By letting the food “sit,” I save water two different ways: no need to rinse off proteins or sauces, and no need to run the dishwasher with a less-than-full-loa

By letting the food “sit,” I save water two different ways: no need to rinse off proteins or sauces, and no need to run the dishwasher with a less-than-full-load (which wastes both water and electricity). To be honest, since having kids and their being at a certain age, we now run the dishwasher filled to the brim every other day at most, so it’s a moot point. But in all cases, it runs while we’re sleeping and it makes no difference to me if it takes an hour or six. The only time I’ve ever wished it finished faster is on the occasion of hosting guests and having more than the regular expected daily churn in dining ware. And that doesn’t happen enough to matter.