USA vs UK - How we clean our dishes || Americans in England
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- Опубликовано: 18 янв 2021
- In this video Matthew explains the differences in the way that we clean up our dishes. From the language we use to the number of sinks - we are talking about it all.
Never mind the new set up - I'm playing with some different things. I'll figure it out, probably.
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Hi Matthew.
I think we have done every variation you mention over the years although we have never had the spray gun although they do exist over in the UK. We do now always air dry. I'm surprised you didn't go into the food waste side of things. We have over the last decade gone over to having water metered which we never used to have so that may be one reason for changes in behaviour. That and the amount of additional house building is outstripping the ability to provide water in some parts of the country. Often leading to hose pipe bans and other restrictions in some parts of the country. Fairy Liquid is ingrained into the minds of the older generation just through the prolific advertising for that brand in this country ever since TV advertising started in the UK. It's like saying I'm going to Hoover even if you use a Dyson, or Have a Coke. Nylon bowls are common because they are useful for use when cleaning an area where there is no sink nearby in another room.
Take care.
Ray.
I meant to mention the bit about the garbage disposal, and I totally forgot! Thanks for the comment. I never thought of the mobility of the bowl - that is so smart!
Cheers!
On the point of water supplies. Many of the in-use water supplies are from Victorian era built dams/lakes. The supply is completely overloaded with modern living and population. Luckily its a wet country.
It's a bowl not a bucket, and it's more hygienic to drain
A washing up bowl is useful if you only have one sink. You can pile stuff in the bowl in the sink, and if you need to access the sink, you can just lift the bowl out.
@@mrmessy7334 100%. And so the annoying visitor who tries to empty a full cup of tea INTO your washing up water can instead move the bowl and tip into the sink 😉
It's called a washing up bowl, not a bucket. We use it because it more hygienic using a separate washing up bowl as many different things get poured down the sink, bleach or floor washing water etc.
I personally tip dirty floor washing water down the toilet. But I know exactly what you mean, as some people tip EVERYTHING down the sink, and that infuriates me, as if you don't run the tap, the sink gets dirty, and it smells.
Putting dishes in the sink or beside the sink is not considered rude in the UK. Or at least I've never heard anybody complain about it.
Hmm, maybe I imagined it. Definitely possible - I've been to known to read into things.
It depends if you scrape off the food first otherwise you have to take everything out and start again, also you don't know if there are sharps knives in there important before you plunge you hands in
Brit here, dishwasher. Who cares about any other way?
Oh thank goodnes! Another Brit here thinking "don't these people have dishwashers?!" 😱😂
@@kayfj4903 Don't know anyone with a dishwasher
Yes, most people have dishwashers...
Interesting video, some terminology differences you used even though you lived in Britain :
We say plates not dishes.
We call these 1.5 bowl sinks, the smaller sink is for rinsing, preping food, i peel potatoes and carrots over it.
its not a bucket, that is a washing up bowl sits in the sink. (bucket is something different)
A wire lattice design 'sink basket' is usually the modern alternative to a washing up bowl, stays in the sink all the time, protects the sink surface.
The ribbed sink top is the draining board, a trendy retro 'Belfast sink' has separate wooden draining boards each side that need oiling every year.
That 'rag' (a shaming word) you mentioned is called a tea towel, sometimes picked up in tourist tat places.
In The bathroom or cloakroom there is no sink, they are basins.
Fairy liquid is quite harsh and pricey, i buy the sensitive dermatological tested own brands, Lidl and Aldi are excellent.
I say washing the pots.
@@jillhobson6128 Yes, pots and pans, ( pots would be saucepans)
Haha, yes. I've been living in the US again, so all my terminology is slipping back to the Americanisms. I couldn't even remember the word "bowl" for the tub next to the sink.
*hangs head in shame*
Most people have dishwashers now.
Yeah, in both countries. Not as big a difference between the way we use dishwashers thoough!
I don't know anyone who has a dishwasher, they're not that common here. Very expensive to run
@Violet Does a one or two person home need a dishwasher?
I don't, and don't know anyone who has.
@Violet No room for one, not even a worktop one!
@@jillhobson6128 They don't cost much to run really. They are cold fill so you don't need hot water. Most of the time we only use ours once per day - granted there are only two of us, and they certainly aren't that expensive to buy. You do need a bit of room although my son's one bedroom flat in London has one.
2:52 "me and my people"! That made me chuckle. I think you would be a brilliant President, Mr Schaefer, especially in your Marigolds(TM)!
Not everyone uses a plastic basin. They infuriate me. Also, I'd rinse each dish before putting it on the drying rack.
This is so wholesome 🤣 UK washer-upper here, love that you kept calling it a bucket, we tend to call it a washing up bowl.
It helps conserve water, assume it's a hangover from before we had running water/hot water.
Also I absolutely rinse every single time. If someone washed my dishes and leaves soap on them it makes me so mad 🤣
As a Brit, I usually rinse my dishes under running water. But I also have a dishwashing machine, so I usually wash only big pots or wine glasses by hand.
The plastic washing up bowl helps to stop your dishes getting chipped. Years ago, ceramic or stone sinks (google Belfast Sink) used to be standard, and they were notorious for chipping plates and cups if you had a pile of dishes in the sink. So plastic wash bowls became popular to prevent this.
OMG - you have so missed the point, but you actually pointed to it at the beginning of your video. its all about 1 sink v 2 sinks. In Britain ( as you observed in another video ) everything is smaller, including our kitchens. In many kitchens, we literally do not have enough space for a twin sink, plus everything else we need to squeeze into the available space - so we had to come with a way to allow 1 sink for washing with hot water but allow a 2nd to rinse with clean & then dry. The washing up bowl (not bucket) is smaller than the entire sink, so you fill it up with hot soapy water to wash. then, by cleverly angling the tap(faucet) so that the water misses the bowl & goes straight into the sink, you rinse the washed plates etc, without adding colder water to the washing up bowl & diluting the soap. effectively you have turned 1 sink into 2...... clever huh! but, the other benefit is that, if you drop anything it lands on plastic, rather than metal or hard porcelain, & is much more likely to bounce than break. Have you ever tried finding the pieces of a shattered wine glass under a sea of bubbles?
Bowl is good to pur down the side last last bit of drink left in a cup etc, to keep the bubbly water cleanish for longer.
I run dirty plates under the hot tap to get rid of any bits before washing them in the bowl, then I rinse and leave to dry on the rack.
The bowl. I couldn't remember what it was called. Cheers!
Even though Proctor and Gamble is an American company, did you realise the Proctor and Gamble came from England and Ireland, here in the UK.
I didn't know! Thanks for the info!
Sorry Mate, but i have never put my dirty plates or dishes in a bucket or bowl, I stack them on the side near to the sink, then wash them in a bowl not the sink and then put on the draining board (surface) next to the sink to dry, if there is still a lot of suds on the washing up I will give them a rinse with a jug of water and then leave them to dry, later they will be wiped over with a tea towel and put away.
JOB DONE.
Why do you have the sink? Uh oh.. I think you have a sink just to drain the water, actually you don't have a tap so you use jug of water lol
The bucket is actually called the washing up bowl and there's a couple of reasons we use them. One, it stops you chipping and cracking the glasses and dishes in the hard sink (especially if you're a bit heavy handed ) and two, because many of us are on water meters, it means we can get a deeper volume of water to wash up with, using less water than if we had to fill the sink itself
Love your channel btw ☺️
Thanks! V helpful info!
Ok so, the washing up bowl, i was always told as a kid that the reason we use a bowl to do the washing up in is because it keeps the water temperature better, in a stainless steel sink the water goes cold fairly quickly
If anyone wants to learn how to do the washing up properly , come to the UK .
If anyone wants to learn how to do the washing up in the British way, come to the UK. FTFY
I don’t rinse my plates. I don’t see the point. I’m still alive 🤣
I think the terms used might vary between places within the UK as well. My housemate who is from Nottingham calls it 'doing the pots', whereas I (being from the south) call it 'doing the washing up'. It confused me the first few times he said it, as we didn't have any pots that needed washing, mostly plates and cutlery.
I don't know if there's a general rule about where to put the dirty dishes. I'm fine with putting them on the side, but really don't like people putting them in the sink (as I've previously lived with people who put so much in the sink you can't actually wash anything), whereas I know people who want them put in the sink.
I'm with you. I like to start with cutlery, then glasses, cups, then plates, then finally, greasy pots and pans. So I prefer dishes to be placed on the side next to the sink.
It is a washing up bowl, not a bucket. And i am sure most do rinse, I certainly do and use the half sink for that job. I prefer to air dry myself as it is more hygienic, unless I want to use a item again quickly or need more space.
It’s a dish tub, not a bucket 🪣 or a “Tupperware.” Tupperware was a name brand of plastic food storage containers. We use dish tubs in the U.S. also, but mainly in the Southern states. Also, it’s a dishcloth to wash dishes, and not a “rag,” and a cup towel to dry dishes. “Gun thingy?” It’s called a sprayer. Lastly, leaving soapy 🧼 residue on dishes can give one diarrhea. 🤢
Into the "bucket". No, we call it a "bowl" or "washing p bowl". Every company wants to create a name - we "hoover" the carpet, we (but not me!) use an iPhone, so we might use Fairey liquid.
I wash them in warm water ,cups and glassware first ,then the plates ,and I use fairy liquid, because it works well,also use a dishcloth.to wash them .then dry them using a T,towel.
Yes, order is important for the washing isn't it?
Haha, mostly liquid!
Really cool mic & stand!
Thanks! Trying some new stuff out.
I loved the video. I have also heard that in the UK people do not rinse their dishes off and I find it really strange. I could never imagine myself not rinsing them. Another funny thing is that our best selling dishsoap is also made by Procter & gamble and we call it by that name even if somebody uses a different brand.
I'm in the US and this answered some questions I had about the UK. Thanks. And I can tell if glasses aren't rinsed!
you need to understand the difference between soap and detergent . It is important !
I remember the days when soap was used, it often came in long bars and you cut off what you needed.
There were also a sort of wire cage on a handle, you put the soap in the cage then swished it around in the hot water.
@@grahvis you must have been the downstairs maid . I lived upstairs !
Detergent is for laundry, and soap is only for washing your hands, hence "washing up liquid".
@@stace3037 you must have been away that day they did chemistry at school !
Yes - a detergent and a soap are chemically different (in fact, almost nobody actually uses soap for anything these days). Colloquially, we use the terms interchangeably.
The difference is certainly important in some uses, but for most everyday normal use, it makes no difference at all!
do you still live in the UK ? and if not why did you move back ? just curious :)
In the US now. It was due to an unfortunate combination of Corona Virus stuff and visas being up.
@@SchaeferFamilyAdventure Oh I see, thankyou and best wishes ! I enjoy your videos.
Im surprised you didnt mention we dont have garbage disposal units built into our sinks
I forgot to, but I meant to. Thanks for the reminder!
Alot of people here in the uk leave the tupperware tray in the sink and put them In the tupperware tray and then wash the dishes in the tray in the sink , my girlfriend does it i have no idea why because the tray is so small and restrictive it just makes it a pain in the ass and harder to do , but personally in my house and 90% of people I know have the big sink and then the half sized sink we fill with warm clean water to rinse! Alot of people here just wash the dishes and don't rinse them like you said but I hate the thought of soap being in a cup then when you drink from it you maybe could taste it eww lol
I don't have a dishwasher, kitchen not big enough. 😭
I rinse my dishes and leave them to air dry and I don't use a bucket.
One can get smaller 4 or 6 place counter top ones that can sit next to the sink, plumbed into the supply with the drain either plumbed or into the sink.
@@tonys1636 cupboards in the way and boiler. I don't mind cuz I'm old school anyway. Thanks for the advice.
@@tonys1636 What's the point of a dishwasher in a one or two person household?
I wouldn't have room on my kitchen worktop for even a small one.
It's great to watch your videos! Interesting to listen to and hope you and your family are staying safe :)
Not that impressed with domestic dishwashers, commercial is a different story but they use an insane amount of water!
having been annoyed (beyond practical reason) about the random teaspoon that is ALWAYS left in the bottom of the bowl. i prefer the one in/one out for cutlery when washing. the washing up bowl remains the most sensible option though, any other method is daft
Some people in the US let their porch crash down on their dishes. This smashes them along with the porch, which is then placed into a skip.
HAHA!
Scrape the plates to remove food scraps. Warm soapy water with some washing up liquid in it. Use a soft cotton cloth to rub the dishes clean, or a sponge with one side rougher to remove stubborn food. These sponges are made to be replaced frequently. The cloth can be washed in the washing machine or soaked in a solution of water with bleach.
Start with glasses, rinse under running cold water and put to drain.
Most people rinse because of not wanting any bits of food remaining.
The water is changed frequently.
Bucket!! It's a washing up bowl, it protects the crockery from damage.
Air drying is more hygienic, a wet tea towel can breed bacteria unless it's washed straight after drying the dishes. The whole sink top, washing up bowl and drainer is washed regularly with hot water and a antibacterial liquid.
Btw, have you dyed your hair?, it's a bit too dark for your skin colouring. 😉🙏
Thanks for the run down!
I didn't dye my hair - the lights I was playing with washed out my skin tone, I think. I'll return to normal for our next video, I think
Only 1 sink here.
I see your sporting the universal lock-down hairstyle...🤣
It's the perfect time to try something new. I don't see many people anyway....
@@SchaeferFamilyAdventure I bought clippers and have to trust my wife to do the back. :-)
Fairy liquid has become a generic name like Hoover has for vacuum cleaners, even to the point of doing the hoovering.
Fairy liquid is not a generic name at all. It's washing up liquid
I have heard it used as a generic name, that is what i was referring to in the video.
Hoovering is another one that Americans don't use. We say vacuum. You hardly even see Hoovers in the US anymore...they are "outdated."
@@SchaeferFamilyAdventure Rarely seen this side of the pond now as well, now mostly Dyson, Shark or Vax. Even the Henry. I still have one, a 20+ year old wet & dry one with a carpet cleaning tank and attachment. Still works well so why change it. The generic name has stuck irrespective of actual make. The old Art Deco 1920's/30's Hoover building on the Great West Road out of London is still there, an Hotel now I think but may be wrong, it is a listed building.
@@tonys1636 Weird, everyone called Henry "Henry hoover" so I assumed that it was a hoover brand vacuum. Your comment just made me recognize that Henry is a brand, not a make.
@@SchaeferFamilyAdventure You don't see Hoover here much either but the term has stuck as when we first had vacuum cleaners over here they were nearly always Hoover vacuums. We were slow on the take up of using fridges and freezers as well.
I'm now an expert on washing dishes but I'm not going to tell anyone least of all the Mrs 😂
Your observations are always sharp and this is spot-on. I've often been puzzled by the way people wash their dishes in the UK. "Guns everywhere!"
Haha, I'm glad someone else thought the guns comment was funny. Glad I'm not just amusing myself over here!
Drying with a dish towel is just unsanitary. Air dry dishes whenever possible. You can never get the smallest nooks and crannies in many dishes or cookware dry with a dish towel. This trapped moisture can breed bacteria and mildew when stored.
As a brit, I absolutely despise the little plastic tub in the sink. i think it looks so cheap and nasty. And the perfect place for bacteria to grow.
I do feel it looks cheap. Definitely not as classy as deep double sinks in aluminum!
Hiya. How's the house? Stay safe. All the best to you.
Eh, house is slow - we've hit a bit of a temporary road block. We will get back to it later this year.
Candlemaker William Procter, born in England, and soapmaker James Gamble, born in Ireland, both emigrated from the United Kingdom. They settled in Cincinnati, Ohio initially and met when they married sisters Olivia and Elizabeth Norris.[7] Alexander Norris, their father-in-law, persuaded them to become business partners, and in 1837 Procter & Gamble was created....bit of random history 😂😂
Our countries really are closely tied together, aren't they? Thanks for the history!
@@SchaeferFamilyAdventure we will always be the closest of allies, even with a bit of fun banter, but never will be split 👍💕
Oh wow you are a great RUclipsr 😍😍
Kashif khan❤️😍
The British normally have the big sink with the 'bowl', small rinse sink in the middle, and the draining board. I noticed that due to European influence, the bowl is becoming out of fashion. I would always rise with fresh water. But many I have lived with tend to have the habit of not clearing the draining board, after a long while. Annoying! It's a draining board not a drying board I tell them..
Except that tea towels harbour germs, so it's much more hygienic to allow dishes to air dry than to manually dry them, unless you're manually drying them with disposable paper towel. In a restaurant kitchen, all the dishes are air dried, with paper towel used for those few items which take longer to dry - using a tea towel could potentially get you disciplined or even fired. (Restaurant dish washers use insanely hot water, so air drying only takes a minute or two.)
Interesting - Yes, in the US we air dry in restaurants as well - but I didn't know the reasons! Cheers!
Wow you've seen 100's in US, I've hardly seen one in UK 😂😂😉
Differently not different.
Not rinsing the dishes after they've been soaked into the washing bowl is utterly disgusting. Never seen this being done anywhere else in the world I've been.
I had a dishwasher once. Never again! Much better to wash the dishes as you go along so all washed, dried and put away. I am spared having to empty the dishwasher: a dishwater is a waste of space and uses far too much water. Please do not refer to my washing up bowl as a bucket. A bucket is not a bowl, a bowl is not a bucket.
I think we are all avoiding the massive elephant in the room here?! Is that you real hair or has your wig slipped?? I let all my dishes pile up until I cant see any more kitchen top then I start using saucepans as bowls then when they run out move on to take-away pizza for a few weeks until I have no other option but to spend 2 hours washing everything up. Also when youve run out of mugs DO NOT and I must stress this DO NOT try and make hot chocolate directly in the kettle- boiling milk in a kettle is a mistake Ill only make once
HAHA! I actually laughed out loud reading your comment!
Real hair - I'm experimenting with hair styles. We'll see what sticks.
Pro tip about the milk in the kettle, I actually briefly considered it the other day.
As I am on my own, I don't have enough dirty dishes to be worth washing up everyday.
What I do however is to rinse everything off after use so there are no food particles on them.
When I wash up I use the hottest water possible, thick rubber gloves needed and let the dishes air dry unless there are too many for the drainer.
In that case i wipe up and put away the first lot.
Thanks for sharing!!
UK no rinsing? Ewwwww