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From: kolling@decwrl.DEC.COM (Karen Kolling)
Newsgroups: net.cooks
Subject: Re: dishwasher as sterilizer
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Date: Sun, 9-Mar-86 15:56:11 EST
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Posted: Sun Mar  9 15:56:11 1986
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>> Things that are a waste of money in a dishwasher:
>> 	* "Sterilizer" cycles. The minute you touch the dishes they are no
>> 	  longer sterile. (Consumer Reports supports this claim).
>
>Many of my women in-laws have assured me that you can sterilize baby
>things by running them through an ordinary wash cycle in a dishwasher.
>If somebody tells YOU this, bite her head off!  This rumor is deadly.
>You need _steam_ to kill those bugs.  Hot water and water vapor only
>make them uncomfortable.

In response to my recent request for info about dishwashers, a number
of folks sent me offline answers and several said things like "and you
can let the dishes accumulate all week".  If a dishwasher doesn't
sterlilize, how come these folks are still with us?

Karen