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Actually wooden cutting boards are safer than plastic ones because the plastic ones not only result in lots of plastic particles being dislodged while cutting b
by hnbad 2y ago
Actually wooden cutting boards are safer than plastic ones because the plastic ones not only result in lots of plastic particles being dislodged while cutting but also the cuts into the board are harder to clean and result in a higher likelihood of contamination.
Wooden boards need to be maintained, however, which with frequent use means occasionally sanding them down a bit in addition to the usual cleaning and oiling. The problem with wooden boards is mostly that they're not dishwasher-safe and people are too lazy to clean them properly by hand. A plastic cutting board you regularly put in the dishwasher is probably safer than a wooden one you only half-heartedly rinse, at least in terms of contamination.
- Etheryte 2y agoWood and plastic are not the only two options in your life, this is a silly framing.
- moe_sc 2y agoWhat else is? Certainly neither glass nor metal, since they dull knives way to fast.
- dotancohen 2y agoThe lignin in wood is also extremely effective at dulling knives.
- kazinator 2y agoThe cutting bits of woodworking tools pass through more wood in a minute than a knife does over its entire lifetime.
- jamiek88 2y agoWhat else do you use as a cutting board then? Slate? Metal?
- Cthulhu_ 2y agoI have a composite (???) cutting board, the surface kinda feels like it's papery / fibrous something when it's wet and some of the bits flake off. But it's dishwasher safe.
- bearbin 2y agoInstead of wood _or_ plastic, you have wood _and_ plastic in one board! (Or rather, paper mixed with some sort of formaldehyde resin)
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- larsrc 2y agoAnd that's why you should pour boiling water over any implement that has been in contact with raw meat.