
I hate it when the supermarkets gang up and stop selling my favourite products. This has happened again recently. With washing up sponges.
I know a lot of you probably couldn't give a monkey's doo dah what you wash up with, or maybe you have a dishwasher and never even give it a thought? I, however, care deeply.
There is an art to my washing up. Very hot water, loads of bubbles (very important bit), rubber gloves (well pvc, latex free...) and a good sponge/scourer. And a Brillo pad if necessary.
My weapon of choice is the Vileda Active Wave, with a sponge on one side and an interestingly textured rubbery reverse. Scrubbing heaven, and non-stick-safe as well.
For some unknown reason these cannot be got for gold round here and I have had to order from the internet. If Santa happens to be reading, a year's supply of these wouldn't go amiss. Vileda aren't paying me for this endorsement, either.
I like a cartain brand of washing up liquid as well, it makes excellent bubblage and smells of, well, soap. I don't want it to smell like I'm on a tropical island, in a country garden, or a salt mine. If you need to delude yourself that you are actually scuba-diving off the Great Barrier Reef and the scent of hibiscus is wafting in on the breeze, then you need locking up.
I could splodge around in good, thick, soapy water for hours on end. I was always forced to do the drying when at home, my sibling got to wash up. Now I have my own home I can choose to wash the pots and then, and I hope my Mother isn't reading...and then leave them to air dry. I know, controversial or what? And I don't use hand sanitiser either.