Of course, filling up the sink or the dishtub for a handful of dishes doesn't tread easily on the fresh water supply--nor the gray water tank space. We've tried a "new wrinkle" by using the new "direct foam" dishwashing soap, put out by Dawn. The idea here is to pump a single squirt of the direct foam cleanser on a sponge, then wipe the offending dish down with it, give it a quick rinse, and off it goes. It really does tend to hold down the use of water, particularly if you catch the rinse water in a tub or pot and use it until it's too full of soap to rinse. We have learned that using HOT water in the sponge is a must if you really want a good cleanup. There are times when we resort to the dish tub and regular dish soap: When we have a major stack of dishes or a lot of greasy pots and pans.
