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inthewids

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Aug 12, 2008
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Some commercial kitchens have started using wooden boards again, they have found they are no less hygienic than plastic, infact sometimes more hygienic. It is the enviromental health that push the different colours for different things, i have worked in kitchens for over ten years and each year the regulations just get more ridiculous.
 

Toddy

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Jan 21, 2005
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That really surprises me, I have friends who are chefs and they won't even consider a wooden handles knife in their kitchens let alone cutting boards.
I do use wooden ones, but as I said, when I'm prepping for other folks.....

cheers,
Toddy
 

mr dazzler

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Aug 28, 2004
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As far as I know butchers still have end grained beech block cutting tables to work on in therer shop's, can you imagine walking into a butcher shop with bright red work tops LOL:lmao: . I saw them using that salt sterilising thing on the tudor farm kitchen. Robin Wood said something about this once, they did research some where that proves that plastic is often worse than woood for chopping board's, the tiny shreds on the plastic surfcae allows bacteria to build up, some wood are naturally anti bacterial apparently.
 

SimonM

Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
Apr 7, 2007
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www.wood-sage.co.uk
Like others, I prep as much as possible before I set off.

I recently bought some of these...
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... for when i take the kids camping.

They fold flat, and are stored inside my 16cm Zebra billy. The bottom is designed to be used as a cutting board.

If car camping, I take a large box with all my kitchen equipment in, which includes a full sized, plastic, chopping board.

Simon
 

Fraxinus

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Oct 26, 2008
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Canterbury
Thanks Inthewids,
Nicked this bit from his link as I cannot find the one I wanted...
"Wood has some advantages over plastic in that it is somewhat self healing; shallow cuts in the wood will close up on their own. Wood also has natural anti-septic properties.[1]"

Plastic will trap nasties to be released later when cut into. There is a site with a much better argument for the use of wood over plastic that I cannot find at the mo' ( lost link when lappie died).
Indeed if you are worried about useing wood why use wooden spoons for cooking and eating? They are sealed in similar ways and washed in similar ways.
Last word... Wood is good, plastic enviromentaly not so chic!
Fraxinus
 

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