Somewhere back in the recesses of your mind you can hear your mother tell you to clean the dishes before you put them in the dishwasher. “The dishwasher can only do so much.”
You’ve lived your life cleaning and then loading and enjoying the sparkle. Along comes a reporter for the New York Times who sets your world upside down. Yes, you know you are probably wasting water and paying 2x the amount for water with rinsing and then dishwashing, but what is wrong with clean dishes and silverware?
Nothing; absolutely nothing. Heard it’s even healthy.
So now you’re told not to wash, just scrape off. Skip the liquids and use the powders. Let the dishwasher do what it is supposed to do.
Remember I’ve already tussled with the low phosphate products, and now this. I’ve got to stop reading. I bet you’re thinking I should buy a new dishwasher. Wrong. Have a great one, but I keep subjecting it to everyone’s whims in order to save the environment.
OK, I’m game. I tried it.
Not so impressed.
Everyone else in my household is quite pleased with the ease of the chore now that’s basically scrape and stack. Me, not so much.
I have a few rejects with every emptying. Yes, I may be saving water, but I’m asking the soap to kick in and do the yeoman’s task.
I have one more ace up my sleeve: I’ll wait and try this logic on a new package of powdered detergent.
Then, the test will be complete.
In the meantime, the plates look pretty disgusting as they await the cycle to begin.
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