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"theChas." > wrote:

> I once read in a Chinese cookbook to wash a wooden cutting board with soap
> and water, rinse, then wipe as dry as you can get it.... then wash it with
> lemon or lime juice... then wipe it down and rub in peanut oil to preserve
> it. I believe this procedure is for a board that is used very often. The
> peanut oil will eventually go bad.

Mineral oil is generally the recommended oil.... It does not usually go
rancid.
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