DarylRos wrote:

Any Hardwood will work for a cutting board. BRBR

Not true, don't use an open pored wood, oak is a terrible choice. A
previous poster mentioned walnut, which is not only worse, but stupid.
Walnut can cause toxic reactions.

his gives
you the reccommmended sanitizing solution of between 50 and 200 parts
per million of chlorine BRBR

A good freind who is a food health service expert recommends keeping a
spray bottle, with one tbs of clorox of one gallon of water., wipe, spray,
let dry. Much easier.

The best cutting board is probably osage orange, but it's really
expensive, and tghe dust gets everywhere. I would think apple and pear
work well. I actually ahd a birch one for years, and constant washing
didn't even disintegrate it. i made it before I "knew" that birch and
water don't mix. It probably started warping when I knew it was the wrong
thing to use.

Avoid padauk too; p;us any exotic where an allergiuc reaction is possible.

I wonder how ipe would be? Any ideas?

If you're concerned about allergic reactions from walnut, then run fast and
far from ipe. Google "Lapochol".

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