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I put the lid down. The counters are tools meant to be used. Sometimes it's neat to watch the heat from the lid heat up the air inside just enough to lift the lid so that it skates across the counter on a thin film of water. The kids think I am magic. They also wonder how I am able to fart when they pull my finger, but that's another thread for another time.

If the lid is really nasty, you can put it in the sink or on a towel.

The skating lid trick only works with my revere ware lids, not my counterfeit Le Creuset lids. That would have to be a hot lid.