I’ve been putting plastic wrap on the inside of my Tupperware for storing things like chicken salad and bean dip too! It saves me so much water and time during cleanup!! So grateful for these tips!🙏🏻💕🌻
We used the three tub (or bucket) method in Girl Scouts for our personal dishes. For the sanitize step we placed our dishes in our dip bag (a drawstring hosiery washing bag is great--anything mesh that dries quickly) and soaked the bag full of dishes long enough to sing "Make New Friends." We made sure the cups and bowls were empty and then stepped away from everyone else. We held the bags by the strings and spun them around likhe a propeller to remove extra water. Then we hung the bags on a lifeline--like a low clothesline-- and they dried for hours in the sun and breeze, protected from bugs and dirt by the mesh bag and packed and ready for the next adventure. Good times!
This is brilliant. Thank you! It is impossible for any one of us to produce plastic waste at the levels big industry produces plastic waste. If you want to save yourself some water or some work, using plastic wrap 3x a day and tossing it is not even a drop in the bucket, not even half of a drop... maybe a single atom into the bucket. If it bothers you, wax paper or deli paper is biodegradable.
Cute story. Yes, my brother returned from scout camp, and my mother didn't recognize him, he was so dirty. Inside his duffel were all of the clothes, still folded and clean. He never opened it the entire week!
I've been practicing ways to save water, as my water bill has crept over $100, and I live alone. Instead of running a "whole sink" of dishes to soak first, I spray the sink of dishes with plain water, briefly, just to wet, then let soak for a few minutes. I put detergent on a wet sponge and soap each dish, laying it aside to sit in it's suds. Then when done I rinse with cold water turned on low, over the sink of soapy dishes to help rinse them off before I pick each one up for their rinse, too. I probably am only using a tiny fraction of water now than before. I am also using the wet/soap/rinse with my showers, too. Tired of big utility bills. Also, if you have a "fast wash" setting on your washer, use it. The cycle is plenty long enough to wash daily clothes that are not heavily soiled. I add a capful of softener into the wash water, and it helps get things cleaner and brighter. I use the water saver setting (precise fill) on most of my clothes.
Watching this during a time where my pipes here in Corpus Christi Texas froze. So I only have a limited amount of water to wash dishes. Thanks this helps alot
Yikes! Glad this helps you. Frozen pipes can be a real problem, especially if they break. Keep your cabinet doors open where the sink pipes are, and if you have power, try using a hair dryer.
Remember anytime you're going to have freezing temperatures it's best to have the cold spicket at a very slow drip drip drip to help prevent freezing it keeps the pipe clear enough.
Thank you for this video. I just found it. Another thing I was thinking when I was watching this is if you are cooking in pots and pans find recipes that dont use oil or grease. This is so hard to wash off and even if you wipe your pots well it is still there
Very good. On the three washing tubs, I'd simply pour rinsing water over the dishes into the washing tub, thereby keeping the water clean. Does the bleach concentration needs to be a certain percentage or you just guess? Also, it has been said that you do not need to wash iron cast cookery. Does that mean I can use it as plate and not have to wash it? ;)
I try to use 2 tablespoons of bleach per gallon of water for sanitizing. Not washing cast iron is not the same as not cleaning it. Here is a link to a video I made on how to clean cast iron cookware. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-gGrIGa88BbA.html
Great video, we sail on a small boat and you only have the water you brought with you . We just used a plastic bowl of water but you have a lot of other good tips for even better savings . Using salt water is an option but not always very clean and rusts even SS crockery. Cheers warren
That is a great idea about getting the plastic wrap to put on a plate and throw the wrap away, and also to use paper plates to eat out of. I always keep paper plates for throw away use and I burn the trash at home and the plates are destroyed in the fire.
@@AlaskaGranny this was only the second video I've ever seen of yours. The first video I saw was you adding to the president's suggestions on stocking up. Your information was more valuable and more insightful because you think and feel like 14 days is the minimum that you should prepare for for a drastic emergency where the president only suggests 3 days. I always said if they would put the women in charge then things would get done correctly and efficiently.
When I camp I use a small spray bottle with diluted dish soap, a dedicated toothbrush and a mini scrubber. I put a little soap and a little water in the dirtiest dish or pan first then just spray soap on the rest then wash them then since from my water jug then dry with a towel or air dry if it's not raining
Very wasteful to toss plastic eachntime you eat off a plate. In this period of “zero waste” , this is totally what we should be avoiding. I enjoyed your other videos showing how to be frugal and reuse. This video is not one of those, unfortunately.
I am sorry you are disappointed with my video. Using plastic wrap is just one solution to having clean dishes when water is in short supply or not available. I think I offered many ways to clean and reuse dishes without much water that do not involve throwing things away.
@@AlaskaGranny yes, that is true. Just the tip of discarding plastic cling wrap from every dish made me cringe. In this day of being aware there are continent-size of rubbish in the ocean, these tips are best avoided. If we can more tips on being conservative, it would be great! Thank you :)
If it's dry food, we don't need a plate. Put it on a paper towel. I do that at home. If it's wet food and you are alone, eat it out of the can or pot and skip the plate altogether. Cold foods save energy, and in hot or mild weather, we don't need to be cooking so much. Learn cold plate variety for interesting meals. Food doesn't have to be hot to be good. When my electric was out for six days, I had not one hot meal. I ate a lot of canned meats/fish/vegetables out of a can with oil and vinegar, and I enjoyed them. It was 95 degrees out.
