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Old sponges are smelly as shit though.
New sponges have an unnaturally nice chemical smell.
Daily sponge microwaving make sense?
There is absolutely a food safety reason to replace a sponge. Most bacteria don't just die when they're in dry nutrient poor environments. They desiccate themselves into a spore form. Those spores can stay like that for very long periods of time until their environment becomes more wet. Then they can continue their lifecycle until they dry out again. Dry doesn't mean sterile.
Yes, but also, mold does grow on the sponge.