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Gary

Julie Bove wrote:
>
> "tert in seattle" > wrote in message
> ...
> > writes:
> >>I am not the one doing this but someone here likes to eat a lot of Swiss
> >>cheese. They put it on their food and nuke it. The cheese gets overcooked,
> >>IMO and some of it gets stuck to the bowl/plate/casserole.
> >>
> >>I use a plastic dish brush to wash my dishes. Sometimes I don't notice the
> >>cheese on there, especially if it's a small amount. The cheese welds
> >>itself
> >>to my brush and then I can't get it off.
> >>
> >>If I see the cheese, I scrape it off with whatever is handy. Usually a
> >>table
> >>knife or spoon. Then to be sure, I rinse it with hot water and run a paper
> >>towel over it to get anything that's left before I wash it.
> >>
> >>I guess my question is more about the dish brush. Why does the cheese weld
> >>onto there and how can I get it off? I have to keep replacing the brushes.
> >>Sometimes I can run them under water and pull the cheese off with a paper
> >>towel but this doesn't always work.
> >>
> >>Help! Thanks!
> >
> > if the cheese is so hard to get off then just leave it on there
> >
> > it gives the brush character
>
> But it also makes the bristles rather ineffective.

Any person that uses a bristle brush to wash dishes is a dunce.
Plain and simple.