Defend the Indefensible: British People Not Rinsing Soap Off the Dishes

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Well? I'm sure some of you have got a very clever answer for this one.

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Monday, 3 November 2003 23:31 (twenty-one years ago)

My mum rinses soap off the soap. You'd stand no chance, Tracer.

― Nick Southall (Nick Southall), Monday, 3 November 2003 23:33 (twenty-one years ago)

it starts breaking down the grease in a full english breakfast b4 it reaches yr stomach = healthier obv

― mark s (mark s), Monday, 3 November 2003 23:34 (twenty-one years ago)

there's is so little soap left on dishes, it doesn't adhere, it's a rinsing agent any way.

and its detergent, not soap if you wan to get technical

Ps have you lost your phone cos you ought to have replied to an invite for toad an ultimate brookside

― Ed (dali), Monday, 3 November 2003 23:34 (twenty-one years ago)

That's extraordinarily fucked up, as my wife is British and she is SO guilty of this crime (which is why I insist on doin' the dishes).

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 3 November 2003 23:35 (twenty-one years ago)

If I look at the foam on top of my beer and the suds have that oily rainbow sheen to them it makes me feel like glassing somebody.

― TOMBOT, Monday, 3 November 2003 23:37 (twenty-one years ago)

Alex, that's one way of getting you to do them, then;>

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― Nichole Graham (Nichole Graham), Monday, 3 November 2003 23:38 (twenty-one years ago)

oiliy glassy sheen is due to lack of detergent .: grease, not non rising.

― Ed (dali), Monday, 3 November 2003 23:39 (twenty-one years ago)

toad an ultimate brookside?

― mark s (mark s), Monday, 3 November 2003 23:41 (twenty-one years ago)

Ed I am so there!!

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Monday, 3 November 2003 23:42 (twenty-one years ago)

I always rinse the soap off and assumed everyone did? this thread baffles me!!

― Pashmina (Pashmina), Monday, 3 November 2003 23:43 (twenty-one years ago)

northern softies!!

― mark s (mark s), Monday, 3 November 2003 23:45 (twenty-one years ago)

OK, how did grease get in my beer glass, then? Disgusting. Also I'm not buying that shit for a minute. Soap suds are soap suds and I know them when I see them.

― TOMBOT, Monday, 3 November 2003 23:45 (twenty-one years ago)

grease = off last user

soap is nice ya big layMoRz

― mark s (mark s), Monday, 3 November 2003 23:49 (twenty-one years ago)

soap is better than dust.

― RJG (RJG), Monday, 3 November 2003 23:50 (twenty-one years ago)

My landlady's Trinidadian grandmother says it's why English people are so crazy, because they have soap in their heads.

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Monday, 3 November 2003 23:52 (twenty-one years ago)

Soap is where the vitamins and nutrients come from.

― Nicolars (Nicole), Monday, 3 November 2003 23:53 (twenty-one years ago)

it is better, even, than moon dust.

― RJG (RJG), Monday, 3 November 2003 23:54 (twenty-one years ago)

Soap is also bad for your dentition, apparently.

― TOMBOT, Monday, 3 November 2003 23:55 (twenty-one years ago)

mmm soap. (froths at the mouth)

― Pashmina (Pashmina), Monday, 3 November 2003 23:55 (twenty-one years ago)

moon soap must be the best.

― RJG (RJG), Monday, 3 November 2003 23:55 (twenty-one years ago)

yeah you need some of those to supplement an ENGLISH MEAL

― mark s (mark s), Monday, 3 November 2003 23:56 (twenty-one years ago)

english don't need no stinkin dentition

― mark s (mark s), Monday, 3 November 2003 23:58 (twenty-one years ago)

Is this thread suggesting that the British rinse a dish, soap it up with dish detergent, and then put it in the drying rack without rinsing the soap off?? I cannot belive that.

― Sean (Sean), Monday, 3 November 2003 23:59 (twenty-one years ago)

haha mark's first answer to this thread = proven by science!!

― geeta (geeta), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 00:01 (twenty-one years ago)

what is this "rinse"

― mark s (mark s), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 00:01 (twenty-one years ago)

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― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 00:03 (twenty-one years ago)

procedure:
i. buy plate
ii. cook meal
iii. put meal on plate
iv. eat meal off plate
v. put detergent on plate
vi. goto ii.

― mark s (mark s), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 00:03 (twenty-one years ago)

rinsin'

― geeta (geeta), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 00:03 (twenty-one years ago)

it's like a wok, you build it up in layers for betta flavour w.added fatty breakdown

― mark s (mark s), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 00:04 (twenty-one years ago)

Ew. Surely you'd be better off just never washing your plates at all? I mean, it's much better to be eating off a plate with remnanats of yesterday's food than with a layer of fucking detergent!? Right?!

http://movieweb.com/movie/zoolander/co9.jpg

I FEEL LIKE I'M TAKING CRAZY PILLS!!!

― Andrew (enneff), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 00:08 (twenty-one years ago)

leftovers PLUS detergent = win-win!!

― mark s (mark s), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 00:16 (twenty-one years ago)

"Persil" is not a basic nutrient.

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 00:21 (twenty-one years ago)

no it's a vitamin

― mark s (mark s), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 00:25 (twenty-one years ago)

vitamin P-Badly

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 00:26 (twenty-one years ago)

leftovers PLUS detergent = win-win!!

Congealing food is not attactive on a date....

― Nichole Graham (Nichole Graham), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 00:28 (twenty-one years ago)

it's ok if it's hidden under fairy liquid surely (mmmm lemon-zesty)

― mark s (mark s), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 00:29 (twenty-one years ago)

"may cause burning sensation and mild fustiness"

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 00:30 (twenty-one years ago)

is that the food or the soap tracer?

― mark s (mark s), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 00:31 (twenty-one years ago)

Sinker, remind me to bring a sandblaster to clean your dishes, when I visit

― Nichole Graham (Nichole Graham), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 00:31 (twenty-one years ago)

cz it's only true of either if you ingest them separately, see

― mark s (mark s), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 00:31 (twenty-one years ago)

Sinker, trot to the Poison Control Centre: they're missing a guinea pig

― Nichole Graham (Nichole Graham), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 00:33 (twenty-one years ago)

God only knows how you guys take showers.

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 00:35 (twenty-one years ago)

Considering the tone of this thead, I'd ask when they take showers......

― Nichole Graham (Nichole Graham), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 00:38 (twenty-one years ago)

There ya go!! *Acts abnoxiously American*

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 00:40 (twenty-one years ago)

you're the ones with the big fear of soap!!

― mark s (mark s), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 00:43 (twenty-one years ago)

it's called cake for a reason!!

― mark s (mark s), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 00:44 (twenty-one years ago)

Soap? How you spell that?

Sinker, I play nightly in the jacuzzi, so soap fear ain't a problem....

― Nichole Graham (Nichole Graham), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 00:46 (twenty-one years ago)

Wouldn't it be hard to get a guitar in there Nichole?

― Leee (Leee), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 00:46 (twenty-one years ago)

It's big enough to play to crowds as big as 4, Leee.

― Nichole Graham (Nichole Graham), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 00:48 (twenty-one years ago)

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what's the secret to frosted glasses, or is it as simple as putting a wet glass in the freezer?

― Ant Attack.. (Ste), Thursday, 23 April 2009 08:31 (sixteen years ago)

Lager should be cold but most ales are better when they're just slightly chilled i.e. not warm as such but not ice cold. I guess Americans are used to chilled lagers and they try a British ale and it seems warm to them and that's where the myth came from.

― I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE UP TO (Colonel Poo), Thursday, 23 April 2009 08:32 (sixteen years ago)

if you put an american in a room with a slightly chilled beer the american would put the beer in a camp and keep it awake with loud music for three weeks

― EMPIRE STATE HYMEN (MPx4A), Thursday, 23 April 2009 08:33 (sixteen years ago)

lol

― I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE UP TO (Colonel Poo), Thursday, 23 April 2009 08:37 (sixteen years ago)

drink cold or die
http://rjjago.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/hillary-drinking-beer-in-indiana.jpg

― velko, Thursday, 23 April 2009 08:42 (sixteen years ago)

i find the soap a welcome addition to my pizza

― Young Chizzy (country matters), Thursday, 23 April 2009 08:45 (sixteen years ago)

http://www.madaboutmadrid.com/photos/uncategorized/lagerboyposter2.jpg

― weight and bulk are your enemies (Ned Trifle II), Thursday, 23 April 2009 08:46 (sixteen years ago)

It's a shame Hobgoblin ale tastes of shite really.

― Enormous Epic (Matt DC), Thursday, 23 April 2009 09:02 (sixteen years ago)

Goblin shite <------- Good name for a Scottish GG Allin tribute band

― Sacco, Vanzetti, Passantino... (Tom D.), Thursday, 23 April 2009 09:04 (sixteen years ago)

Goblin guy needs to rinse the soap suds off the top of his pint.

― Enemy Insects (NickB), Thursday, 23 April 2009 09:05 (sixteen years ago)

Is there a thread for really smug adverts? If not we need one.

― Enormous Epic (Matt DC), Thursday, 23 April 2009 09:08 (sixteen years ago)

The 'warm beer' thing isn't really a US vs UK thing at all surely, but a lager vs ale thing.

In my experience good ales in the UK are probably served at the same temperature as Dogfish or Sierra Nevada in the US

― cherry blossom, Thursday, 23 April 2009 09:43 (sixteen years ago)

second sink ?!

Double sink not second sink, dont they have these in the UK?

http://www.fixturesetc.com/images/products/Transolid_kitchen_sink_TS33226.jpg

― one art, please (Trayce), Thursday, 23 April 2009 09:49 (sixteen years ago)

nah, those beers can handle higher temperatures better than most lagers but they're still better when served cold.

sierra nevada more like a newcastle brown in that respect. camra says this about ale serving:

Real ale is served at cellar temperature .... C (54-57 F), which is somewhat cooler than room temperature. If real ale is too warm it is not appetizing, it loses its natural conditioning (the liveliness of the beer due to the dissolved carbon dioxide).

On the other hand if the beer is too cold it will kill off the subtle flavour. Unlike keg beer which has to be chilled, real ale has flavours you need to taste!

otfm

― N1ck (Upt0eleven), Thursday, 23 April 2009 09:53 (sixteen years ago)

British kitchens generally not big enough for big fancy double sink malarkey, Trayce.

― I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE UP TO (Colonel Poo), Thursday, 23 April 2009 09:55 (sixteen years ago)

thing about the Hobgoblin is there's no way he can drink that pint without a straw or just inhaling it all thru his nose

― Hard House SugBanton (blueski), Thursday, 23 April 2009 10:34 (sixteen years ago)

so the joke's on him

― Hard House SugBanton (blueski), Thursday, 23 April 2009 10:35 (sixteen years ago)

Goblin shite <------- Good name for a Scottish GG Allin tribute band

Would see live if it was a Marty Pellow side project...

― snoball, Thursday, 23 April 2009 10:53 (sixteen years ago)

Okay, it sounds like I've been pretty much doing what I'm supposed to - letting my (good, approximately british ale style) beer warm up about 10 degrees from its refrigerated temperature before drinking it. Thanks Britishes!

― Shoegaze Knight (Oilyrags), Thursday, 23 April 2009 10:56 (sixteen years ago)

It's a shame Hobgoblin ale tastes of shite really.

I very much enjoyed the Hobgoblin Halloween beer but the actual normal ale is pretty dull, wouldn't call it shite. I cannot go along with the odea that ale needs to be chilled though. Room temperature is fine. Srsly.

― weight and bulk are your enemies (Ned Trifle II), Thursday, 23 April 2009 20:03 (sixteen years ago)

bring it to the beer thread guys wtf? how did beer-serving temperatures even come up on this thread?

― mark cl, Thursday, 23 April 2009 20:38 (sixteen years ago)

fwiw we talked a bit about cellar-temperature beer etc on the thread a few weeks ago

― mark cl, Thursday, 23 April 2009 20:39 (sixteen years ago)

how did beer-serving temperatures even come up on this thread?

My fault - but it's barely related in that its a UK thing that seems weird to Americans.

― Shoegaze Knight (Oilyrags), Thursday, 23 April 2009 20:40 (sixteen years ago)

british are so weird :{

― warmsherry, Thursday, 23 April 2009 22:29 (sixteen years ago)

yeah the beer discussion definitely ruined this important thread about suds

― EMPIRE STATE HYMEN (MPx4A), Thursday, 23 April 2009 23:15 (sixteen years ago)

ha, that wasn't my point. i said 'bring it to the beer thread' b/c i prob post on that more than any other thread, and i want to get more people talking about beer

― mark cl, Thursday, 23 April 2009 23:18 (sixteen years ago)

I would like to talk at length about the violence I'd do to whoever conceived that Hogboglin Ale advert.

― Easy Hippo Rider (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 23 April 2009 23:20 (sixteen years ago)

oh ok!

― EMPIRE STATE HYMEN (MPx4A), Thursday, 23 April 2009 23:29 (sixteen years ago)

how much should one tip after not rinsing the soap off dishes?

― 4,000 hoes in blackburn, lancashire (M@tt He1ges0n), Thursday, 23 April 2009 23:34 (sixteen years ago)

just leave a fresh bar in that saucer dear :)

― Young Chizzy (country matters), Thursday, 23 April 2009 23:35 (sixteen years ago)

That Hobgoblin can fuck off and has clearly never been to mainland Europe, possibly in fear of coming back with an asylum-seeker hidden in his self-satisfied knapsack.

― Enormous Epic (Matt DC), Thursday, 23 April 2009 23:38 (sixteen years ago)

I never noticed but I don't rinse soap off dishes

― genei-jin & tonic (cozwn), Thursday, 23 April 2009 23:41 (sixteen years ago)

I remember this thread btw, unreal tht it was 3 yrs ago : /

― genei-jin & tonic (cozwn), Thursday, 23 April 2009 23:43 (sixteen years ago)

I give everything a thorough rinse, but I'm fairly pernickety in my washing-up habits as a whole. I also have a double sink.

im british btw.

― DavidM, Friday, 24 April 2009 07:27 (sixteen years ago)

I would like to talk at length about the violence I'd do to whoever conceived that Hogboglin Ale advert.

― Easy Hippo Rider (Noodle Vague), Thursday, April 23, 2009 11:20 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark

That Hobgoblin can fuck off and has clearly never been to mainland Europe, possibly in fear of coming back with an asylum-seeker hidden in his self-satisfied knapsack.

― Enormous Epic (Matt DC), Thursday, April 23, 2009 11:38 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark

Touched a nerve.

― weight and bulk are your enemies (Ned Trifle II), Friday, 24 April 2009 07:37 (sixteen years ago)

Yeah, I feel guilty about my preferred methods of consuming alcohol. Clearly being dared to drink something I'm not that into by a cartoon refugee from the Lord of the twatting Rings has got me shook.

― Easy Hippo Rider (Noodle Vague), Friday, 24 April 2009 08:54 (sixteen years ago)

Generally smug yet misplaced superiority is something you want to avoid in an ad campaign I reckon.

― Easy Hippo Rider (Noodle Vague), Friday, 24 April 2009 08:57 (sixteen years ago)

Oh come on, the only pleasure of being a Real Ale drinking aspie type is the misplaced sense of smugness that somehow spending a lot of time thinking about a dirty mud-coloured liquid that tastes like used nappy juice drained through twigs and strained through an old man's bunion-ridden socks makes you superior to going out and gobbing down as much Fosters as is humanly possible like NORMAL people. Never mind the fact your only other hobbies are Cornish wrestling, Morris dancing and growing a for-goodness-sake-cut-it-off rat tail hair "cut" that would in any other circumstances get you put on the pederasty suspects' register.

Also, this

http://www.ibabuzz.com/bottomsup/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/camra-great-british-beer-festival-08-publicity-photo1.jpg

Never happens, no matter what CAMRA's advertising campaign will tell you.

― the next grozart, Friday, 24 April 2009 09:41 (sixteen years ago)

ok, where are brits on the whole ice in yer whisk(e)y debate? i'm guessing they opt for "neat"/no ice.

― velko, Friday, 24 April 2009 10:27 (sixteen years ago)

I do no ice in scotch, ice in bourbon, but I'm no whisk(e)y snob.

― I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE UP TO (Colonel Poo), Friday, 24 April 2009 10:28 (sixteen years ago)

xp Unless it's revolting and you need to disguise the taste.

― weight and bulk are your enemies (Ned Trifle II), Friday, 24 April 2009 10:28 (sixteen years ago)

Also - nothing wrong with Morris dancing.

― weight and bulk are your enemies (Ned Trifle II), Friday, 24 April 2009 10:29 (sixteen years ago)

I generally prefer ice in whiskey unless it's in a single malt which is both unnatural and wrong.

― Enormous Epic (Matt DC), Friday, 24 April 2009 10:31 (sixteen years ago)

I water down whiskey sometimes. Laphroig Cask Strength for instance.

― weight and bulk are your enemies (Ned Trifle II), Friday, 24 April 2009 10:35 (sixteen years ago)

I always drink whisky neat, mainly without ice, but my whiskey of choice is Jameson, which I drink with one cube of ice.

― Suggesteban Cambiasso (jim), Friday, 24 April 2009 10:35 (sixteen years ago)

i do ice in my irish, but maybe i should do water with scotch? should the water be chilled??

― velko, Friday, 24 April 2009 10:37 (sixteen years ago)

I only add water to that particular Laphroaig where I really do think it makes a difference, and only a little. "Normal" Laphroaig should not be sullied in this way.

― weight and bulk are your enemies (Ned Trifle II), Friday, 24 April 2009 10:44 (sixteen years ago)

Only a little water that is.

― weight and bulk are your enemies (Ned Trifle II), Friday, 24 April 2009 10:45 (sixteen years ago)

Also - nothing wrong with Morris dancing.

― weight and bulk are your enemies (Ned Trifle II), Friday, 24 April 2009 10:29 (4 minutes ago) Bookmarks

RONG

― zero learnt from nero (Neil S), Friday, 24 April 2009 10:47 (sixteen years ago)

^ CONCUR

All cask strength whiskies need a bit of water; see the water spigot at the bar in countless Scottish pubs.

― suggest bánh mi (suzy), Friday, 24 April 2009 10:49 (sixteen years ago)

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