[theChas.]

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.



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[OmManiPadmeOmelet]

In article >,
"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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[notbob]

On 2006-10-27, OmManiPadmeOmelet > wrote:

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

Repeated washings with soap and water will remove the oil as fast as
you can apply it and prevent the oil from becoming rancid. As for
mineral oil, I try to avoid using petroleum products for my food.

nb

[OmManiPadmeOmelet]

In article >,
notbob > wrote:

> On 2006-10-27, OmManiPadmeOmelet > wrote:
>
> > Mineral oil is generally the recommended oil.... It does not usually go
> > rancid.
>
> Repeated washings with soap and water will remove the oil as fast as
> you can apply it and prevent the oil from becoming rancid. As for
> mineral oil, I try to avoid using petroleum products for my food.
>
> nb

Note I said "recommended".

Personally, I use EVOO.
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[JoeSpareBedroom]

"OmManiPadmeOmelet" > wrote in message
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> In article >,
> notbob > wrote:
>
>> On 2006-10-27, OmManiPadmeOmelet > wrote:
>>
>> > Mineral oil is generally the recommended oil.... It does not usually go
>> > rancid.
>>
>> Repeated washings with soap and water will remove the oil as fast as
>> you can apply it and prevent the oil from becoming rancid. As for
>> mineral oil, I try to avoid using petroleum products for my food.
>>
>> nb
>
> Note I said "recommended".
>
> Personally, I use EVOO.
> --
> Peace, Om

....which becomes rancid, like all vegetable oils.

[OmManiPadmeOmelet]

In article >,
"JoeSpareBedroom" > wrote:

> "OmManiPadmeOmelet" > wrote in message
> news
> > In article >,
> > notbob > wrote:
> >
> >> On 2006-10-27, OmManiPadmeOmelet > wrote:
> >>
> >> > Mineral oil is generally the recommended oil.... It does not usually go
> >> > rancid.
> >>
> >> Repeated washings with soap and water will remove the oil as fast as
> >> you can apply it and prevent the oil from becoming rancid. As for
> >> mineral oil, I try to avoid using petroleum products for my food.
> >>
> >> nb
> >
> > Note I said "recommended".
> >
> > Personally, I use EVOO.
> > --
> > Peace, Om
>
> ...which becomes rancid, like all vegetable oils.

I've never had a rancid cutting board thank you. ;-)
I use it too frequently and wash it with hot soap and water after use.

I only oil it when it needs a bit of conditioning.

Do you even use a wood cutting board? I'm betting not......
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[Goomba38]

JoeSpareBedroom wrote:

>> Personally, I use EVOO.
>> --
>> Peace, Om
>
> ...which becomes rancid, like all vegetable oils.
>
And costs more per ounce too.

[Bob (this one)]

JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
> "OmManiPadmeOmelet" > wrote in message
> news
>> In article >,
>> notbob > wrote:
>>
>>> On 2006-10-27, OmManiPadmeOmelet > wrote:
>>>
>>>> Mineral oil is generally the recommended oil.... It does not usually go
>>>> rancid.
>>
>>> Repeated washings with soap and water will remove the oil as fast as
>>> you can apply it and prevent the oil from becoming rancid. As for
>>> mineral oil, I try to avoid using petroleum products for my food.
>>>
>>> nb
>> Note I said "recommended".
>>
>> Personally, I use EVOO.
>
> ....which becomes rancid, like all vegetable oils.
>

Yeah, well, that's the theory. You might want to smell the
pecan wood cutting board in my kitchen. My grandfather made
it more than 95 years ago. Been oiled with olive oil
forever. Only the barest hint of scent at all and it's a
good, clean food smell.

I used mineral oil once on one of my wooden boards. I didn't
like the smell and it didn't do anything better than
vegetable oils can do. There's always a lot of discussion
about rancidity in oils and I suspect that it's a distant
threat for most, not something they've actually encountered
much. In any event, rancid oil won't hurt you; it's not
toxic. Soapy water gets rid of oils, rancid or not.

Pastorio

[Goomba38]

OmManiPadmeOmelet wrote:

> Note I said "recommended".
>
> Personally, I use EVOO.

Why spend the extra money for EVOO when simple vegetable oil would do
the same?

[OmManiPadmeOmelet]

In article >,
Goomba38 > wrote:

> OmManiPadmeOmelet wrote:
>
> > Note I said "recommended".
> >
> > Personally, I use EVOO.
>
> Why spend the extra money for EVOO when simple vegetable oil would do
> the same?

I don't buy vegetable oil.
I don't like it.

I only use EVOO and peanut oil and the peanut oil is used for deep
frying.

It's not like it takes a lot to oil a board. ;-)
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