hand dry or air dry dishes?

**creampuff** · 01-07-2003, 12:13 AM

I air dry

**MJsLady** · 01-07-2003, 12:46 AM

I lived with a nutritionist once and she said air drying was healthier

**frugalmel** · 01-07-2003, 02:01 AM

air.

**summercat** · 01-07-2003, 03:55 PM

I hand dry my pots & pans & baking pans but everything else air dries.

**SewCrafty** · 01-07-2003, 07:13 PM

Air dry most of the time, unless I need the counter space back!

**cody15650** · 01-07-2003, 07:18 PM

I air dry my dishes

**tigo** · 01-17-2003, 03:09 PM

I air dry!

**bamamomto4** · 01-17-2003, 03:10 PM

Air dry except iron skillets..I hand dry those.

**justjenn** · 01-18-2003, 06:49 AM

I air dry, unless the dish drainer is getting too full, and then I use a towel.

**captclearance** · 01-18-2003, 10:00 AM

Air dry....... Melissa, your friend was right, hand drying can transfer bacteria back on to your clean dishes.......

**i.m.cheap** · 01-18-2003, 11:07 AM

Air dry here. If I do hand dry anything, I grab a clean towel from the drawer before I start, and I wash all dish clothes and dish towels in hot water with bleach.

**PennyPinchinPam** · 01-18-2003, 11:41 AM

I air dry and if I happen to use the dishwasher I use the heat dry setting.

**pita1213** · 01-19-2003, 12:18 PM

i air dry unless the item won't fit in the dish drainer. i have a couple of large baking pans that are too big unless they are the only thing in it.

**Leta** · 01-20-2003, 10:32 PM

I air dry.

**tunasalad** · 01-20-2003, 10:54 PM

I live in a Japanese home. We don't have a dish washer but it has a dish drier. You wash the dishes and put them in this contraption that looks like a dish washer. It dries them with filtered air.

More hassle than it's worth if you ask me. But it keeps the counter free of the drainer.