Vic Smith wrote:
On Mon, 28 Feb 2011 21:53:03 -0500, Tony Miklos
wrote:

On 2/28/2011 4:39 PM, ransley wrote:
On Feb 28, 2:16 pm, wrote:
What is food grade mineral oil? Do I get it at the hardware store or? I
just read wykepedia about oils to use on a cutting board that I have that is
drying up, and starting to split. It also suggests poppyseed or tung oil,
not sure where to get that, either. It seems to say NOT to use any kind of
cooking oil, as it becomes rancid. What do YOU use?

Steve

Tung oil I would not use , it hardens as a finish that will wear off
into your food. I dont know of any non food grade "mineral oil", its
all edible from the pharmacy.

I know of one mineral oil that isn't food grade.... baby oil. It's
mineral oil with perfume.

My wife is a chef. She's says wood cutting boards are garbage.
Wanted to buy her one once, because I like maple.
Doesn't every man like a nice hardwood?
Anyway, she said don't even think about it.
Though I can't translate exactly from woman talk to man talk, my
take on what she said is basically "Wood if for amateurs."
Maybe even "A wood cutting board is sissy stuff."
Like I say, hard to translate.
At work she uses 3 plastic/acrylic cutting boards.
Green for veggies, white for cooked meat, red for raw meat.
They stain, but wash easily.
There are safety rules in commercial kitchens.
Wood or glass cutting boards not allowed.
Here at home she has a frosted clear plastic/acrylic board.
She loves it. It doesn't stain.
It's scratched a bit, but washes easily.

--Vic
Hi,
Isn't wood a bed for germ brewing of all kinds?