What Preps are you doing this week? Part 9

[jennyjj01]

Today we had jacket potato's that teenager made using the oven for ages.

So we did enough for today's dinner, plus extras to freeze. Plus made a tub of roasties up as the oven was on anyway

How do frozen roast and baked spuds work out? Are your roasted spuds baked in lard or similar?

[jansman]

Please don't skimp on hot water for dishes. You get food poisoning that way - I used to work in an infectious diseases hospital and that was one of the things that always came up.

Agreed. Proper washing and hand washing is vital in my line of work too.

[Frnc]

Please don't skimp on hot water for dishes. You get food poisoning that way - I used to work in an infectious diseases hospital and that was one of the things that always came up.

Soap kills bacteria. Water only needs to be luke warm to loosen grease according to this guy*. He says it would need to be too hot to put your hands in to do much more.

I wash my plates with loads of soap straight after using them. I wet the plate, squirt soap onto my scrubber, then scrub the plate thoroughly, then rinse the soap off.

* Dr. Ben Chapman is department head of Agricultural and Human Sciences, professor and director of the Safe Plates food safety extension and research program at North Carolina State University.

[Norma]

Please don't skimp on hot water for dishes. You get food poisoning that way - I used to work in an infectious diseases hospital and that was one of the things that always came up.

I’m grateful for the advice but puzzled. My Bosch dishwasher does an Eco wash at 50*. I started using a dishwasher when I realised that they clean more thoroughly than I was doing. I think it’s useful to wipe the items thoroughly first before putting them in.

[Yorkshire Andy]

Please don't skimp on hot water for dishes. You get food poisoning that way - I used to work in an infectious diseases hospital and that was one of the things that always came up.

I’m grateful for the advice but puzzled. My Bosch dishwasher does an Eco wash at 50*. I started using a dishwasher when I realised that they clean more thoroughly than I was doing. I think it’s useful to wipe the items thoroughly first before putting them in.

Combination of chemicals in the dishwasher detergent not much survives a splash of hydrogen peroxide

Plus the drying cycle heat

[Norma]

Ah ok. ATM I use finish eco tablets. Hydrogen peroxide is useful stuff. The drying cycle on the eco setting seems to be an hour of doing nothing and it works provided you don’t open the door.

[Jerseyspud]

Today we had jacket potato's that teenager made using the oven for ages.

So we did enough for today's dinner, plus extras to freeze. Plus made a tub of roasties up as the oven was on anyway

How do frozen roast and baked spuds work out? Are your roasted spuds baked in lard or similar?

We use foil, then some oil and various seasonings. Bake them for about 1.5hours (whilst cooking other things too usually) freeze when cooled down

Then when we want tk eat them defrost and microwave and they are lovely

[jansman]

I do find it interesting that a lot of our conversations are about saving energy. This thread is about electric dishwasher issues. Just a thought.

[Yorkshire Andy]

I do find it interesting that a lot of our conversations are about saving energy. This thread is about electric dishwasher issues. Just a thought.

20 to 40p per wash depending on cycle and unit price ... But we only run ours when full and a house of 5 it soon fills .

Factor in the regulator Washing up of breakfast dinner and tea pots and our gas "eco combi boiler" takes an age for the hot water to come through unless you pre plan and hit pre heat in guessing the fuel / water cost are fairly evenly matched

[jansman]

I do find it interesting that a lot of our conversations are about saving energy. This thread is about electric dishwasher issues. Just a thought.

20 to 40p per wash depending on cycle and unit price ... But we only run ours when full and a house of 5 it soon fills .

Factor in the regulator Washing up of breakfast dinner and tea pots and our gas "eco combi boiler" takes an age for the hot water to come through unless you pre plan and hit pre heat in guessing the fuel / water cost are fairly evenly matched

We don’t have one, and I accept your wisdom.