Comment on How to get greasy spots out of wooden cutting board properly?

frog_brawler@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Plastic harbors bacteria. Every cut makes a tiny groove for the wee folks to inhabit. These folks started researching wood v. plastic back in the 90s: https://cms.johnboos.com/assets/wood-vs-plastic-cutting-boards.pdf

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  • scytale@piefed.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Not to mention all the microplastics that shed on your food when the knife cuts into the board.

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  • frog_brawler@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Plastic goes in the dishwasher. Wood doesn’t. Plastic is cleaner.

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    • adespoton@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Dishwashers aren’t some magical tool. They just wash so you don’t have to.

      Well, that and… I put wood boards through the dishwasher all the time. Not end grain blocks, but regular low profile boards.

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      • frog_brawler@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I was doing that with a wood board about 7 or 8 years ago, eventually a chunk fell off the side. I kept using it. Then, it warped. That’s when it was tossed and I got a plastic one.

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