How do you keep your kitchen sponges free of bacteria?
I don't use a dishwasher (for a variety of unrelated reasons).
What I use is:
- Warm water (simply becuase it feels better on hands)
- Costco dish detergent concentrate (whatever was on sale, Dawn or Palmolive) - Costco curvy yellow/green scotchbrite sponges (in the multi-pack)
Each morning or evening (whenever I remember), I do the following:
a. I gently squeeze the sponge (if it's soaking wet)
b. I put it in the freezer drawer panel
c. I replace with a dry sponge (from a basket under the kitchen sink)
d. I put the old freezer sponge under the kitchen sink (in a basket)
e. Over time (as needed), I throw away & rotate with a new sponge
The concept is to let three things lessen the number of bacteria:
1. Time spent wet is never longer than a day
2. Freezer is simply one inhibitant to bacterial growth
3. Drying is just another inhibitant to bacterial growth
In the past, I tried boiling, soaking in alcohol, vinegar, and even bleach, but most of that made the sponges fall apart, whereas freezing and drying doesn't seem to damage the sponge in the least.
How do you keep your kitchen sponges free of bacteria?
I don't use sponges. I use wash rags. I use them
once and then they go to the laundry. Much more hygienic.
Try taking the sponge, rinsing/squeezing it in plain water a couple of
times. Then place the soaked sponge on a disk and place in microwave.
Heat until the soaked sponge starts to boil off water. Remove
plate/sponge and let cool.
How do you keep your kitchen sponges free of bacteria?
I don't use a dishwasher (for a variety of unrelated reasons).
What I use is:
- Warm water (simply becuase it feels better on hands)
- Costco dish detergent concentrate (whatever was on sale, Dawn or Palmolive) - Costco curvy yellow/green scotchbrite sponges (in the multi-pack)
Each morning or evening (whenever I remember), I do the following:
a. I gently squeeze the sponge (if it's soaking wet)
b. I put it in the freezer drawer panel
c. I replace with a dry sponge (from a basket under the kitchen sink)
d. I put the old freezer sponge under the kitchen sink (in a basket)
e. Over time (as needed), I throw away & rotate with a new sponge
The concept is to let three things lessen the number of bacteria:
1. Time spent wet is never longer than a day
2. Freezer is simply one inhibitant to bacterial growth
3. Drying is just another inhibitant to bacterial growth
In the past, I tried boiling, soaking in alcohol, vinegar, and even bleach, but most of that made the sponges fall apart, whereas freezing and drying doesn't seem to damage the sponge in the least.
How do you keep your kitchen sponges free of bacteria?
On 10/4/2018 7:44 AM, Arlen Holder wrote:
How do you keep your kitchen sponges free of bacteria?Very simple. I don't use sponges. I use wash rags. I use them
I don't use a dishwasher (for a variety of unrelated reasons).
What I use is:
- Warm water (simply becuase it feels better on hands)
- Costco dish detergent concentrate (whatever was on sale, Dawn or
Palmolive)
- Costco curvy yellow/green scotchbrite sponges (in the multi-pack)
Each morning or evening (whenever I remember), I do the following:
a. I gently squeeze the sponge (if it's soaking wet)
b. I put it in the freezer drawer panel
c. I replace with a dry sponge (from a basket under the kitchen sink)
d. I put the old freezer sponge under the kitchen sink (in a basket)
e. Over time (as needed), I throw away & rotate with a new sponge
The concept is to let three things lessen the number of bacteria:
1. Time spent wet is never longer than a day
2. Freezer is simply one inhibitant to bacterial growth
3. Drying is just another inhibitant to bacterial growth
In the past, I tried boiling, soaking in alcohol, vinegar, and even
bleach,
but most of that made the sponges fall apart, whereas freezing and drying
doesn't seem to damage the sponge in the least.
How do you keep your kitchen sponges free of bacteria?
once and then they go to the laundry. Much more hygienic.
Bill
On Thu, 04 Oct 2018 08:21:22 -0500, CRNG wrote:
Try taking the sponge, rinsing/squeezing it in plain water a couple of
times. Then place the soaked sponge on a disk and place in microwave.
Heat until the soaked sponge starts to boil off water. Remove
plate/sponge and let cool.
The microwave seems like a good idea, if it doesn't destroy the sponge.
How do you keep your kitchen sponges free of bacteria?
How do you keep your kitchen sponges free of bacteria?
On Thu, 4 Oct 2018 12:44:52 -0000 (UTC), Arlen Holder <a%rlenh.older@no.spam.net> wrote:
How do you keep your kitchen sponges free of bacteria?
I simply bear in mind that a sponge is filthy no matter what.
I simply bear in mind that a sponge is filthy no matter what.
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