Skoy

 

Have you seen these? Adorable. Cheerful. Anti-funk. Biodegradable. Reusable for a long, long time. It's a sponge and a wash cloth in one.

I was sitting in the living room night after night, post dinner-time catching whiffs of the funky sponge sitting beside the kitchen sink. I had chocked my sensitivity to unsettling sponge aromas to pregnancy-induced over-active olfactory glands until N pointed out these nifty sponge cloths in the latest issue of Cooks' Illustrated and said we should ditch the funky sponges and try these. Two days and $8 later, we were happily wiping dishes clean with non-smelly cleaning implements.

Bonus: The company we ordered ours from is in San Diego County, so they ship fast and we get to support a local business.

Downsides: You'll need to hang onto a scratchy sponge to get at the caked-on crud Skoy sponges can't tackle. Also be cautious while cleaning sharp knives, as these slim pads don't provide the same buffer as a cushier sponge.