No. And I'm generally fussy about things like that.

Just water? No, of course I wouldn't wash it. I might rinse it in hot water, just because I also don't like to dry dishes and it would dry quicker that way, LOL.

Why would you wash it? Unless it was in the cabinet on a high shelf for a long time, and might be dirty, but that's very unlikely for a basic measuring cup. Or did she mean wash it first before putting it away? Either way it seems a strange idea. Also, she was rude to be appalled right in your face. I've been appalled in some kitchens but tried not to show it.

Ditto amck2. Obviously the neighbor washes cups with something other than water.

Sometimes I wash things on general purposes just because they've been handled, even though they weren't made dirty, so I understand the question. Still, if the cup was clean enough to (essentially) drink out of, and your hands were clean, and you didn't put it down in the raw chicken juice or jam (i.e., any place to transfer bacteria or food), why would you need to wash it? If it needed washing just because it had been sitting in the cupboard a long time--dust or something--it needed washing or rinsing before you used it.

When I lived abroad and had no money, I reused a plastic container from dish soap for cold food storage. A neighbor turned up her nose. I said that I had washed it thoroughly, and since what I was washing out of it was the soap that was used on all the dishes she was happy to eat off of, I didn't see the difference.

You normally rinse your dishes with water, right? And the water you put in your soup was the same or better quality water as you use for the dishes, right? What's the difference between rinsing off the soap and never putting soap in? It's a wet cup, and after sitting in the drainer, it's a dry cup.

I'm confused - did she want you to wash it before or after you used it? After makes no sense. Before makes sense if it's been sitting around a while and might be dusty. Kind of like silverware for me. Knives and forks get used and washed all the time so no need for a special wash before using, but I might at least rinse off a serving spoon that hasn't been used since Christmas.

Oh my goodness, of course you don't need to wash it.

Why, you are just going to rinse it in the same water you just poured out of it.

Your neighbor sounds a bit OCD.

There was a scene in the Mary Tyler Moore Show about this dilemma - if you just boiled water in a pan do you need to wash it? LOL

Next time, give your neighbor "the look".

I'll try "the look". There's a reason why this neighbor isn't a close friend! I suspect the OCD, but she's just a touch strange. ;-)

No I would have done exactly what you did.

Heck no, that would be akin to me washing the lid that I used to bring my water to a boil for the pasta.

I'd tell the neighbor that I wash it every time after measuring urine.

You're neighbor apparently has excess of leisure time. <lol>

No need to wash the measuring cup. It was just water, the same water you drink and bathe in.

I agree, there is no reason at all to wash a cup that you measured water in. That's silly AND a waste of time and water.

Annie

Nuts

I would wash it, just in case my hands were dirty when handling the cup.

Because the rinse water is cleaner than the cooking water?

I love that look! No, of course I wouldn't have rinsed it!

Hospitals don't do it.

dcarch

I thought about this some more throughout a long bout of insomnia last night. Obviously if my hands were dirty from other food prep, then I'd make sure at least the handle got cleaned. But the less obvious time I'd clean it is if it could get dirty from adding the water. For example, say I've got some onions sautéing in butter and or oil. Then I add some rice and give it a few stirs. Then I add the water and it sputters in the hot pan, shooting up steam which clouds the measuring cup. There's likely some onion juice in that steam or grease droplets in the mix as well, so now I'd consider the cup dirty. Probably not dirty enough to earn space in the dishwasher or a fresh drop of soap if there's some residual in the sponge, but it would get a quick wash and rinse.

I don't even wash measuring cups and bowls I've had dry ingredients in, such as flour. I wipe them out with a towel and put them back up.

Maybe your neighbor didn't realize you only had water in the cup?

Sally

Haha and nuts. If i'm multi-tasking and running a few things at a time i might pull out a ball jar with my fresh clean hand, (the other may have some veg or corn bread goo prep from a few seconds before)...but if the clean hand opens the cabinet, grabs a cup, and some water to add, it goes upside down on the sink side dish drain...sits there as i may use it again a few times...it is clean.

If i grab it on the outside with a slightly soiled other hand, it goes in the dish washer...or in the sink for a bit. DH does the same. 'In sink' means need to be cleaned, upside down on the dish drain IS clean, just water wet.

If i loaded the laundry, ran outside to take out the trash, or pick up the mail, and a few other things....then added some water to a stock or such without washing up, i would put that jar in the dishwasher. But i always wash-up when i re-enter the kitchen.

I suspect some of the later posts lost track of the original post introduction:
'I took a glass 1-cup measuring cup out of the drawer, filled it with
water, and added the water to a pot on the stove. I then put the glass
cup on the dish drainer to dry and then put away.'
In this case, any additional activity is contaminating a 'rinsed' dish with soap and then re-rinsing.

@SnidelyWhiplash - thanks for the chuckle!

No.

I agree with the one word post above "NUTS".

So, do you wash it?
No, I don't see a reason to.

I don't understand where or when soap was introduced.

Sally

I think the word "wash" more than implies it!

Fight fire with fire and water with water! Purification ablutions definitely justified in this case.

Amazing how house cleaning sometimes morphs into exorcism. Sushipup, you were lax in the cosmic struggle between good and evil (grin grin grin)

After thinking about it more, I think there's more to do. When the neighbor stood up (to leave or whatever), I'd very visibly grab some bleach and a paper towel and sanitize where they sat and anything they touched mentioning something about not wanting anyone here to get sick.