Save water by not washing pans and plates

[NoMadYesHappy]

Decades ago, My dad and I used to belong to a camping group. Some of my fondest memories come from those days...enyhoo...not to digress...what we did to clean cookery and eatery was scrub them with dirt. Yep. Sand worked the best ... lota sand in the southwest I hear... and it removed even the hard stuck stuff. Then we'd just wipe out the dust with a damp cloth or paper towel. Voila! I camped a lot in those days, and I emp't ded yet, so musta been good'nuf. I'm thinking a swipe with some sort of disinfectant would be prudent in today's culture ... vinegar or alcohol and water?

[HumbleBeginnings]

I'd suggest spraying/wiping with vinegar and water first.  ...

When people do this, do you use plain white vinegar? And what is the vinegar/water ratio? Do you let it sit? Wipe immediately? Do your dishes smell like vinegar after?

I have so many questions about this.

(This post was last modified: 02-01-2018, 12:22 PM by HumbleBeginnings.)

[Chuck1]

When people do this, do you use plain white vinegar? And what is the vinegar/water ratio? Do you let it sit? Wipe immediately? Do your dishes smell like vinegar after?

I have so many questions about this.

The problem with this method if you leave one spec of food your likely to get food poisoning, if careful you might be ok, might as well just wash it


FYI

food poisoning, affects about one in six Americans every year. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that of these cases, there are 128,000 hospitalizations and 3,000 deaths annually.wash it.

(This post was last modified: 02-01-2018, 12:39 PM by Chuck1.)

[lenny flank]

food poisoning, affects about one in six Americans every year. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that of these cases, there are 128,000 hospitalizations and 3,000 deaths annually.wash it.

Amen. If I am THAT desperate for water, then it's time for me to move to a new spot.

[Wanderer]

Coming from a group that poops in a Walmart bag then hauls it around for a few days, this is gross 

I use the thirteen gallon garbage bags....Don't ask....Just....don't....

[Wanderer]

After you have used a plate, pan, spoons, and forks, put them in the fridge, you can do that for 3 days if you only keep them out for a short time, then you only wash dishes about 2 times a week.

I actually boil my chicken in water. When the water has heated for 10 min I dip a paper towel in it and wipe off the dish I used to cut the chicken on. Yes, it's hot and does hurt at times. So I know the germs die painfully.

After dinner, I take the still hot water and dip another towel, wipe off plate, fork and knife. 

I wipe out the pot I used and call it a day.

[NoMadYesHappy]

85% of statistics are made up on the spot...even this one!

[mpruet]

This is no different than eating leftovers, i have put plates/pans in the fridge 100s of times in my RV and never got sick, i have never pooped into a bag though.

Yea - but it's a heck of a lot harder (and takes more water) to try to clean a plate if the food has stuck to it for several days.

[jonney38]

A while back I read a book by Ernest Shackleton, the explorer who made three trips to the Antarctica in the early 1900's. There were several crew members. They set up a small building and went on exploring trips but mostly lived there for some months. I remember the rule that at the end of each meal each member was to 'lick your spoon clean and toss in the box." They all made it back.

[tx2sturgis]

Plates?

I eat from the saucepan or frypan.

Gotta clean it anyway!