On Sat, 03 Jan 2004 12:04:33 GMT, Frogleg
> wrote:

> 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.

I like to oil the raw wood at least once to give them a fast
start seasoning. I don't submerge my cutting boards, but
they certainly do get wet and soapy (& swished with a dish
brush or Dobie). The real trick is to dry them or at least
let them drip dry where they don't sit with an edge in the
run off water.


Practice safe eating - always use condiments