On Mon, 23 May 2011 12:42:56 -0700 (PDT), David Paste
wrote:



Well YOUR logic may well lead you to that conclusion, but (some, not
all) wood is fine for food use,

Not all foods and not for all periods of time. To steam Chinese
pancakes for 3 minutes in a bamboo steamer, or to serve a salad for 1
hour is a different prospect to storing uncooked chicken joints 28
hours.

otherwise it would have been outlawed by the various money-collectors.

Can't be worth the trouble of administering a seperate tax / penalty
on olive wood salad servers.

Now you may not LIKE to use it, or
see it used, but that is a different matter.

Overall, fashion trumps wisdom.

Derek G