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Cicy33: Precisely. The manufacturors and sellers of dishwasher prey on people's lack of knowledge about the word sanitize! I figured it meant something special to until I was in nursing school and learned the truth.
Joan of Arch:
Main Entry: pas·teur·i·za·tion
Pronunciation: \ˌpas-chə-rə-ˈzā-shən, ˌpas-tyə-, -tə-\
Function: noun
Date: 1886
1 : partial sterilization of a substance and especially a liquid (as milk) at a temperature and for a period of exposure that destroys objectionable organisms without major chemical alteration of the substance
2 : irradiation of food products
Pastuerization is a totally different method. Not something that dishwashers are set up to do.
I loved the story of the lady during the polio plague! Pouring boiling water over her dishes probably got them pretty clean but I don't think it would have helped against the polio as that is transmitted via viruses like a cold and the flu I believe. It was probably everything else she was doing such as making sure her kids stayed clean and washing their hands frequently. That was a dreadful time for people. I remembering going to school with a girl who had had polio as the vaccine only came out when I was 5-6. It always amazes me that young, new mothers don't want their kids vaccinated against this horror, but many of them have also never seen what it can do to a child.
I hope people don't think I am being quarrelsome, I'm not. but one of the things that we can bring to the frugal board is knowledge about what is true and what is hype. And saying dishwashers sanitizes your dishes just means they clean them and nothing else. By the time you put them away, you have already put germs back on them temporarily from your hands. Then depending on how quick you use them again they may be collecting dust particles.
In the question concerning using a dishwasher vs. hand washing it should be how much water/energy does one system use vs. the other. And would you rather stand and wash or pile everything in the dishwasher and get on with life? Your dishes will be just as clean and useable by either method (assuming you aren't blind and can't see blobs of stuff when hand washing).
Joan of Arch:
Main Entry: pas·teur·i·za·tion
Pronunciation: \ˌpas-chə-rə-ˈzā-shən, ˌpas-tyə-, -tə-\
Function: noun
Date: 1886
1 : partial sterilization of a substance and especially a liquid (as milk) at a temperature and for a period of exposure that destroys objectionable organisms without major chemical alteration of the substance
2 : irradiation of food products
Pastuerization is a totally different method. Not something that dishwashers are set up to do.
I loved the story of the lady during the polio plague! Pouring boiling water over her dishes probably got them pretty clean but I don't think it would have helped against the polio as that is transmitted via viruses like a cold and the flu I believe. It was probably everything else she was doing such as making sure her kids stayed clean and washing their hands frequently. That was a dreadful time for people. I remembering going to school with a girl who had had polio as the vaccine only came out when I was 5-6. It always amazes me that young, new mothers don't want their kids vaccinated against this horror, but many of them have also never seen what it can do to a child.
I hope people don't think I am being quarrelsome, I'm not. but one of the things that we can bring to the frugal board is knowledge about what is true and what is hype. And saying dishwashers sanitizes your dishes just means they clean them and nothing else. By the time you put them away, you have already put germs back on them temporarily from your hands. Then depending on how quick you use them again they may be collecting dust particles.
In the question concerning using a dishwasher vs. hand washing it should be how much water/energy does one system use vs. the other. And would you rather stand and wash or pile everything in the dishwasher and get on with life? Your dishes will be just as clean and useable by either method (assuming you aren't blind and can't see blobs of stuff when hand washing).
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