People in England wash their dishes, but don't rinse them :)

Depends, some do and some don't. Different families have different ways of doing things, and some bother to rinse, while others just leave the crockery and utensils to drip and air dry.

Don't forget that lots of us have dishwashers as well, so many people have never bothered to learn how to wash dishes for themselves, instead relying on the dishwasher to do all the washing and drying for them.
 
I saw that too. That's also how it's done in Holland. It's how I did it in a house with students or on holiday with others.
You first get off the most filth and then put the whole bunch in soapy water and then on a drying rack. My ex is Indonesian. He thought it was unhygienic and taught me to rinse. My parents had a dish washer. One of the first of the country to get one, cause my dad hated doing the dishes, but also thought it would be antisocial to dump that whole load on my mom. He did load and unload the dish washer.
 
Paco Dennis said:
Is this true? Don't the food taste soapy? :)
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yes... of course it's true.. we even leave the food on the plate and wash that too..so we can eat it later nice and clean with added soapy bubbles.... 🥱



It's no more true here than it is anywhere..

The trouble is you get someone visiting the uk from the US or some other country and they stay with friends or a family, who have certain ways of doing things,...no rinsing dishes is one example.... and they go back to their country believing we all do the same thing...crazy!

I don't know anyone who washes their dishes by hand who doesn't rinse them....
 
Paco Dennis said:
Is this true? Don't the food taste soapy? :)
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I think it could. Some people overuse dish liquid like they do laundry detergent. 🙂

BJintheUK said:
Depends, some do and some don't. Different families have different ways of doing things, and some bother to rinse, while others just leave the crockery and utensils to drip and air dry.
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Yes, it helps to have compassion for others. Of course, some people who rinse would not want to eat at anyone's home where they don't rinse.

Babs2u said:
My mom always washed the top of plates. Don't you need to wash the bottoms as well?
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I do, even though they are rarely dirty underneath. They could still have germs from someone lifting the plate, and babies food-grimed fingers picking up their plates. 😄

For the record, I do rinse always. Just seems best. Squeaky clean.
 
hollydolly said:
yes... of course it's true.. we even leave the food on the plate and wash that too..so we can eat it later nice and clean with added soapy bubbles.... 🥱



It's no more true here than it is anywhere..

The trouble is you get someone visiting the uk from the US or some other country and they stay with friends or a family, who have certain ways of doing things,...no rinsing dishes is one example.... and they go back to their country believing we all do the same thing...crazy!

I don't know anyone who washes their dishes by hand who doesn't rinse them....
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Well answered, Holly. A reputation based on scant experience can amount to quite a distortion. What if Canadians' reputation was Canadians all play ice hockey, walk with snow shoes on their feet, have gerbils as pets, are bilingual (English and French), and insult goofy teenage boys by snarling "ya dumb hoser!"?
😂😂😂
 
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JBR said:
Well answered, Holly. A reputation based on scant experience can amount to quite a distortion. Why if Canadians' reputation was Canadians all play ice hockey, walk with snow shoes on their feet, have gerbils as pets, are bilingual (English and French), and insult goofy teenage boys by snarling "ya dumb hoser!"?
😂😂😂
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Oh that's a new one to me.... the gerbils, I;d not heard that before lol..... now is it true that you all say ''eh''....?
 
JBR said:
Well answered, Holly. A reputation based on scant experience can amount to quite a distortion. Why if Canadians' reputation was Canadians all play ice hockey, walk with snow shoes on their feet, have gerbils as pets, are bilingual (English and French), and insult goofy teenage boys by snarling "ya dumb hoser!"?
😂😂😂
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That's a good way of explaining it.. like if a couple of people do something, it's assumed 'everybody' does it.
Kinda like many younger people believe 'everybody' in the Boomer generation was like the fellow on the cover of this magazine.. mad_magazine_118_apr_1968_202205.jpg
 
JBR said:
Well answered, Holly. A reputation based on scant experience can amount to quite a distortion. Why if Canadians' reputation was Canadians all play ice hockey, walk with snow shoes on their feet, have gerbils as pets, are bilingual (English and French), and insult goofy teenage boys by snarling "ya dumb hoser!"?
😂😂😂
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Canadians are all named either Dudley or Nell. :)
 
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