Sqwertz wrote:
> On Sun, 27 Sep 2009 21:08:18 -0400, KLS wrote:
>
>> I was given as a birthday gift last month a really wonderful cutting
>> board made of bamboo that is now available at Bed Bath and Beyond: 14"
>> x 28" (from memory), and reversible with a small trough on the
>> perimeter of one side suitable for slicing cooked meat. I really like
>> this thing: it holds the point of the chef's knife and reduces the
>> risk of personal maiming that I tend to experience with the plastic
>> boards, and it has a nice tight grain that is not so tight it won't
>> hold the point (a problem I've experienced in certain wood boards).
>> This cost less than $30, highly competitive with the John Boos boards
>> I was lusting after, and entirely satisfactory! And probably a lot
>> lighter as it's about half the thickness and therefore much easier to
>> transport with one hand over to the skillet or pot awaiting the
>> chopped food to be cooked. Highly recommended, and I may actually go
>> buy a second to have for the future (Dee Dee would appreciate this
>> concept).
>
> I now have three bamboo cutting boards. And a bamboo napkin holder
> that allows them to stand upright against the back wall of the
> counter for safe and convenient storage.
>
> -sw

I have several bamboo cutting boards, too. I love them. My knives love
them, too. They don't dull as quickly as they do on other media.

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Janet Wilder
Way-the-heck-south Texas
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