George wrote on Fri, 24 Sep 2010 16:07:19 -0500:

> On 9/24/2010 2:27 PM, James Silverton wrote:
>> George wrote on Fri, 24 Sep 2010 14:15:59 -0500:
>>
>>> On 9/24/2010 1:29 PM, Dimitri wrote:
>>>> I heard most homes would FAIL the sanitation standards set
>>>> for restaurants.
>>>>
>>>> The reason - household sponges.
>>>>
>>>> I regularly zap mine in the nuker to bring any liquid to a
>>>> boil and to sanitize.
>>
>>> Never use them, use wash cloths and replace them twice a day
>>> with clean ones. They go into the wash, get some bleach in
>>> with them and there you are.
>>
>> It is much easier to put the kitchen sponge into the covered
>> compartment of the dishwasher when I remember or sense a
>> smell. This does certainly remove odors. I don't care to
>> collect a week's worth of smelly rags and, in any case, I
>> very seldom use bleach since my bath towels are colored.
>>
>I don't collect a weeks worth of smelly rags James, they never smell,
>are rinsed, go into the utility room in a basket and are washed every
>few days. Our bath towels are colored too, the dish rags go in with the
>whites. Everyone does things differently, not wrongly.

Who said wrong? :-) I guess it depends on the size of your household.
Most of my stuff is wash and wear but I have one full load of towels,
athletic socks and underwear once a week.

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James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

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