On Wed, 24 Mar 2021 08:46:41 -0400, Gary > wrote:

>Michael Trew wrote:
>> Your post sounds like a copy/paste from a website paid commission by a
>> dishwasher manufacturer. Bacteria doesn't live long off of a host. I'm
>> not going to consider sanitizing dishes unless I'm working in a
>> restaurant. A little bit of bacteria will build up your immune
>> system... it won't kill 'ya.
>
>I agree completely with you. You're talking practical.
>No need to "sanitize" stupid dishes. Just wash and rinse and let dry. No
>worries.
>
>My hand washed dishes come out very clean and are put on a wooden rack
>to dry. No electricity used and my hand washing definitely uses less
>water than my dishwasher.
>
>I use my dishwasher now to store pots and lids.

We primarily use paper plates, very plain white, no designs, no
coating. We use them for everything not juicy that needs cutting with
a knife like a pork chop. Paper plates are fine for a sandwich, most
everyone who eats at fast food joints eats from paper/styrofoam.
For eating fresh fruit like apples, pears, oranges, I prefer a small
cutting board, I don't mind hand washing dishes for the two of us,
takes minutes, I'm faster. I dry with a clean dish towel and put
everything away immediately. We have a new top of the line Maytag
dishwasher, it gets used perhaps 4-5 times a year... mostly it stores
rinsed plastic freezer containers, Dishwashers remove that oily film
much better than hand washing. We're not sanitation freaks, we bathe
regularly but my wife likes to eat snacks in bed, no point arguing
about the toast crumbs any more than who gets to sleep on the wet
spot. Thank the heavens for the wet spot.