We've recently moved in with my mother in law for a few months and I know people do things differently but I was always taught to do dishes in a sink of water with HOT water and soap. My mother in law is a "clean as you go" person and she has one of those sponges with the tube filled with dish soap and she will just wash with whatever water temp comes out of the tap first which for a few moments is cold. I had no problem with that until she did this with a cutting board that she had cut raw chicken on... I am concerned firstly for the cleanliness of the board the next time I go to cut an apple on it for my daughter and secondly for the spread of germs and selomonela to other dishes. Are my concerns valid- does this sponge clean as well as soap and water in a sink? Will it spread germs? Is that cutting board clean?
2006-12-22 04:26:04 · 4 answers · asked by momofthreemiracles 5 in Home & Garden ➔ Cleaning & Laundry
Actually no- my mother never did that. My mother taught me the proper way to do things. And my mother in law didn't take us in- we're paying her bills for her because she isn't working right now. But thanks!
2006-12-22 04:32:27 · update #1
Sponges are germ magnets. I hope she at least uses antibacterial soap in it. Still I'd be wary too.
I hate to eat at my mom in laws because of her cleaning habits or the lack there of. First time I visited she took a coffee cup from the sink and wiped it with a wet paper towel. She filled it with coffee and served it. I made an excuse that my tummy hurt. The cup still had stains on the rim and outside of the cup. YUCK!
2006-12-22 04:30:18 · answer #1 · answered by firefly 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
As a senior citizen/housewife/mother/grandmother/great grandmother, I grew up in a "cold water flat". That's right, no hot water. We heated a tea kettle of water to do dishes. There was no such thing as "dish soap" so we used laundry detergent. Yep, Duz powdered detergent. Get this, we never rinsed the dishes. We used dish towels to dry them. This went on until about 1950 when we moved to an apartment that had a water heater that had to be lit about an hour before we wanted hot water. It was about that time that dish washing liquids came out. Not once did any of us (6 people) ever get sick from germs like E-Coli or Salmonella. I certainly wouldn't go back to the for anything but I now use the container with a sponge. My difference is, I keep a spray bottle filled with a bleach solution and spray my sponge (or dish cloth) after each use. I now place a plastic disposable cutting sheet on my wooden cutting board because the wood one is worn down to slivers. The disposable cutting sheets an be sanitized and used for a long period of time. I think today's society has become germophobic. I also think that just cleaning up after cutting meat, veggies or fruit will keep us healthier than constantly sanitizing.
2006-12-22 13:37:49 · answer #2 · answered by grandmutt 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well I am 55 and have always run a sink full with hot soapy water washed the dishes and rinsed under hot running water when I worked for different restaurants we had to go to health school and we were always told that you must always rinse in hot running water for at least 10 seconds to sanitize the dishes hope this helps
2016-05-23 15:53:35 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You and I grew up in the same school.
I don't like the convenient idea of a sponge with soap.
Instead of trying to change her, just wash your dishes, and especially the cutting board, before you use them.
2006-12-22 04:47:41 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋