Some of my customers have confided in me that they don't do the whole shebang, cleaning the cupboards out and getting every scrap of possibly-leavened food out. Others do. But I've noticed it's like a lot of things, in that what you do is pretty much a function of what your mother did.

One of my customers who said she does the complete cleaning confided that honestly it's the only way she'd ever make sure her cupboards would get cleaned at least once a year. Which as a person who values cleanliness, I totally get.