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Julie Bove[_2_]

"Gary" > wrote in message ...
> 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.

Why do you say that?