If You Rinse Dishes Before Loading Them Into The Dishwasher, Stop
Hand-wash your dishes before putting them in the dishwasher? Join the club. Everyone seems to think that doing so will make china come out cleaner. Consumer Reports magazine recently looked into whether that habit is worth your time. And the quick answer? No.
Scrubbing your dishes in the sink is "an exercise in futility," as the KTLA report above says. Though it's become part of everyone's routine, it's far from an essential step in the plate-cleaning process because modern dishwashers are strong enough to do what a sink faucet does. Loading dirty dishes directly into the dishwasher not only saves time and effort but also water, helping your bills and the environment too. Even silverware placed straight in the dishwasher comes out perfectly sanitary!
But if someone didn't finish every morsel of meatloaf, Consumer Reports still advises scraping off and throwing out chunks of food when mealtime's over. Same goes for dumping messy liquids.
Now, what are you going to do with all that free time?
