My dishwasher (electric, not husband!) is out of action, which means that I have been washing lots of dishes by hand lately. Hence this post.
From America's Housekeeping Book, 1941.
How to Wash Dishes
1.Prepare hot soapsuds
2.Wash in any preferred order. The usual order is:
a) Glassware
b) Silver
c) Dishes
d) Cooking utensils
3. Change the suds frequently. Dirty water won't make the dishes clean.
4. Stack the dishes in the dish drainer as they are washed.
5. Rinse immediately with hot, not scalding, water so that soapy water won't dry on the dishes. A spray attachment for the faucet (tap) makes easy work of this.
6. Dry glassware and silver with clean, lintless towels. If dishes are rinsed with hot water they will dry by themselves and can be put away at your convenience.
Kate's tip: Scrape all your dishes first with a cake scraper or spatula, then hopefully you will only need one sinkful of soapy water to wash all your dishes. Very environmentally friendly!
4 comments:
I laughed when I read the title of this post.
When I was about 16yo my father attempted to tell me the 'right' way to stack dishes and the order to wash them in. I promptly told him that was all very well, but I'd been washing dishes for some time already and I was going to wash the dishes how *I* wanted to do it. And sent him on his way.
I would settle for non-greasy dishes that are actually clean. My young dishwashers need practise.
I laughed as well. I also have young dishwashers who need LOTS more practice. Somehow i seem to end up doing 99% of the dishwashing.
There's no order in our house: Fill the sink with steaming hot water, cram in as many dishes as will fit in the sink, let water cool slightly so as to not strip skin off hands, then wash + dry with a fresh tea towel. No rinsing (what a waste of water that is!).
~S.
If you have tons of dishes and are in a real pinch fill bath tub with hot scalding water and soap suds. Let soak until water is cooled, repeat process until dishes look clean then rinse one at a time dry and put away. Don't wash a thing! =LOL I did this last holidays out of desperation!
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