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" > wrote:

> I learned by sad experience that repeated water and soap washings, even
> if "wiped off and set on end to dry," the wood will absorb the water
> even after you wipe it up, and eventually warp and split along the
> joins, if it is butcher block.

I acquired two long narrow cutting boards by that method. Actually,
they're very useful. ;-)

Priscilla
--
"And what's this crap about Sodomites? It's always Sodomites this and
Sodomites that. What about us Gomorrahians? We were there too; we
deserve some mention. Sodom always gets the credit, and Gomorrah always
does the work." - JohnN in alt.religion.christian.episcopal