Do you rinse ?

Never rinse if hand washing - the only exception might be wine glasses.

always use a clean tea-towel; put it in the washing machine after every use. Like others, I usually dry on the draining board, it is much more hygienic.

My second sink is minute, but I use very, very hot water to rinse so the germs have little chance of surviving, or if they do, there are very few so they would take a long time to reach pathogenic numbers.

Rinse in hot water and then leave to dry as aware of the tea towel bugs research. However, to be honest I avoid hand washing up whenever possible as I thought that was what the dishwasher was for

Never rinse but then I don't use very sudsy water . Less washing up liquid. Just enough .

Yes - I always rinse in really hot water (in my little second sink) then I can leave things to drain and they don't have smears on them (especially glasses!). I don't want to leave washing up liquid on them and as someone else said there are more germs on the tea towel than I care to think about! More hygienic to leave to drain... ?

I don't understand why you don’t rinse!!!! You rinse your hands after washing, your laundry is rinsed after washing, your body and hair is rinsed after washing. Detergents are poisonous!!!!

Always rinse if I don't use the dishwasher and only use a clean tea towel to polish cutlery and glasses. Just doing what my Ma always did ...

The expression "teaching your granny to wash up" comes to mind.
This is not rocket science. you get the pots clean enough to be hygenic however you can.
Do we really need a thread about we wash the pots?
What in the world is GN coming to.
I despair sometimes

In a day where water is like gold, rinsing can be skipped surely?

Never rinse except for glasses Never owned a dishwasher

Yes I rinse stuff that doesn't go in the dishwasher and dry them straight away. Got loads of tea towels so clean all the time is no problem for mr.

No way, never occurs to me to rinse.

No better things to do with my time I've had a good sniff and can't smell anything on my plates

I do very little hand-washing up because my 'mantra' is 'if it doesn't go in the dishwasher, it doesn't get used'! but at work I always rinse the tea/coffee mugs because I can taste the residue of the washing-up liquid when I next use that mug if it hasn't been rinsed.

However, I then leave the mugs etc to dry before putting them away.

Really, it's whatever works for you all.

It depends on how much soapy liquid is in the sink. Too many soapy suds may need a rinse but I wouldn't rinse as a matter of course.

I vary always leave my crockery to drain have never wanted a dishwasher . Always put away when dry don't like them out .

Depends on the circumstances; I usually, wash, rinse in hot water and leave to drip dry. If I need to clear the decks for some reason, wash, drain and then dry with a cloth. I use the dishwasher on alternate nights unless we have visitors to fill it up, but there are always odds and ends of things that don't suit the dishwasher.

Oh paddyann I really like the idea of thinking time whilst washing up.
And varian I feel glad of the information on kitchen hygiene .....I would definately get the certificate then, because I do rinse, wash, rinse in very hot and then dry and buff.
OCD ?
Maybe.

Why harrigan? What do you imagine happens to them?

Would not like to eat or drink at the home of anyone who leaves dishes on the drainer overnight.

Usually use the dishwasher but on days where there aren't many dishes I wash them by hand. I rinse off any bits before washing , why would you wash dishes in dirty water? Then they always get rinsed after washing. You can see little grease spots on the surface of a cup of tea when it hasn't been rinsed, disgusting!
In school kitchens , before dishwashers there was a rinsing sink where all the washed dishes were stacked before plunging into very hot water, just as a dishwasher does. You have to be very careful with kitchen hygiene.

I never used to rinse until a friend doing biology AS-level told me one day how much washing-up liquid you consume in a lifetime if you don't! So religiously rinsed for a while then thought no, s*d it, life's too short - and never looked back (oh except for pets' dishes)

I don't care wether it's dangerous or not - I just don't like the taste!

Scrape before putting in the dishwasher, but not rinse.

When I do hand wash, NEVER rinse. I have never smelled or tasted washing up liquid on plates, dishes, cups, glasses, cutlery. Never. Whether that's in my own home or anyone else's.

And if it is dangerous to ingest even tiny amounts of washing up liquid, I would be long dead by now, so I will take that with a pinch of salt.

I sometimes wonder how I am still alive.

My dishwasher is my best friend. My worst nightmare happened when the last one broke down in the middle of a family get-together weekend. Everyone pitched in with the washing up but you soon realise how clean, tidy and organised the sink area is when it's only used for food prep.