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While you are washing dishes in the sink, do you leave the strainer in or take it out?

I have noticed that some people take the strainer out while washing dishes! How do you make sure there are no food particles that will wind up going down the drain? I know about scraping the plate first, but for people who do not scrape first and take the strainer out, how do you prevent the drain from becoming blocked?

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  • 1 decade ago
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    I too have seen some of my realtives take the stariner out while wahing dishes, somedays later it will blocked. Some people then use colorx or something that will stop blocking!!!!

  • 1 decade ago

    We had a garbage disposal during the 70s, and that made a difference! If there is no garbage disposal, than I think it is best to leave it in to catch the food that was not scraped off!

  • ES
    Lv 4
    1 decade ago

    out, but when it's inside the sink with particles, we just throw it away then before washing it. My family doesn't use a strainer.

  • 1 decade ago

    I leave it in, But I also rinse the dishes thoroughly into the garbage disposal less mess to deal with, Ihate it when there's gunk in the drain its so gross

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  • 1 decade ago

    garbage disposal makes it so you can let food go down, but i always scrape of the big stuff, bones, etc to the garbage can first. I don't put oil/grease down either, but I know some do.

  • 1 decade ago

    Who have you been around, I've never seen anyone do that.

  • bri
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    What a mundane question.

    Buy a dishwasher and get a life.

  • 7 years ago

    They do that where I live (Nova Scotia). It drives me nuts!!!!

  • 1 decade ago

    your answer is simple.....USE COMMON SENSE....

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