To let dishes dry on draining-board or dry with towel?

galwayguy85

Hey folks,

My mother and I have been coming to blows over this one.

I am a proponent of letting the plates and glasses and whatever else just dry on the draining board for an hour or two.

The mammy would rather I dry them the second they are washed. I protest that damp tea-towels are basically a breeding-ground for bacteria.

I feel so conflicted... side with the research or just do as my mother says?

The Raptor

Don't use a damp tea towel.

smash

Put them in the tumble dryer

Winterlong

Save water - dont wash them.

galwayguy85

Sound advise guys.

Harry Palmr

I fart on them.

aaronjumper

Use cardboard plates and plastic cutlery. Everything goes in the bin afterwards.
Or the recycle bin.

xabi

Its 2016, get a dishwasher

Witcher

Buy a trough

SEPT 23 1989

party plates and cups straight into the bin

Tombi!

Film the fight between you and your mother and sell it for millions?

Or just dry them with a towel. I'd call it being lazy letting them dry naturally unless you only have one or two items.

mickoneill31

galwayguy85 wrote: »

I feel so conflicted... side with the research or just do as my mother says?

I'm on your side but I'm not motivated by the bacteria argument. I'm more motivated by laziness.

dastardly00

Like you OP, I prefer to let them air dry.
Only though if the draining board itself is clean!
No point putting clean dishes, cutlery etc. on to a dirty draining board!

_Brian

Just wash them and then do whatever is handy, don't use damp towels if your drying them, use dry towels.

Yes you'll get a bit of bacteria but exposure to some bacteria is ok and will help your immunity.

Greenmachine

Both wrong. Expect Plates, pots etc to take more than a hour or two to dry.

Depending on how many dishes there are, even if you start with a dry towel, you will end up with an exercise in futility as you try to add more water to an already soaked towel.

Thank god I don't live at home any more

galwayguy85

mickoneill31 wrote: »

I'm on your side but I'm not motivated by the bacteria argument. I'm more motivated by laziness.

This speaks to my soul! Thanks.

donegal.

presumably the tea towel is clean and dry when you start so no bacteria.

Duggy747

What's wrong with you people, just lick your plates clean after your meal and put them back in the cupboard!

Hell, even use your dog, they'll lick that cutlery clean in no time!

Lady is a tramp

I just let them drip dry. My dad gives out to me for it and always insists on drying them and putting them away straight away when he's over. I'd never live somewhere without a dishwasher again, I hate washing up!

The main argument with my ex was whether or not to rinse them before letting them drip dry on the rack. He'd leave them there all sudsy, I'd insist on rinsing the suds off before leaving them to dry. Otherwise the food is just going to taste soapy!

Winterlong

Duggy747 wrote: »

What's wrong with you people, just lick your plates clean after your meal and put them back in the cupboard!

Hell, even use your dog, they'll lick that cutlery clean in no time!

Cutlery? Look at you with all your airs and graces.
Eat with the fingers in our house -saves on the washin!

Its dead Jim

Let them air dry. At least that way they are properly dry. Using a towel leaves little hairs on it and eventually you're just moving the moisture around.

Dishwasher is best. Just wish it dried plastic better.

Muppet Man

For the OH and I, its a drip dry approach with a suds rinsing on drinking glasses and cutlery as the suds will leave marks there. Dish washer broke a few years back and never got another... then again, it is only two of us.

LunarSea

Tombi! wrote: »

Or just dry them with a towel. I'd call it being lazy letting them dry naturally unless you only have one or two items.

I'd call it having better things to do with my life.

(just excuse the fact that I'm posting on here during the lunching hour, do doo doo doooo).

Estrellita

The dishes aren't meant to dry on the draining board, they are meant to drain. Not more than half an hour draining, then towel dry them.

RobertKK

Wash put on the draining board, go away, come back with a dry clean tea towel and just a quick wipe.
Tea towel stays dry as any remaining moisture is minimal, and everything is clean.

galwayguy85

Estrellita wrote: »

The dishes aren't meant to dry on the draining board, they are meant to drain. Not more than half an hour draining, then towel dry them.

Thanks for setting things straight guys.

I will now defer to what my mother says, based on the evidence presented.

Barry Badrinath

Well, thats not the best opening sentence I have ever seen.

/Creep

Imagine getting run-over by the 46A, lying there in the gutter; crimson, human blood flowing into the culvert... and thinking back on all that fucking time you spent drying dishes with a poxy tea-towel.

Drip-dry the shite out of them.

LunarSea

Estrellita wrote: »

The dishes aren't meant to dry on the draining board, they are meant to drain. Not more than half an hour draining, then towel dry them.

If you want to hang the dishes out on the line you can.

The draining board is an area where the dishes can drain naturally. Do what works for you, not what you "are and aren't" meant to do.

Birneybau

Harry Palmr wrote: »

I fart on them.

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