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tbh I'd rather use plastic bc they're easier to clean imo. still funny bc I have a not so irrational fear of dull knives after slicing my finger open while frustratedly using a one in the middle of a surprise brunch rush at the cafe…
by ass_spartan
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Airboards!
Wood cutting boards are better. Bacteria doesn’t live in wood. It does live in the crevices of plastic. Glass cutting boards make your knives dull and make you tend to slip because there is no groove created for the knife to slide through instead of turning into your fingers
Just hire someone to toss everything at you fruit ninja style.
Isn’t butcher paper technically wood?
I have two rubber cutting boards bought from a restaurant supply web site. Love them.
* Better for your knives than wood or plastic
* Soft surface reduces strain on hand and wrist
* Non-porous and naturally. anti-microbial
* Easy-to-clean with just soap and water
* Can sand to resurface
* NSF Certification (suitable for restaurants)
* Won’t crack or splinter like a wood cutting board.
Cut it in the palm of your hand to increase knife control
Throw it up in the air and then cut it midair like a samurai
You don’t need a board, gravity is free
I like the epicurean cutting boards, but for home use.
A good upward grained cutting board is all I want in life since I will probably never own a house pr business
Wood if properly maintained kills the bacteria
What about those marble stone ones? Those scare me tho kinda slippery hahah
Honestly, how do people think we got here? As a species, we used wooden cutting boards without refrigeration *or* antimicrobial soap for like hundreds of years.
We’re not all dead from E. Coli, so it should be fine
I’m learning so much about wood tonight… just gotta keep it maintained
Soap.
I bet he washes chicken in the sink too.
Mfw the dishwasher is cutting food on the sheet tray it was baked on
🙃
My answer is wood for most stuff, plastic for raw meat.
Wooden, just wash it well.
Plastic cutting boards are OK if you replace them every 5 years
Wood is fine. Since the dawn of kitchens
Cutting boards made of wood don’t have bacteria. It’s a myth and has been disproved multiple times, so cutting boards are better
Someone gave me metal boards for Christmas. I was like… Wtf would these do to my knives?
Wood is best. HDPE is second.
If they are unmaintained it doesn’t matter, which most are.
I tried a slate board once, got the sensation made me so uneasy
Just clean your plastic or wood board and put salt on it.
Bacteria is the right answer. There is bacteria on everything and eating it’s is very rarely harmful, sometimes even good for you.
Wood boards only house bacteria if you dont seal and wash them. To seal its as easy as rubbing on mineral oil and waiting 10 minutes then wiping everything off. Washing is also easy, just wash it by hand, then rub with mineral oil and wipe off immediately.
Use a new tree every time you have to cut something
If you have a cutting board of living wood which is oiled properly, it actually has antibacterial properties.
Health department in my county won’t let us use anything other than plastic so 🤷♂️
At home I use wood. Those microbes are part of the family at this point. A part of the kitchen microbiome, if you will.
Glass?
Plastic board feels and works like shit
Wood, vinegar, and a separate board for salmonella bird
the GOATED version is rubber cutting boards. They dull your knives less than even plastic (and probably wood) they are non porous so they don’t harbor bacteria. And they are soft and don’t shatter/shave so are unlikely to be as much of a problem when it comes to microplastics (and if you get a good brand, they don’t even contain plastics)
They also don’t need anything to make them nonslip on a counter.
Y’all didn’t have italian grandparents and it shows.
You take the most bullshit pairing knife you have and cut everything in your hands towards your body.