[QUOTE="SaladDodger"] 1. do you prepare your cat's food on the chopping board?[/QUOTE] No. It comes straight out of the pouch. [QUOTE] 2. are your cats fed on the kitchen table?[/QUOTE] No. SOP for the cat is to remove food from its bowl, and carry it to one of its lairs around the house, and there devour it. Or leave it to rot. [QUOTE] 3. do you wash the cat's bowls in with your own washing up?[/QUOTE] Yes, in the dishwasher [QUOTE] 4. am I *really* being just a little bit too precious about items 1 to 3?[/QUOTE] Yes