One Small Step: Scrape Instead of Rinse
July 10, 2008 by Peggy
If you’re hand washing or if your dishwasher isn’t so efficient, then you may need to rinse or soak your dishes. Soaking may even make the dishes easier to clean later.
However, if you have a newer dishwasher, skip the pre-rinse at the sink. Just scrape food off with a fork. Most newer dishwashers can handle that just fine. And even if you have doubts, try it at least once.
Not ready to turn your dishwasher on?
If it bugs you to leave particles on dishes, use your dishwasher’s pre-rinse or rinse-only cycle. Your dishwasher will use a very small fraction of the …read more