Years of disgusting, smelly, bacteria-laden dishcloths. Years. Every summer morning, I'd pick up the dishcloth to wipe down the counter or whatever, only to take a precautionary sniff to find it once again never really dried from the night before's dishes and therefore smelled like . . . I don't know. Like a moldering dishcloth.
GROSS.
I knew this could be avoided by scalding the dishcloth with boiling water after finishing with it at night, but who wants to boil a kettle of water to scald the thing when it's 90 degrees in the kitchen? Not me.
And then I was flipping through some annoying book all about how YOU TOO CAN KEEP AN IMMACULATE HOUSE WITH JUST TEN MINUTES A DAY! (it was one of those books that sounded much too excited and way too irritating) that the MiL got at the library when I found it: Nuke the dishcloth in the microwave on high for a minute to scald it.
OHHHHH.
So simple, yet so life-changing.
So if you, too, have been plagued by foul-smelling dishcloths, this one is for you. Pass it on. We can change more lives today.
6 comments:
I have been nuking my sponges for years (although I do get complaints occasionally about the stench). I guess this is one of those sister household care chats that we never had. Or really ever have, I guess...
Yay for no more icky smelling towels!
-moi
I don't change my life every day, but I do change my dishcloth every day (also a tip from a how-to-keep-your-house-clean book). Every night when I finish in the kitchen I put the wet cloth over the side of the laundry hamper and get out a clean one in the morning. It's even easier than nuking.
It can also go in the dishwasher. That's what Bubba does anyway - same with the sponge.
Because the man is a cootiePHOBE and will not use anything that is even remotely mildewy and for this I love him very very much.
No sponges or dishcloths for us. I use a scrub brush with a handle for dishes and a paper towel for wiping things down. I refuse to touch dishcloths or sponges. Too gross. Too full of bacteria. I am all about recycling and trying to put less in landfills but when it comes to using a dishcloth I just refuse.
Inga
I got sick of that gross smell, too, so I just got in the habit of changing the dish towel and dish rag every morning. When I finish evening dishes I hang them up on the oven door handle and they are dry by morning. Then I toss them in the dirty clothes and get out fresh ones.
Yes to all of this. Microwave, yes. Dishwasher, yes. Wash every day, yes. Scrub brush and paper towels, yes.
I mix it up. Germophobe through and through, but I can't decide which method is best. So I try them all. Set to shuffle.
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