In article k.net>,
margaret suran > wrote:

> Christy, My daughter Debbie, who has a woodworking shop in her house,
> thinks your Cutting Board's wood may have rotted. If it did, she thinks
> that you may poison the foods you cut on it.
>
> I told her that you and Allan think of it as an heirloom, after she said
> you should throw it out.
>
> Here is what she wrote. Please, do not be offended.
>
> > Then tell them to put it on a shelf. If it smells rotten it's very
> > likely because it *is* rotten, and they risk food poisoning by
> > continuing to use it. Which is REALLY, REALLY STUPID. So unless
> > they can easily afford a visit to the
> > emergency room because they've given themselves food poisoning by
> > NOT PAYING ATTENTION TO WHAT THEIR NOSES ARE
> > TELLING THEM, they should not continue using it.
> >
> > Would they eat meat that
> > smelled like cat shit after washing it off with vinegar or lemon
> > juice?! WOOD IS POROUS, IT CANNOT BE CLEANED IF IT IS ROTTEN!
> > Sheesh!

Rotted wood is soft and crumbly.

I had to have a lot of rotted wood trim replace on the outside of my
house when I re-financed for major repairs.

I think TFM can tell rotted wood. :-)
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