"AL" > wrote in message
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>I want a giant butcher block like the one Jacques Pepin has. If I cut raw
>meat and then want to cut vegetables which will be eaten raw, how do I
>clean the surface? I currently use a thin plastic cutting board which I
>can wash in the sink but it is too small.

When I worked in a grocery store with a butcher, we cleaned the blocks every
night. First we scraped them using a wire brush that had wide blades, maybe
1/4", to get the top fat or whatever off. They we washed them down with a
bleach solution. Everything was sanitized with a bleach solution. No, we
did not finish them with any oils to make them look pretty, they were tools
to be used, not decorations to impress the neighbors.