I’ve only used plastic so far. A friend was moving and she gave me her wooden cutting board. I cut something with it, and some grease got on the cutting board. Now I can’t remove the yellow spot no matter what I do. What can I do to clean it?
I’ve only used plastic so far. A friend was moving and she gave me her wooden cutting board. I cut something with it, and some grease got on the cutting board. Now I can’t remove the yellow spot no matter what I do. What can I do to clean it?
Plastic harbors bacteria. Every cut makes a tiny groove for the wee folks to inhabit. These folks started researching wood v. plastic back in the 90s: https://cms.johnboos.com/assets/wood-vs-plastic-cutting-boards.pdf
Not to mention all the microplastics that shed on your food when the knife cuts into the board.
Plastic goes in the dishwasher. Wood doesn’t. Plastic is cleaner.
Dishwashers aren’t some magical tool. They just wash so you don’t have to.
Well, that and… I put wood boards through the dishwasher all the time. Not end grain blocks, but regular low profile boards.
I was doing that with a wood board about 7 or 8 years ago, eventually a chunk fell off the side. I kept using it. Then, it warped. That’s when it was tossed and I got a plastic one.
I tossed mine and got a new one.
Plastic needs to be bleached for 30 minutes to remove contamination. A dishwasher won’t be enough.
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Believe what you want… if you aren’t bleaching your plastic cutting boards, you’re breeding bacteria. Wood has anti microbial properties that leeps this under control. See the link upstream for one of the best studies on the topic.