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Mumsnet Discussions: Good housekeeping : How do you clean wodden chopping boards? (14 messages)
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Contact the poster See this person's profile Contact mumsnet about this post By belgo on Tue 13-May-08 08:16:04
I just squirt a bit of washing up liquid on it and give it a scrub. Then dry it immediately. One of the few things I don't put in the dishwasher.
Contact the poster See this person's profile Contact mumsnet about this post By PinkPussyCat on Tue 13-May-08 08:14:54
(I don't work for them btw!)
Contact the poster See this person's profile Contact mumsnet about this post By PinkPussyCat on Tue 13-May-08 08:13:28
Lakeland sell wooden chopping boards that are dishwasher safe - here
Contact the poster Contact mumsnet about this post By littlelapin on Tue 13-May-08 08:12:09
Oh my god if you could see my house you would not say that grin

<thinks about doing last night's washing up>

It's all DH's doing. Idolise him! grin
Contact the poster Contact mumsnet about this post By aquasea on Tue 13-May-08 08:07:38
Oh wow. I think you are my new idol, littlelapin. That's how I want to be. I would forget which colour went with what type of food. One day I will grow up and be a proper wife and mother instead of just pretending wink
Contact the poster Contact mumsnet about this post By littlelapin on Tue 13-May-08 07:53:20
Yep plastic.

Food is part of DH's remit in his job (Naval officer) and they aren't allowed to use wood either. It's all the cracks etc.

I have the ones with different coloured ends, so we don't use the same ones for meat and for veg, IYSWIM.
Contact the poster See this person's profile Contact mumsnet about this post By oregonianabroad on Tue 13-May-08 07:24:01
my parents had a restaurant when I was growing up. We used to periodically clean them with bleach to disenfect, and then rub mineral oil in. However, the Health Dept (this was in the states) rules that wooden blocks were un-hygenic, and we had to start using plastic.

HTH
Contact the poster Contact mumsnet about this post By aquasea on Tue 13-May-08 07:18:40
What do you use for meat then, littlelapin? Plastic? I didn't know you could put them in the dishwasher...
Contact the poster Contact mumsnet about this post By littlelapin on Tue 13-May-08 07:05:44
dishwashers envy
Contact the poster Contact mumsnet about this post By heronsfly on Tue 13-May-08 07:01:44
Im a really lazy cook/housewife, I use mine for everything and just bung it in the dishwasher after each usegrin
Contact the poster Contact mumsnet about this post By littlelapin on Tue 13-May-08 06:53:55
I wash them normally, and occasionally spray with Dettol spray. Don't soak them though - that way lies splitting!

And I don't use them for meat - only breads etc, or things like cooked pizza
Contact the poster Contact mumsnet about this post By 2sugarsagain on Tue 13-May-08 06:42:01
I must be slightly less than perfect as I just bung mine in the dishwasher grin
Contact the poster See this person's profile Contact mumsnet about this post By Buda on Tue 13-May-08 06:40:15
I prefer plastic as I just put then in the dishwasher.

But I have a wooden cheese board and I wash it with warm soapy water and a brush. Leave it to dry naturally.
Contact the poster Contact mumsnet about this post By aquasea on Tue 13-May-08 06:23:08
Yes, my question really is as dull as it sounds! I have never known how to clean woodn chopping boards. I wash them with washing up liquid. Is this how everyone else does it or are you supposed to use sprays or something stronger like the perfect women in the adverts do? grin


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