Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: dish sterilization/sponges

[Elizabeth Stevenson (tamgoddess]

And it's the dryer that really kills the bugs, since they can't live where
there's no water.

Liz
> 
> On 6/26/2003 3:43 PM, "Peg Blum" <pegb [at] cambridgecohousing.org> wrote:
> 
>> The consultant from the
>> County Extension Service, who did a presentation on Food Safety, told us to
>> get rid of the sponges (washing the sponges in the dishwasher, which some
>> people do at home, was insufficient because of the nooks and crannies).
> 
> But wouldn't putting them in the washing machine, the same way you wash
> cloths work just as well? The spinning would take care of the nooks and
> crannies. I much prefer sponges and they look better hanging round the sink.
> 
> Sharon

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