Aloha Friday

It's Friday again and that means just one thing: it's time for Aloha Friday! Don't know what that is, go over An Island Life and see how this all works.



Meanwhile here's my question:

How do you lovely ladies sterilize the dishes you buy at thrift stores and flea markets???

I looked up on the internet and i saw that many restaurants do a solution that is 1 part bleach and 2 parts water and then let the dishes air dry. But bleach on the plates I'm planning to use for food sounds a wee bit scary to me. Then again, what happens if the dishes are pewter dishes?? How do you sterilize that then?? And also consider i don't own a dishwasher..* bummer i know *
I'm really looking forward for your answers, cause I'm really in a pickle with this one here!
Thanks a lot!


Oh and also i received this cute award from Tricia @ Thought Treads Thanks alot Tricia!




The "Love Ya" Award states:
These blogs are exceedingly charming. These kind bloggers aim to find and be friends. They are not interested in self-aggrandizement. Our hope is that when the ribbons of these prizes are cut, even more friendships are propagated. Please give more attention to these writers. Deliver this award to eight bloggers who must choose eight more and include this cleverly-written text into the body of their award.

Now i pass this award to some other lovely ladies and their blogs:

Katie @ My First Year As A Wallace

Amy @ Swagstudio

Mel @ Over The Rainbow At Last

The Duncan Dialogues

Mary @ Shaking The Tree

B @ Simply B

Happy Aloha Friday Everyone!

21 comments:

Unknown said...

I just wash them with my regular dishes...

Auntie E said...

My dish washer has a sterilizing setting. i would use that.

Amy said...

Hey girl,
Sorry I missed you post the other day. Did you change your blog? It looks great? I do not know how to tell you about the dishes. I asked my Mom and she said, "bring them home and wash them" I know Ha Ha. Have a great weekend.

Anonymous said...

I've never sterilized any dishes I've gotten from the thrift. A good washing is all they need really.

Valerie said...

Just wash them is what I do. I haven't even really thought about sterilizing them.

MaryRC said...

what they're not clean when i bring them home? oh dang, maybe i should clean them now... :-) just kidding. i just throw them in the dishwasher, i figure, we all eat of used dished in restaurants so, whats the diff?

i love this award, thank you, i totally dig its purpose too!
xoxo maryrc

Kate said...

I don't have a dish washer either!!! (Its awful, right??) I don't think I would use bleach either...that kind of grosses me out. Hmmm...I would just use hot soapy water. I've never bought dishes at a thrift store because I don't have room for even the ones I got for the wedding, but thats what I would do if I needed to!

Thanks for the award!!!

OLLIE MCKAY'S ~ A Chic Boutique said...

Gosh ~ I always just used the dishwasher! And none of us ever got sick, so . . . .???

Shari@aPsychMommy said...

I just wash it with regular dish soap--never thought to sterilize

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Becca said...

I've never bought used dishes before because I don't always trust sterilization. I do tend to buy my dishes at the 99 cent store tho.

Everydaywoman said...

Um, haven't bought dishes second-hand, but I'd say running them through a dishwasher would be good enough for me. Without a DW, how 'bout just hot water and antiseptic soap?

Unknown said...

I let it soak a while in hot water and det. and then wash them.

Tara said...

Usually just regular dishwater.. or soak them in vinegar.

Mel said...

Thank you for the awesome award! :) My very first one and it has great meaning! Have an awesome weekend!

People Who Know Me Would Say: said...

Don't be afraid to use bleach. They now advertise sterlizing baby bottles with hot water and a capful of bleach (not a huge amount).

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Amy and her little family said...

Hey! Thank you so much!!!

I'm so excited :)

B said...

Thanks so much for the blog love! Right back at ya! x

Rita T. said...

Normal hot water and dish soap.

AudreyO said...

I have never bought my dishes at a thrift store. I will buy them at Target or dollar stores though. Very recently Ralphs had glasses for 99 cents each. I bought 6.