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 2 points 21 hours ago

this is the correct answer

[–] elephantium@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day 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 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] elephantium@lemmy.world 2 points 8 hours ago

I had one of those in the last place I lived. It was super nice. I wanna say I would just pull it out to use as a work surface and use a second cutting board. Easier cleanup that way.