Microwave! I meant microwave!
I have grown my nails a bit, and now I’m seeing more typos. The price of vanity, or whatever.
If you’re stumped about the sponge thing, it’s simply a fairly good way to disinfect your kitchen sponge without replacing it. Especially if there are people in your house who don’t squeeze it out and just leave it in the sink with their un-scraped plates and some water. I am the furthest thing from a clean-freak, but old food + water = putrefaction, and that smells hella nasty!
You just need to watch the time so you don’t fry your sponge.
The OP suggested microwaving as one option in the original post.