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Washing dishes?

This is only a random question. What is the best way to wash dishes without use of the dishwasher?

Update:

Yes, Midori means green in Japanese.

Update 2:

Also, this is only a random question...

Update 3:

I never knew that this question would attract so many.

Update 4:

That's the Mediterranean way?

Cool since I use that method as well, never knowing that it was Mediterranean...

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  • 2 decades ago
    Favorite Answer

    Depends on if you have a double sink or single. If it's a double, fill up one side with hot soapy water. Put all the dirty dishes in there, and let them soak overnight. In the morning have breakfast and put more dirty dishes in the sink. Go to work or school. When you come home have a snack and put more dirty dishes in the sink. Then after dinner put more dirty dishes in the sink. When you have no more clean dishes, buy new ones and get rid of the ones that have been soaking. Life is so simple when you know the answers.

  • Anonymous
    2 decades ago

    Well i wash the Mediterranean way.

    first squeeze a small amount of washing up liquid in a little bowl and add some water.Now you are ready to wash.

    Take your item to wash and use a sponge and wipe the item.

    Leave to the side and repeat with something else.

    Do this with everything and then rinse each individual item separately using a small flow of water.Then leave to drain.

    Now everything is clean and not too much water was used.

    If people change their way of washing dishes we would have no water shortage problems in the future.

  • 2 decades ago

    in my opinion, find one of those long sponge things that has a handle you fill with dish washing detergent so your hands don't get as wet and messy. Gloves are also helpful. If you have a pan with a lot of stuff suck on it, fill it with water and a fabric softerner sheet and let it sit for a while and all the stuck on stuff will become unstuck.

  • 2 decades ago

    Fill a huge bowl with water. Put soap on the dishes. Put all the dishes in the bowl and let it sit. Then you wipe the dishes with a cloth and you're done.

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  • Shaula
    Lv 7
    2 decades ago

    Hot water and plenty of soap...rinse with sprayer or faucet and not in standing water. Air dry in rack and arrange dishes to be stacked so no standing water will stay on dish.

  • Anonymous
    2 decades ago

    I like to soak mine first in very hot suzzy water.( made with extremely hot water and dish soap) When the water cools down then you can wash them using a dish cloth and rinse them too. I like to air dry them in a rack to.

  • 2 decades ago

    that's easy go out buy some dish soap and use a towal and your hands run water make shore it is bubblely then but dishes in it then scurb until it's clean that's all.

  • person
    Lv 5
    2 decades ago

    soak dishes in hot soapy water, then scrub with a sponge and dishwashing liquid, then rinse and dry...

  • 2 decades ago

    use a scuor pad dish soap and hot water

  • 2 decades ago

    you get dish soap and use a sponge that you pour dishsoap down to the handle it is easy and it works easely

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