human being."

http://www.wisegeek.com/are-dogs-mou...han-humans.htm

Yea I know.My fridge is pretty clean right now

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If you did in fact spend years as a health inspector then you know why dishes should be washed and you're either pulling our leg or you need more help than a message board can give you.

I admit to some humor, but I am truly practicing as I say. Most of the fun is freaking out all the hardcore survivalist homesteaders here.

I explained situations in which one should wash them - sharing dishes.

I explained how to prevent significant bacterial growth.

How many more years of re-using my dishes and not getting sick will it take to prove a point. Just because somebody, somewhere may have gotten sick from his own dirty dish does not justify the billions spent on ultra-sanitizing.

When one does understand bacteria and sanitation, one can know when to break the rules. Maybe that's why I shouldn't mention this subject, because so many just can't comprehend the concept.

I do understand women's revulsion for all things dirty. If mom's weren't so, I suppose all our bottoms would have rotted off. Unfortunately, with modern chemicals and machinery, we've taken it to an extreme. I'm now hearing that our sterile environment is more and more of a problem.

I just thought of a flaw on my theory about women and cleaning.

If a dirty dish is so revolting, why is kissing considered romantic?

I don't think i could go w/o washing dishes, for one thing I let my dogs lick them. Maybe this should be a new thread but a friend of mine was talking about visiting her husbands parents in a small village in Greece. Bread is a staple with dinner and there were no napkins, everyone just save their last piece of bread to wipe the corners of their mouth and then ate it. They also mopped everything up from their plates the same way. On the other end of the spectrum I have a linen napkin that belonged to my great great aunt. It's beatifully monogrammed with her initials but it's about the size of two or three kitchen towels sewn together. My grandmother said she would just keep folding over the "used" parts and it lasted her a week or so.

I'm really impressed with my chickens skills at getting crusty, cooked on food out of my cast iron frying pans...~lol~...no slime left behind like when my dog takes care of the clean up.

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My son seems to have discoverd this not washing plates thing.
He knows if they are brought out of his bedroom they will be washed so he hoards his discovery mostly on the floor under his bed.
Seems to be working out well for him but the Only problem he has is that the forks are permantly glued to the plates after a week or so.
Makes it a bit hard for him to reuse them but he is still perfecting it.

So give yourself a healthy boost of germs to keep your immunity in shape.

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"If a dirty dish is so revolting, why is kissing considered romantic?"

It's only considered romantic if you're kissing someone that washes their dishes....what kind of mate would a non-washer end up with?

The trick for getting the dog "slime" off the dishes is white vinegar. Squeaky clean after that!

Thanks for the tip!

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And at least my dogs, if I fill a bowl/pot with water after they have licked it and forget it, it smells a LOT worse (like pseudomonas actually) than water soaking too long in a container without dog spit. I've actually decided to only give them pots as a treat or when it is full of food- forgot to get it in the fridge over night etc!- ratehr than as a prerinse since I think it is less useful for that.

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I am so glad you are no longer a health inspector.