I'm staying at a friend's place for an extended period of time (several months, to be exact). They have an old Chinese grandma who lives there, and she does most of the cooking. I do my own cooking generally, so she kind of gives me that space (and she's very nice about it too).
The problem is when it's time to do the dishes. She gets upset when I use dishwashing soap. She claims that there are unnecessary chemicals that don't come off even after you rinse with water, and these chemicals will cause cancer in the gut (her words, not mine). According to her, the ONLY time dishwashing soap is to be used is when you're washing grease off of something, like when cooked with oil or fatty ingredients, which I don't use very often (I'm a big fan of non-greasy cooking). And even when using soap, you must only use no more than "2 drops."
I'm not a crazy clean person. But I like my soap - I was raised with the understanding that it cleans bacteria we can't see. I feel like I'm gonna have nightmares about using dishes that someone else licked off of during last night's dinner, without being cleaned with soap!
What should I do? I've already been scolded about three times over this. I feel like I'm being criminalized for trying to wash my own dishes with soap - is this even real?? I mean, no soap + dirty and used dishes = ewww, no?
The problem is when it's time to do the dishes. She gets upset when I use dishwashing soap. She claims that there are unnecessary chemicals that don't come off even after you rinse with water, and these chemicals will cause cancer in the gut (her words, not mine). According to her, the ONLY time dishwashing soap is to be used is when you're washing grease off of something, like when cooked with oil or fatty ingredients, which I don't use very often (I'm a big fan of non-greasy cooking). And even when using soap, you must only use no more than "2 drops."
I'm not a crazy clean person. But I like my soap - I was raised with the understanding that it cleans bacteria we can't see. I feel like I'm gonna have nightmares about using dishes that someone else licked off of during last night's dinner, without being cleaned with soap!
What should I do? I've already been scolded about three times over this. I feel like I'm being criminalized for trying to wash my own dishes with soap - is this even real?? I mean, no soap + dirty and used dishes = ewww, no?