"Lee Michaels" wrote in message
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"Leon" wrote

That is not true. My wife has never used anything but vegetable oil on
the butcher block and there has never been a problem with anything going
rancid, at least in the last 30 years. While mineral oil and or a
butcher block oil may be a better choice, vegetable oil has done just
fine for us.


Perhaps your wife has a magic touch in the kitchen?? :-)



That and she cleans the top after every use. I shutter to think that
some one would not. Perhaps the oil gets thinned down from use.