5 Stefan Jones 12-04-2002 05:46 PM ET (US) Uber-geeky would be putting your dirty dishes in one of those high-decibel refrigerators and waiting for the crud to freeze off. 4 Kevin Marks 12-04-2002 02:57 PM ET (US) That's not geeky washing up. Geeky washing up is using a high-pressure stream hose, like I do 3 cypherpunks 12-04-2002 01:32 PM ET (US) You ought to scrub the cutlery even if there aren't any visible areas of uncleanliness. Just dipping them isn't enough. 2 jleader 12-04-2002 01:22 PM ET (US) Cool, kind of a cross between a standards document and a pattern. It reminds me of a brief item in one of the Whole Earth Catalogs about how families have very specific dish-washing traditions (sponge vs. cloth, sink full of water vs. running water, etc.). I noticed that the Japanese page Danny links to seems to be saying that in Australia, dishes typically aren't rinsed after being washed in a sink full of hot soapy water. At least I think that's what's meant by: 'Maybe you wonder if "they had better not to wash dishes out?". I thought so. So I asked them. They said to me; "Washing out is wasteful. It is good that we don't have foams on the dishes at all.". Please don't mind...' Note that these days, it's a health code violation in some areas to have restaurant employees who aren't certified in "food handling", which includes training in proper hygiene and cleanup techniques. I wonder if the certication programs get this detailed about dish washing? And Woot, yes we can get geekier. Take a look at http://www.spesh.com/danny/writing/cridland.cpp.txt linked from Danny's page. Also, on the "wash up vs. throw away" question, I've known some people who felt that a cycle in a dishwasher (the machine, not the restaurant employee!) or sufficient application of boiling water would sterilize anything, and that in the absence of toxic chemicals, sterilization was all that was needed ("oh, those bits of cheese stuck to the plates? they've been through the dishwasher, so they won't hurt you"). 1 Woot 12-04-2002 09:02 AM ET (US) Can we get any geeker?	Upgrade to PRO Upload pictures, personalize your board, and more! About these ads