I keep the microplane with its cover on — the teeth don’t live bare in the drawer

The cheese or ginger is already in the bowl — and on the microplane shred still sits in the teeth. Easy to shove the bare tool “in the drawer until washing-up”: by morning the teeth are dull with crumbs, a finger catches, and the hand swears at the rasp. I rinse it now from the back under warm water, dry it and put the cover on — so the sharp teeth don’t live bare among the spoons.

I keep the microplane with its cover on — the teeth don’t live bare in the drawer. Washing zest off at once is another note; the box grater its own; frozen zest another story. Here it’s the microplane after cheese and ginger: cover on the teeth, dry — not a bare razor in the cutlery drawer.

If it has already dried on — warm water and a soft brush along the teeth, not a scourer across them. Wash from the back so crumbs come out, not pack deeper. Dishwasher — only if the cover and the instructions allow. I’m not choosing a new microplane with a review in this note — it’s about the one that already lives by the board.

I don’t need a microplane whose teeth sit bare and sticky in the drawer. I need a covered, dry one ready for the next zest or cheese. At yours do you put the cover on straight away — or already hunt bare teeth among the spoons with a finger?