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Does anyone have separate chopping boards in their home?

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IcouldstillbeJoseph · 03/12/2012 12:53

Was just going to buy a new chopping board and wondering whether I'm being a minger dicing with death just having one, wooden board....

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Frontpaw · 03/12/2012 12:56

Yes but only because DH bought my a nice set with little piccies on it because he thought it looked nice.

Usually I have a big thick wooden one for bread and glass for meat. I prefer plastic one for veggies. Not sure why... I'm just odd I suppose!

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InExitCelsisDeo · 03/12/2012 12:56

I have 5 6 wooden boards and four plasticky ones each with a different symbol for chicken, fish, veg and meat.

Do you think I have issues? Xmas Wink

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IwishyouaMerryChristmas · 03/12/2012 12:57

I have 4 in different colours with different symbols.

I use the first one that comes to hand!

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AfterEightMintyy · 03/12/2012 12:58

I have a large wooden board, a large plastic board for onions and garlic only, a small plastic board for cutting up say one apple or a lemon, and a set of these.

So, yes, I have 7 chopping boards Xmas Grin.

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HousewifefromBethlehem · 03/12/2012 12:58

Yes I use a wooden block for veg and a glass one for meat, onions and garlic.

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HousewifefromBethlehem · 03/12/2012 13:00

But then I see Jamie, Gordon et al on the telly carving meat on a wooden board so maybe they know secret cheffy things us mere mortals don't :o

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Frontpaw · 03/12/2012 13:01

Last count I had 8. And I use them allllll! Oh no, I have 9 as our bread in had one in the bottom. No, it's 10, but that's really a wooden cheeseboard. I have another 2 marble cheeseboards that I use to chop on too.

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BahSaidPaschaHumbug · 03/12/2012 13:02

I have 5 chopping boards, of which only 2 ever get used. Indiscriminately.

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AfterEightMintyy · 03/12/2012 13:03

Its perfectly safe to cut meat and poultry on a wooden board, so long as you wash it thoroughly in hot water and w up liquid.

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Frontpaw · 03/12/2012 13:04

I also chop on my worktops as they are granite and indestructable. I am chop-chop-happy!

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IcouldstillbeJoseph · 03/12/2012 13:10

I am obviously a poor excuse for a wife, woman and mother only having the one board Grin

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WhoKnowsWhereTheMistletoes · 03/12/2012 13:13

I've got 4 identical small wooden ones that get used for everything and go in the dishwasher afterwards. If I had to for example cut some bread, chop some veg and chop some meat I would do it in that order and straight in the DW.

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Frontpaw · 03/12/2012 13:14

I have been used to chop melon after onions (just a quick rinse). Not recommended!

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RoverQuestion · 03/12/2012 13:17

I've only got one - a wooden one.

Rarely chop meat on it though because I'm too lazy to keep washing it during one cooking session - I use scissors to chop meat directly into the pan.

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Methe · 03/12/2012 13:19

I've only got one wooden one up need more.. Garlic crumpets ain't nice.

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Frontpaw · 03/12/2012 13:21

That sounds... Very 'continental'!

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shabooby · 03/12/2012 13:24

I have none, I use a plate Blush

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Snorbs · 03/12/2012 13:26

One plastic one that only gets used for raw meat and that gets disinfectant on it after every use, and one wooden one that gets used for everything else.

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SmeggingAroundTheChristmasTree · 03/12/2012 13:28

Yes - one wooden butchers block. One resiny/plastic one which goes in the dishwasher (want more, it's brilliant. Top gourmet is the brand). A glass one for raw poultry only. And a bread board.

Wood contains natural antibacterial qualities, apparently. Still can't bring myself to chop raw poultry on it though.

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PolterGoose · 03/12/2012 14:04

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AdoraJingleBells · 03/12/2012 17:23

I have seperate ones, one for raw meat/fish another for bread, then a few spares. I was doing well complying with OH's germaphobe ways, until I realised he was cutting bread on the raw fish boardXmas Shock, now I don't bother as long as the boards get washed properly.

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rubyrubyruby · 03/12/2012 17:30

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Panzee · 03/12/2012 17:32

I have 3
One for bread
One for small veg
One for larger veg
Although husband just uses nearest one. Garlic toast and jam, bleugh!

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Panzee · 03/12/2012 17:32

Oh and I use the veg ones for meat, or sometimes a plate.

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YoHoHoAndABottleOfSherry · 03/12/2012 17:33

I have a big plastic one, a big glass one, two small plastic ones, and a wooden one that I never use because I can't put it in the dishwasher
The glass one is reserved for meat, everything else can be chopped on the plastic ones.

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