On Jan 1, 12:49*pm, (Lass Chance_2) wrote:
> My Home Ec teacher in 9th grade said, "SILVERWARE first, then glasses,
> then plates, then serving dishes, then pots and pans." *Reason being,
> the silverware goes INTO your mouth...glasses only touch your lips.
> Supposedly, the water will be hotter and not already mucked up with
> "germs".
>
> Lass
>
> Well, I never! *
>
> Group: rec.food.cooking Date: Thu, Jan 1, 2009, 11:37am (EST-1) From:
> (Damsel*in*dis*Dress)
> On Thu, 1 Jan 2009 09:31:36 -0800 (PST), aem >
> wrote:
> On Jan 1, 9:28*am, Damsel in dis Dress >
> wrote:
> On Thu, 1 Jan 2009 09:19:42 -0800 (PST), aem >
> wrote:
> What other 'everyone knows that' things have you discovered to be less
> than universal?
> The order in which dishes are washed. *There IS a correct order!
> Glassware first, then silver, then dishes?
> You got it! A woman after my own heart (actually, my mom's). Pans are
> last, then I do a separate load of plastic. I hate washing plastic. It's
> usually too dirty to put before anything that might be greasy, but it
> can't be washed in greasy water. Did I mention that I hate washing
> plastic?
> Carol
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First glassware, then china/dishes/stoneware, then serving dishes,
then pots & pans, then flatware (has been soaking in a big pot or
whatever), then utensils. I have very little plastic. I don't
recycle, but i re-use glass jars & lids for leftovers, or, as I like
to think of them, future science projects.
Lynn in Fargo