Dirty dishes go straight in the dishwasher immediately after a meal, or any dish is used. The kitchen bench is then wiped down and left bare of any clutter. Fo

Dirty dishes go straight in the dishwasher immediately after a meal, or any dish is used. The kitchen bench is then wiped down and left bare of any clutter. Four or five decades ago, I was very 'agin' dishwashers because of the pretty poor ones used at my boarding school. We often had egg stains on plates for a day or two after an egg meal. I was at a friend's place and I claimed that the plates and utensils we'd used for our morning eggs would leave traces after a wash cycle. I had to eat my words, those dishes and forks were spotless. We've had a dishwasher ever since. They do a much better and less labor-intensive job than hand-washing. There's no need to rinse your dishes before using the dishwasher, that's why there is a pre-wash rinse as part of the overall wash cycle. Doing that rinse yourself is redundant and a waste of your time.