Eastern Maple aka Rock Maple aka sugar maple (as in the tree that maple
suyrp comes from), totally food safe.

Pat in Greenacres, WA

"Creamy Goodness" creamy at agbgaming dot com wrote in message
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I'm going to be turning some kitchen utensils for Christmas presents and
was
wondering what makes good and durable wood for this. I've thought of
pecan
or walnut but was also wanting a few other types.

thanks in advance.