Nobody should be preparing food on an uncleaned counter in the first place. Or directly on the counter at all. Store your cutting boards vertically (I put them between the canisters and the wall) to keep all kinds of dirt off them. Cat or no cat, but especially if you have what's essentially an inquisitive toddler who can leap 4+ feet and climb to the ceiling.

[–] jimmy90@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

this is the correct answer

[–] elephantium@lemmy.world 0 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

This may not fully apply to people who have those cool little pull-out cutting boards nestled under their counters.

Those are kind of a cheat code for keeping cats off them.

[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

You know, I actually have one of those pull-out ones and I almost never use it! It came with the home but it's so big it doesn't fit well in the sink to clean it.