Silly Question for the Brits

[Sangye]

When I lived in Spain ('91-'94) I taught at a Spanish-American school with a number of British teachers. One day we were talking about washing dishes and the Brits were shocked that Americans rinse the soap off. They said they just let it drip off the dishes as they dry in the dish rack. We all thought that was well, insane, since the soap would dry on the dishes.

The next day one of the Brits told us she had gone home and licked a dry plate and there was no taste of soap. There were some "issues" between these British teachers and the American teachers that preceded our group and I've always wondered if they were telling the truth.

So Brits, tell me about your dishes!

[DEE]

rinse and drip dry ,for a short while then dry with a tea towel .......only when pots that dont go in the dishwasher OR better still get someone else to do them

[Elena]

As I'm not British I suppose this question isn't for me, but I just wanted to let you know anyways: we Norwegians rinse the soap off

[Jack]

Most of it goes in the dishwasher, but the hand washed stuff comes straight out of the soapy water and onto the draining rack to dry itself. No rinsing here!
Perhaps that is why I sometimes foam at the mouth!

[Luce]

You Americans spend far too much time washing up - no dishwasher here and only one sink of soapy water, dishes left to drain and no soapy taste on the plates afterwards.

PS: Got my Weggie chick hoodie and am loving it!

[pwc51]

What's washing up! I have been trying to educate my daughters in the fine art but singularly failed, largely I guess because the dishwasher does 95% of it. They will be in for a rude shock when they hit the outside world. We keep it simple - no rinsing in our household and the only foaming is the frustration of my daughters not trying!

[Sangye]

LOL I was talking about handwashing, not using a dishwasher.

But seriously, you leave the soap on the dishes? Do you do that when you bathe, too? Lather up and get out of the bath/shower?

[Sangye]

One of your fellow Brits pm'ed me to say s/he rinses. So that makes it 2 votes for Rinse and 3 votes for No Rinse. So far.

[Hammy8241]

No rinse here.
What makes you think we bath/shower? Thats what rain is for?

Nice to see a post which I can answer!

[Sangye]

LOL 2 Votes Rinse and 4 votes No Rinse.