On Dec 28, 8:13�pm, jay > wrote:
> On Fri, 28 Dec 2007 15:17:44 -0800, koko wrote:
> > On Fri, 28 Dec 2007 16:54:27 -0500, "Nancy Young" >
> > wrote:
>
> >><koko> wrote
>
> >>> This was an opportunity to check out the bamboo cutting boards. I
> >>> stopped by Linens & Things on my way home.
> >>> They are beautiful, more environmentally friendly and inexpensive. Not
> >>> to mention quite a bit lighter in weight than the standard wood
> >>> cutting board.
>
> >>I think you'll be happy with it. �Good looking board.
> >>Washes up nicely, too, just drain it on its side.
>
> >>nancy
>
> > I just cut up veggies for vegetable soup and got it's first scars :-(
> > so far I like it.
>
> > koko
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> > updated 12/28
>
> > "There is no love more sincere than the love of food"
> > � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � �George Bernard Shaw
>
> I think mine knocks the edge off my knives somewhat faster than maple or
> poly.. pretty though. �I don't know if they are all as hard as mine..
> cutting board that is. (:

That's because those bamboo boards are primarily an epoxy binder which
is hard and quite abrasive. Laminate bamboo cutting boards and
flooring is a bunch of hype, there is nothing "green" about epoxy.