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"Leon" wrote:

"Robatoy" wrote in message
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but NOT peanut oil.... that **** can kill people. Rare, but it can
happen.

What I meant to say was let the oil from the foods you cut up naturally soak
in to the block.

I thought that's what you meant, Leon. I just can't help myself when it
comes to tossing in the Peanut allergy warning. A kid in my daughter's
class had that allergy. Nasty. His parent held an info meeting on the
topic.
I grew up eating meat from a butcher who did it all on a huge block of
whatever wood. This guy made everything by hand. It is his fault I love
sausages so much.
I'm pretty sure that's what the old-time butchers relied on. That and a
splash of bleach. That was, of course in the pre-bandsaw days when they
had to bust a joint with a cleaver... hard work.