We... erm... hand wash our dishes. Dishwasher's used as drying rack, like in many Chinese-in-N.America households, it seems.
Growing up, my mom taught me to add a squirt of dishwashing soap to a sponge and sponge down all the dirty dishes. Then rinse with running water.
Jas taught me to fill up a sink with hot soapy water (with just enough hot water to cover a bowl in the sink), wash the dishes, then rinse using a sink of water.
This uses less water than rinsing with running water, but really... the method I use just depends on how dirty the dishes are.
If we use the dishwasher (once every couple of months), we scrape dirty stuff off before sticking them into the washer. There is never a bunch of food scraps left on our plates anyway. My parents' vigilance with zero food waste have ensured every grain of rice is eaten, every bit of sauce soaked up w/ rice or pasta or whatever.
No peanut butter is ever left on our plates either. Always scraped off with bread and eaten!
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Growing up, my mom taught me to add a squirt of dishwashing soap to a sponge and sponge down all the dirty dishes. Then rinse with running water.
Jas taught me to fill up a sink with hot soapy water (with just enough hot water to cover a bowl in the sink), wash the dishes, then rinse using a sink of water.
This uses less water than rinsing with running water, but really... the method I use just depends on how dirty the dishes are.
If we use the dishwasher (once every couple of months), we scrape dirty stuff off before sticking them into the washer. There is never a bunch of food scraps left on our plates anyway. My parents' vigilance with zero food waste have ensured every grain of rice is eaten, every bit of sauce soaked up w/ rice or pasta or whatever.
No peanut butter is ever left on our plates either. Always scraped off with bread and eaten!