Comments on: What cutting board is the best? http://youthinside.org/2007/12/21/what-cutting-board-is-the-best/ All About Shopping Sat, 19 May 2012 16:40:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Neil B http://youthinside.org/2007/12/21/what-cutting-board-is-the-best/#comment-1216 Neil B Tue, 15 Jan 2008 03:28:25 +0000 http://youthinside.org/2007/12/21/what-cutting-board-is-the-best/#comment-1216 No No No - do not buy a plastic cutting board . The only ones to use to keep your knives sharp are wooden ones and an End Grain one if you can find one. . Buy a GOOD Chefs knife and a Santoku for slicing vegies etc. That is all you will need for 95% of cooking.Remember a good chefs knife will be at least $150 but extrapolate that over 30 years and what has it cost you. Email me for more advice No No No - do not buy a plastic cutting board . The only ones to use to keep your knives sharp are wooden ones and an End Grain one if you can find one.
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Buy a GOOD Chefs knife and a Santoku for slicing vegies etc. That is all you will need for 95% of cooking.Remember a good chefs knife will be at least $150 but extrapolate that over 30 years and what has it cost you. Email me for more advice

]]> By: ken b http://youthinside.org/2007/12/21/what-cutting-board-is-the-best/#comment-1215 ken b Mon, 14 Jan 2008 20:56:32 +0000 http://youthinside.org/2007/12/21/what-cutting-board-is-the-best/#comment-1215 Any thing from Boos Board. Co . Never use glass with your good knives!!!!! Any thing from Boos Board. Co . Never use glass with your good knives!!!!!

]]> By: jfl http://youthinside.org/2007/12/21/what-cutting-board-is-the-best/#comment-1214 jfl Mon, 14 Jan 2008 19:36:41 +0000 http://youthinside.org/2007/12/21/what-cutting-board-is-the-best/#comment-1214 Replace worn out boards with: Plastic for fruit. Plastic for raw meat, fish, chicken, etc. Wash well and bleach all plastic ones. A good wooden cutting board is a wonderful investment! Do yourself a favor and don.'t skimp on one. You will use it for many years and be glad you paid the money. I always rub some lemon and salt on the board. This really freshens it up. NEVER use soap on a wooden board. It will absorb the flavor of it. Yuk! Replace worn out boards with:

Plastic for fruit.
Plastic for raw meat, fish, chicken, etc.

Wash well and bleach all plastic ones.

A good wooden cutting board is a wonderful investment!
Do yourself a favor and don.’t skimp on one.
You will use it for many years and be glad you paid the money.

I always rub some lemon and salt on the board. This really freshens it up.

NEVER use soap on a wooden board.
It will absorb the flavor of it.
Yuk!

]]> By: David L http://youthinside.org/2007/12/21/what-cutting-board-is-the-best/#comment-1213 David L Sun, 13 Jan 2008 04:35:33 +0000 http://youthinside.org/2007/12/21/what-cutting-board-is-the-best/#comment-1213 get 2 wood cutting boards. One large one for veggies and one medium one for meats. Bamboo is best but almost any wood is good. Plastic will dull your knives and glass is even worse. get 2 wood cutting boards. One large one for veggies and one medium one for meats.

Bamboo is best but almost any wood is good.

Plastic will dull your knives and glass is even worse.

]]> By: mason pearson http://youthinside.org/2007/12/21/what-cutting-board-is-the-best/#comment-1212 mason pearson Wed, 09 Jan 2008 21:16:49 +0000 http://youthinside.org/2007/12/21/what-cutting-board-is-the-best/#comment-1212 Wood and get a good one from a hard wood like oak or maple. Wooden cutting boards are a lot easier on knives. Plastic ones dull knives very quickly and glass is worse. Glass cutting boards IMHO are dangerous. The knife slips and cuts you instead of what you are cutting. Wood has an antibacterial quality also. The health department in Texas got the bright idea that plastic boards had to be better than wood, for not particular reason I could ever figure out. Texas A&M University did a study and found more bacteria growing on plastic than on wood. You should sanitize any cutting board. Use about a 1 1/2 teaspoons or bleach to a gallon of water. That is a accepted by all health departments I am aware of. In Texas each station (work area in a kitchen) has to have a stanatizer on the station. Do your new knives a favor and get a good cutting board to go with them. A note on knives... sharp ones cut what you want them to cut and dull ones slid off and cut you. Wood and get a good one from a hard wood like oak or maple. Wooden cutting boards are a lot easier on knives. Plastic ones dull knives very quickly and glass is worse. Glass cutting boards IMHO are dangerous. The knife slips and cuts you instead of what you are cutting.

Wood has an antibacterial quality also. The health department in Texas got the bright idea that plastic boards had to be better than wood, for not particular reason I could ever figure out. Texas A&M University did a study and found more bacteria growing on plastic than on wood.

You should sanitize any cutting board. Use about a 1 1/2 teaspoons or bleach to a gallon of water. That is a accepted by all health departments I am aware of. In Texas each station (work area in a kitchen) has to have a stanatizer on the station.

Do your new knives a favor and get a good cutting board to go with them.

A note on knives… sharp ones cut what you want them to cut and dull ones slid off and cut you.

]]> By: Stephen H http://youthinside.org/2007/12/21/what-cutting-board-is-the-best/#comment-1211 Stephen H Mon, 07 Jan 2008 22:09:57 +0000 http://youthinside.org/2007/12/21/what-cutting-board-is-the-best/#comment-1211 If your cutting-board is getting badly scored, replace it with either another good hard plastic one, or a glass one. Wood cutting boards should NEVER be used, they can hold so many pathogens. The best way to clean ANY cutting board, especially after cutting meat, is to use one of those green nylon scrubbers and a solution of bleach & water. This will remove all the debris from the board and sanitize it at the same time. As to your knives, the harder the surface the more dulling they will inflict on knives, but all knives dull with use in any case, so get a good steel and learn how to use it effectively. Sharpen your knives before use, not in the middle of their use, as this will avoid contaminating the steel. A quick hot rinse of the blade after steeling will remove any metal dust left behind. If your cutting-board is getting badly scored, replace it with either another good hard plastic one, or a glass one. Wood cutting boards should NEVER be used, they can hold so many pathogens. The best way to clean ANY cutting board, especially after cutting meat, is to use one of those green nylon scrubbers and a solution of bleach & water. This will remove all the debris from the board and sanitize it at the same time.
As to your knives, the harder the surface the more dulling they will inflict on knives, but all knives dull with use in any case, so get a good steel and learn how to use it effectively. Sharpen your knives before use, not in the middle of their use, as this will avoid contaminating the steel. A quick hot rinse of the blade after steeling will remove any metal dust left behind.

]]> By: winenut http://youthinside.org/2007/12/21/what-cutting-board-is-the-best/#comment-1210 winenut Sat, 05 Jan 2008 05:01:12 +0000 http://youthinside.org/2007/12/21/what-cutting-board-is-the-best/#comment-1210 For sanitation, plastic is best because you can put them in the dishwasher (I know you don't have one, but for most) but I think people are too santize-crazy. Wood cutting boards have been around for ages and as long as you clean them reasonably after using them, no one is going to get sick. After all, you aren't eating your meat raw, right? Hard rock maple and oak boards are probably the best for traditional woods, bamboo is a new choice but large boards are pretty expensive. Get a bigger board than you think you need. Also, thicker boards won't warp when you wash them. For great knives, go with something from Germany: Wustoff or Henkels. For sanitation, plastic is best because you can put them in the dishwasher (I know you don’t have one, but for most) but I think people are too santize-crazy. Wood cutting boards have been around for ages and as long as you clean them reasonably after using them, no one is going to get sick. After all, you aren’t eating your meat raw, right?

Hard rock maple and oak boards are probably the best for traditional woods, bamboo is a new choice but large boards are pretty expensive. Get a bigger board than you think you need. Also, thicker boards won’t warp when you wash them.

For great knives, go with something from Germany: Wustoff or Henkels.

]]> By: Lasha http://youthinside.org/2007/12/21/what-cutting-board-is-the-best/#comment-1209 Lasha Wed, 02 Jan 2008 07:47:56 +0000 http://youthinside.org/2007/12/21/what-cutting-board-is-the-best/#comment-1209 Wood cutting boards are best.... they are better on your knives and wood naturally kills off any bacteria left after cleaning Wood cutting boards are best…. they are better on your knives and wood naturally kills off any bacteria left after cleaning

]]> By: Erin B http://youthinside.org/2007/12/21/what-cutting-board-is-the-best/#comment-1208 Erin B Tue, 01 Jan 2008 08:00:59 +0000 http://youthinside.org/2007/12/21/what-cutting-board-is-the-best/#comment-1208 Personally, I use wood cutting boards because I find them easier to work with and they don't dull my knives as easily as the plastic and glass ones. I have a big one that I use for chopping veggies and a smaller one that I use for meat. But, when I am through with them and I have cleaned them with soap and water, I put some peroxide on a paper towel and clean the surfaces with it as well, it will really get up any bacteria left over. Personally, I use wood cutting boards because I find them easier to work with and they don’t dull my knives as easily as the plastic and glass ones. I have a big one that I use for chopping veggies and a smaller one that I use for meat. But, when I am through with them and I have cleaned them with soap and water, I put some peroxide on a paper towel and clean the surfaces with it as well, it will really get up any bacteria left over.

]]> By: penny century http://youthinside.org/2007/12/21/what-cutting-board-is-the-best/#comment-1207 penny century Sun, 30 Dec 2007 03:52:48 +0000 http://youthinside.org/2007/12/21/what-cutting-board-is-the-best/#comment-1207 Bin the plastic boards and buy wood - hard wood like bamboo is good. They are more hygenic as wood contains an antibacterial. Glass boards are rubbish too, they make the knife slip which is dangerous and they make a godawful noise when used. Bin the plastic boards and buy wood - hard wood like bamboo is good. They are more hygenic as wood contains an antibacterial. Glass boards are rubbish too, they make the knife slip which is dangerous and they make a godawful noise when used.

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