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".
>
My home-ec teacher taught us glasses first, then silverware.. (the rest
in the order you list). This was to get the glasses sparkling clean. We
also learned that if one needed to disinfect for some reason, to add a
tablespoon of bleach to the rinse water or pour boiling water over the
dishes.
It all seemed silly to us at the time. We had mothers, maids and
dishwashers. "Who hand washes dishes?" we thought. LOL
Yeah. I've grown up since. I still love my dishwasher though.