On Thu, 01 Jan 2004 22:47:13 +0000, Alex > wrote:

>Does anyone actually wash their boards? i.e. submerge in the bowl along
>with the plates and stuff?

Regularly. Always, after cutting up meat things. Have had 2-3 wooden
boards for at least 15 years getting this treatment and they're as
flat and unsplit as they were on day 1. Have never applied any sort of
oil, either.