Important that the board is fully dry before adding the oil (like dry it overnight to make sure there's no water) because sealing in water is not a good idea.
@@ApolloandMuse it cleans the wood while maintaining the integrity of the wood allowing it to last longer and keeping it safe for food prep. Putting it through the dishwasher or using regular dish soap on it all the time or not oiling it will cause the wood to degrade and allow for bacteria to grow putting you at risk.
mixing lemon and baking soda literally is just as effective as using salt alone. it looks like it does something because you get the fizz but that's just the acid and the base neutralizing each other
The acid can act as a solvent and the bubbles can help agitate particles so you can wipe them away more easily, I think that’s why it’s used to clean things
I just surrended trying to make people understand it. Baking soda is very helpful as a abrasive product (if you rub it), but if you wanna use it as a "disinfectant", that won't do absolutely anything. Also, using it with lemon or winegar is literally useless, since you're producing sodium citrate, which is a weak acid. Lemon (better citric acid) is great only for cleaning limestone stains or to neutralize ONLY acid smells.
@@eulili.it does tho, the bubbling does apply mechanical force to the surface debris and makes it easier to remove. The salt alone is way more effective as an abrasive though and probably would have been fine
If you keep it level and let the baking soda and acid SIT on the board, it'll scrub it. But just pouring it on and wiping it off is pointless. Rinse with vinegar? Again, almost pointless if you don't let it sit. This is bad advice.
You should use more oil or use your hands to massage the oil into the board instead so the kitchen roll doesn’t soak it all up instead of the board, it still looks quite dry and not that well coated, you really need to be liberal with the oil to get a good cost to prevent moisture getting in causing mould to grow and the board to crack
Baking soda and lemon cancel there effect, so you are not actually using non of those due effect. And vinegar and baking soda also cancel there effect if mix, because one is basic and the other is acidic
I prefer to use a cutting board that won’t soak in the liquid from the produce or meats being cut, so I don’t have to worry about salmonella and other food born pathogens. I also have one cutting board for meat(made of special glass), one for vegetables and fruit, and one for cheeses and such. They are color coded so none of them get used for the wrong thing. I used to use a wood cutting board just for vegetables, but even at that a friend took a scrape from it and had it analyzed and the amount and varieties of bacteria on it was horrifying. I will never use a wood cutting board again, and I don’t want any butcher block countertops either.
Hia:) it doesn't make sence to use lemon and soda together, they react with each other and form gas and water, canceling each other out so to speak. use one after another the get vest results :D
@@darkglassedeyes and wooden boards are porous and absorb whatever you cut on them. Good luck with all the bacteria you’re storing in that thing, especially from meat like I see a lot of people use them for.
You can also add some wax along with the oil! I like to oil/wax whenever the board looks dry! You can also sand the board as needed if there is a lot of knife wear and tear!
Wood is naturally antibacterial so it doesn’t need deep cleans like this very often. They’re shockingly more low maintenance and safer than plastic (or glass bc it’s better on your knives)
i have never done anything to any of my many wooden cutting boards besides scrubbing w soap and water and they have no issues, lmao. just make sure not to leave them soaking in water & ur good
@@h.g.buddne use scratch resistant plastic board or semi plastic board, and relief yourself from potential bacteria that stays on wood boards... and all that missy cleaning process.
@@senadzri if you mix citric acid and bicarbonate of soda you get water + carbon dioxide + some kind of sodium salt. So apart from the salt it's basically just water
@@mememan5466 I know you're flexing your chemistry here but I do know that that equation is also bounded by reaction limits. Well ideally if you burn alkanes such as hydrocarbon fuel, you'll get water and carbon dioxide too, but we still got pollution, right? I'm not asking too much. Just try mixing those two, you'll know it's not just water. I've cleared a clogged drain using acid and sodium bicarbonate, I know it's not just water.
Not necessarily- the foaming power is more powerful for cleaning surfaces than the mild acid/base will be. She washes with warm acetic later, which will do a much better job at doing an acid clean than the lemon juice will
I just came to the comments to see how many people complain about her excellent advice. And mineral oil is a great way to keep butcher blocks and wood cutting boards from drying out or cracking.
I just bought myself a bamboo board after my plastic one just obtained too many scratches and got this weird curve to it that made it twirl on the counter when I tried to cut on it, and I loooove my wooden one compared so far!!
This is usually caused by putting it in the dishwasher. The very hot temp in the washer warps plastic (and wood! DO NOT put your new board in the dishwasher!) You shouldn’t put any cutting boards in the dishwasher, hand washing is best. You can always put a damp towel under your cutting board to hold it in place. Cheers
Adding lemon and baking soda is as good as using straight water. Its neutralizing any effect it could have, as if lemon or vinegar actually sanitized in mere seconds anyway lol.
I just take a squeegee into the shower with me and at the end when the doors are all steamy clean it. Keeps them shiny and you don’t even need cleaner.
Why is everyone using baking soda AND Lemon (sometimes vinegar)…. As a cleaning agent??? And Then she added salt????? Literally she just turned that “cleaning agent” to basically just as powerful as water…… lemon pH is 2 Baking soda pH is 8 and salt is pH 7…. If she used equal parts then yeah it would be at a 6pH but Since she used a lot more baking soda and salt…. She basically could have used water… how you going to use an acid then neutralize it with a basic? THE MATH AIN’T MATHIN… the reason you see a reaction is because the acid and basic products create a reaction to neutralize it’s state and baking soda naturally has a property of expelling gassed… that’s why it’s used in B A K I N G to create dough. Yall…. Whaaat?
Nothing wrong with that. However if you want to disinfect just spray it with hydrogen peroxide. Wipe it off. Every once in a while to keep the wood from drying out and cracking use food grade mineral oil.
Since baking soda has a ph of like 9 and lemon has ph of 2 isn’t any effectiveness of the basic nature (and cleansing ability) of the baking soda being neutralized by the lemon juice? Seems like you’d be entirely neutralizing what the baking soda can do for you chemically, while also weakening the power of the acid in the lemon. 🤔
I don’t get how everybody appears to think that lemon juice and baking soda are a good way to clean something. Because it is fizzing, that has to mean it works, right? The only thing that happens is that the acid in the lemon juice gets neutralised by the soda to form salt, water and CO2. You don’t actually get any value from that. Change it to: Using the lemon as before, but just adding salt instead of baking soda. The salt acts as an abrasive, the lemon as a detergent that also smells nice. Acid will kill all the bacteria, the salt will get the grime of. Done.
Why do people always mix lemon juice ( acid) with baking soda (base) ? It neutralises to water and salt and CO2... the benefits of the two are gone. Just use of them at a time
3 things kill germs in majority of circumstances. *UV light aka sunshine*. (you can get products that create this but letting things dry in direct sun in the highest uv of the day is the best and free) *Extreme Heat (or cold in some cases) via boiling* (cant do this for wood) you can often sanitise things in boiling water or in high temp ovens again no point. and *friction* (why we scrub our hands and dont just dip them in soapy water - scrubbing is what does most of germ killing the hot water and soap help that process) another is alcohol. which kills most things. vinegar would fall in this category. the natural properties of wood mean that bacteria cant live in it. unless of course you damage the wood. sometimes less is more. try to give a light non abrasive clean to wood after each use and let fully dry ideally in the sun. if it needs it when bone dry (you can pop it in the oven on low for 30mins to dehydrate it and make sure if youre somewhere humid or its winter or something) oil it. linseed or flaxseed same thing different name food is call flax the woodwork kind is lin ssme product different safety standards usually. so you can use food grade oil nut and other wood based oils are better like walnut chopping board walnut oil etc but try use linseed. if you cant find info about chopping boards look at taking care of a cricket bat. just be mindful to check the methods or products are safe for human food related stuff but the oremise is the same wood that gets wear and tear and needs maitenence. if you think of the board more like your skin and treat it as such you wont be prone to hurting it. treat it gently let it do its job just support it. rule of thumb is have multiple boards so youve got no cross contamination. and make sure the knife is sharp because using a dull knife means youll chop harder and damage the board and probably yourself. like shaving with a dull blade hurts your skin but a sharp one glides over. dont put wood in water unless you want driftwood. have a sponge with hot water swueeze out as much water as you can and then wipe that over to remove any visible food etc do this as soon as you finish chopping and even better between foods if doinf multiples as wood does stain and it absorbs odours and colours. things like green veg or herbs etc so if you have domething very juicy potent etc try cut it with kitchen scissors before using the chopping board or quickly clean up and then apply some white vinegar over the board so that it doesnt allow any smells or stains. if you have wooden furniture its much the same concepts. it will often move in extreme temperatures or even crack it needs oiling when it starts to dry not before you can sand it but really it should be once every 5 to 10 years depending on use and using it well shouldnt cause a lot of wear and tear and while i wouldnt rec dish soap for various reasons a mild acid and the sun is far better for sanitising. also be carfeul what type of wood you choose and what stains etc are already applied to it AND glues etc as some are not food safe and often are meant for decoration and made poorly in china or with toxic woods and should not be used at all. if you buy one conside it an investment that will last 10 years minimum get a large one like bigger than an oven tray and make sure its sturdy like atlas thick not a placemat. there should be any knots and it should be a solid piece of wood not lots glued together. avoid ones with wounds as it feet drilled into it or other hardware as that damgages the wound and introduces a place for bacteria to get in. if you have the luxury of buying a uv sanitiser/sterilser often a small cupboard appliance that is used for baby bottles then you can use that for peace of mind for majority of things including the wood but frankly the sun is better and most food will be cooked or wont have people killing bacteria on it anyway. i personally get meat pre cut at the butchers or cut it on the packaging it came in so i never cut it on my boards but you can buy butchers blocks for just meat and ask your local butcher what they clean and sterilise with. frankly even if your wooden boards arent sterilised theyll still be cleaner and safer than a plastic one anyday. so dont stress too much. just dont use wooden tools or shared tools for people with allergies.
Important that the board is fully dry before adding the oil (like dry it overnight to make sure there's no water) because sealing in water is not a good idea.
What is a mineral oil? Can I use something else?
I was thinking the same thing. It needs to be set aside to fully dry before the oil is added, not after.
@@aimies mineral oil can be purchased at any pharmacy or grocery store in the health and beauty aisle.
@@ShellyCline ohhh do you have any brand recommend?
@@aimies it needs to be listed as “food grade”
Finally somebody is listening how it's done. Thank you says the Carpenter
So helpful.
How does this method work?
@@ApolloandMuse it cleans the wood while maintaining the integrity of the wood allowing it to last longer and keeping it safe for food prep. Putting it through the dishwasher or using regular dish soap on it all the time or not oiling it will cause the wood to degrade and allow for bacteria to grow putting you at risk.
@@childrenofthecornbread thanks :)
does it not need to be dry before adding oil?
mixing lemon and baking soda literally is just as effective as using salt alone. it looks like it does something because you get the fizz but that's just the acid and the base neutralizing each other
The acid can act as a solvent and the bubbles can help agitate particles so you can wipe them away more easily, I think that’s why it’s used to clean things
@@cmcsdf that's literally soap
I just surrended trying to make people understand it. Baking soda is very helpful as a abrasive product (if you rub it), but if you wanna use it as a "disinfectant", that won't do absolutely anything. Also, using it with lemon or winegar is literally useless, since you're producing sodium citrate, which is a weak acid.
Lemon (better citric acid) is great only for cleaning limestone stains or to neutralize ONLY acid smells.
@@tennicktenstyl agree! Old wisdom from grandma and great grandma is using wheat flour to clean it, instead of lemon and baking soda.
@@jlseagull2.060 I've seen people use flour to wash things, but I wonder how it doesn't become gummy with the addition of water?
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That's A LUCKY, WELL LOVED CHOPPING BOARD!!!
Did a good job of neutralising baking powder with lemon. 😂😅
It was probably used as an abrasive
@@AGofME well yeah, but there's no point in using lemon then
@@hannibaljustincase9985 that's not true, citrus is a natural disinfectant.
@@jocelynprior1874 lemon juice has some antimicrobial properties thanks to the acid it contains. neutralizing the acid is simply counter-productive.
@@londazh baking soda is still alkaline…
The baking soda and lemon cancel eachother out… you just scrubbed it down with salt basically 😂
Thank you! I think it is the bubbly CO2 that makes people believe it is "working"
So don’t use baking suda and lemon?
@@eulili.it does tho, the bubbling does apply mechanical force to the surface debris and makes it easier to remove. The salt alone is way more effective as an abrasive though and probably would have been fine
If you keep it level and let the baking soda and acid SIT on the board, it'll scrub it. But just pouring it on and wiping it off is pointless.
Rinse with vinegar? Again, almost pointless if you don't let it sit.
This is bad advice.
@@theangledsaxon6765 that's literally soap
Looks and sounds good. What kind of mineral oil do you recommend?
Lemon and baking soda neutralize each other, it doesn’t do jack. Chemically it just doesn’t make sense
i personally wouldn't let my food come in contact with mineral oil but I like the idea of scrubbing with salt!
Nice cutting board. What brand is it?
Thanks for this, in getting a board for Christmas, so this is good to know
You should use more oil or use your hands to massage the oil into the board instead so the kitchen roll doesn’t soak it all up instead of the board, it still looks quite dry and not that well coated, you really need to be liberal with the oil to get a good cost to prevent moisture getting in causing mould to grow and the board to crack
Baking soda and lemon cancel there effect, so you are not actually using non of those due effect.
And vinegar and baking soda also cancel there effect if mix, because one is basic and the other is acidic
Mineral Oil? 🤔
It’s commonly used to seal wood.
Food grade mineral oil
Yes, mineral oil. What is the confusion?
no industrial chemicals. all organic. 😊👍
Wow thank you for this, it makes so much sense but now I’m wondering if I take the accounts off of my Experian boost will it effect my score 😢
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Does this work on marker?? I mess up
Me as a german: Just uses dish soap and water.
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Hope you like splinters in your food
What if you don’t have mineral oil? I ordered some but it’s not here yet
It's okay to clean it with soap?
I just want to know where she got the board from
Literally not necessary with soap and water. Skip all the pseudo-cleaning and just oil it once in a while...
Where did you get that badass shirt ? I love Bigfoot
I sand mine once a yr. Then oil it with flax oil.
Helpful 😀
What mineral oil?
Vinegar and baking soda cancel each other out. What is the point?
I prefer to use a cutting board that won’t soak in the liquid from the produce or meats being cut, so I don’t have to worry about salmonella and other food born pathogens. I also have one cutting board for meat(made of special glass), one for vegetables and fruit, and one for cheeses and such. They are color coded so none of them get used for the wrong thing. I used to use a wood cutting board just for vegetables, but even at that a friend took a scrape from it and had it analyzed and the amount and varieties of bacteria on it was horrifying. I will never use a wood cutting board again, and I don’t want any butcher block countertops either.
Idk if this is an American thing, but what is mineral oil? Rapeseed? (I'm in UK)
Just buy a plastic one and use the dishwasher
Just use vinegar. Lemons are expensive.
Hia:) it doesn't make sence to use lemon and soda together, they react with each other and form gas and water, canceling each other out so to speak.
use one after another the get vest results :D
And that is why I buy cheap ones and throw them away frequently
Cleaner than toilet seats
I’ll stick with my plastic boards 😅
yeah if you like mini pieces of plastic in your food
@@darkglassedeyes and wooden boards are porous and absorb whatever you cut on them. Good luck with all the bacteria you’re storing in that thing, especially from meat like I see a lot of people use them for.
@@razrv3lc you’re commenting on a video of how to clean a wooden board. use your brain next time you try and make some sense
@@razrv3lc also i guarantee theres more bacteria on your phone and your doorhandles in your house right now than my cutting board. next!
C'est quoi exactement....sel citron ? ?😉👍👍
lol why go thru all this? soap and water does just fine
epic bigfoot shirt whered you find that little beauty
This cutting board's Skincare routine is amazing
I looked for this comment 😂
Better than mine, that’s for damn sure.
🤣🤗🤣
That cutting board has a better bath routine than I do
You watch too much social media. Come up with more original comments
Me... starring at all my cutting boards like they're gonna clean themselves. 👀
Wooden ones actually do wash them and let them air dry that’s all they need
exactly aint nobody got time for all that😅
@@inkedskindeep7434 The purpose of the oil is so they don't get so dried out that they crack. Wood moves with the environment.
You can also add some wax along with the oil! I like to oil/wax whenever the board looks dry! You can also sand the board as needed if there is a lot of knife wear and tear!
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You need to put food grade stuff on it. Holy hell, Lady, what are you suggesting here?
Bees wax might be fine. But any artificial wax is NOT.
Where do you usually store it
What oil can I use please??
@@Tantejay i think she expects some level of common sense from her audience. beeswax is fine, why the fuck would anyone use other wax??
Thank you for a sneaky peak into your maintenance! That's the hardest part still, it never ends 😭🙌
Ive decided I will never own a wooden cutting board.
Wood is naturally antibacterial so it doesn’t need deep cleans like this very often. They’re shockingly more low maintenance and safer than plastic (or glass bc it’s better on your knives)
i have never done anything to any of my many wooden cutting boards besides scrubbing w soap and water and they have no issues, lmao. just make sure not to leave them soaking in water & ur good
So glad to hear someone else uses soap and water!
What else? A hand granade?
This woman wastes everything. But she at least made a cheep video
@@h.g.buddne use scratch resistant plastic board or semi plastic board, and relief yourself from potential bacteria that stays on wood boards... and all that missy cleaning process.
@@Dolbic.
@@Dolbic. using those type of cutting surfaces are great way to wreck the blade on your knife, genius.
@@Dolbic. you think plastic is antibacterial? 🤨
Just so you know mixing an acid and a basic, such as lemon juice and baking soda neutralize each other so you're basically cleaning with water
You obviously haven't tried mixing those two. Try it...and you'll know that acid and base are not just the pH scale.
@@senadzri if you mix citric acid and bicarbonate of soda you get water + carbon dioxide + some kind of sodium salt. So apart from the salt it's basically just water
@@mememan5466 I know you're flexing your chemistry here but I do know that that equation is also bounded by reaction limits. Well ideally if you burn alkanes such as hydrocarbon fuel, you'll get water and carbon dioxide too, but we still got pollution, right? I'm not asking too much. Just try mixing those two, you'll know it's not just water. I've cleared a clogged drain using acid and sodium bicarbonate, I know it's not just water.
You can scrub with a baking soda paste OR lemon and salt.
@@senadzri they’re literally telling you why you’re scientifically incorrect and your rebuttal is “I know I’m right.” Lmao.
So glad you made this video!
Yes!!! Mineral oil, NOT vegetable oil which turns rancid!!
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My cutting board is definitely neglected!!
Had to say. I'm obsessed with your variety of 👕
I wondered if I was the only one who saw the graphic.
Good tips! But I feel like you would become VERY aware of any cuts on your hands while scrubbing
You can wear gloves
Couldn’t do that with bare hands during the winter that’s for sure
Should you wait until the board is dry before adding mineral oil so you don’t lock in any moisture since trapped moisture can lead to mold ???
Yes
No, thank you, plastic board and dishwasher will do they job, and I watch a movie.
that appears to be baking powder, not baking soda. Note little reaction to the vinegar, soda will instantly begin foaming🤔.
You just made a neutral substance with alkaline and acidic cleaners. You can use one or the other but that was essentially useless
Hope you realise that mixing lemon juice and baking soda neutralises the cleaning power of both of those substances.
Not necessarily- the foaming power is more powerful for cleaning surfaces than the mild acid/base will be. She washes with warm acetic later, which will do a much better job at doing an acid clean than the lemon juice will
That said, the salt she used was a better abrasive lol she could have just used salt
@@theangledsaxon6765the foaming doesn’t do shit. It’s just bubbles of gas.
Well that board does need extra love, yk since it's the main character of this channel
So you mix an acid an base together to neutralise it?! What?
You should be wearing gloves that lemon and salt are really harsh on your skin especially soft skin like your hands lips neck and around your eyes
How does that wooden board not have any cutting marks ? Am I cutting on my board wrong ? Cause that looks like it has never been used
in her comment it says to sand it when it gets a lot of knife wear and tear that's probably why
Gotta get that sugar from the lemon juice worked in there or else the bacteria will starve
What type of mineral oil did you use?
Food grade!
I just came to the comments to see how many people complain about her excellent advice. And mineral oil is a great way to keep butcher blocks and wood cutting boards from drying out or cracking.
My cuttings board is crying because I don’t do this.
My Tesco wooden chopping block that just gets put in the dishwasher every week will be wanting this luxury if it sees this.
Dang I just use detergent and lemon after. I never thought of the oil either
OR BUY A PLASTIC BOARD.
Mineral oil is not edible unless you choose food grade. Don't poison yourself.
It’s completely fine, especially in the microscopic quantities you’d be getting from this
Why mineral oil!? I need to clean my board! Thx for tips!!
I think it moisturizes it because I never did this I just kept washing my board with soap and water and it cracked in half while I was cutting chicken
@@Shadiaconfident9999 yep. It protects it from being dry and brittle.
I just bought myself a bamboo board after my plastic one just obtained too many scratches and got this weird curve to it that made it twirl on the counter when I tried to cut on it, and I loooove my wooden one compared so far!!
This is usually caused by putting it in the dishwasher. The very hot temp in the washer warps plastic (and wood! DO NOT put your new board in the dishwasher!) You shouldn’t put any cutting boards in the dishwasher, hand washing is best. You can always put a damp towel under your cutting board to hold it in place. Cheers
I just wash it like I wash the other dishes but I don't submerge it in the water and let it dry out by itself after
Adding lemon and baking soda is as good as using straight water. Its neutralizing any effect it could have, as if lemon or vinegar actually sanitized in mere seconds anyway lol.
True, but before is a chemical reaction which removes the dirt/oil rests
50p for lemon £2 vinegar, £1.60 baking soda, £8 mineral oil! = £12.10
I just throw mine away and buy a new one for £3 😂
You know you don’t have kids when you spend an hour exfoliating your cutting board…
This is how I clean glass shower doors.
I just take a squeegee into the shower with me and at the end when the doors are all steamy clean it. Keeps them shiny and you don’t even need cleaner.
Surprising what an acidic agent with baking soda and salt as scrubbing agent accomplish. 🤣
Salt and lemon OR baking soda. You’re not cleaning anything when use both
The only thing I could think about while watching this is imagine having a paper cut while trying to do this.
Why is everyone using baking soda AND Lemon (sometimes vinegar)…. As a cleaning agent??? And Then she added salt????? Literally she just turned that “cleaning agent” to basically just as powerful as water…… lemon pH is 2
Baking soda pH is 8 and salt is pH 7…. If she used equal parts then yeah it would be at a 6pH but Since she used a lot more baking soda and salt…. She basically could have used water… how you going to use an acid then neutralize it with a basic? THE MATH AIN’T MATHIN… the reason you see a reaction is because the acid and basic products create a reaction to neutralize it’s state and baking soda naturally has a property of expelling gassed… that’s why it’s used in B A K I N G to create dough. Yall…. Whaaat?
Who tf has time for this? I just buy cheapo wood cutting birds from Amazon until they crack, and then buy new ones 🤷♂️
Too much work and money. Love my Schmidt acacia thick for 30.00. Thanks
Why do people combine baking soda (a base) with lemon/vinegar (an acid)? The two just neutralize each other. You might as well be using water.
What’s not enough about cleaning it normally with soap and water? Just curious on what I’m missing 😅
Nothing wrong with that. However if you want to disinfect just spray it with hydrogen peroxide. Wipe it off. Every once in a while to keep the wood from drying out and cracking use food grade mineral oil.
Yeah... But do you wash your chicken/turkey/meat before cooking it?
Since baking soda has a ph of like 9 and lemon has ph of 2 isn’t any effectiveness of the basic nature (and cleansing ability) of the baking soda being neutralized by the lemon juice? Seems like you’d be entirely neutralizing what the baking soda can do for you chemically, while also weakening the power of the acid in the lemon. 🤔
I don’t get how everybody appears to think that lemon juice and baking soda are a good way to clean something. Because it is fizzing, that has to mean it works, right?
The only thing that happens is that the acid in the lemon juice gets neutralised by the soda to form salt, water and CO2.
You don’t actually get any value from that.
Change it to: Using the lemon as before, but just adding salt instead of baking soda. The salt acts as an abrasive, the lemon as a detergent that also smells nice. Acid will kill all the bacteria, the salt will get the grime of. Done.
Why do people always mix lemon juice ( acid) with baking soda (base) ? It neutralises to water and salt and CO2... the benefits of the two are gone. Just use of them at a time
Add sea salt to this recipe as an abrasive, I use it on my wood surfaces.
Are you adding the oil BEFORE its dried overnight? No,no,no!
This baking soda shit is hilarious, people think the reaction is cleaning it when it’s just the baking soda reacting. Completely pointless
She litterly saw my fav Australian chefs video and copied it ??
OR you can ditch that gross-never-really-clean wooden sponge Petrie dish and do all your cutting on a non-porous glass cutting board.
Excellent tips a couple people made some comments that probably shouldn't even have knifes let alone a cutting board.
3 things kill germs in majority of circumstances.
*UV light aka sunshine*. (you can get products that create this but letting things dry in direct sun in the highest uv of the day is the best and free)
*Extreme Heat (or cold in some cases) via boiling* (cant do this for wood) you can often sanitise things in boiling water or in high temp ovens again no point.
and *friction* (why we scrub our hands and dont just dip them in soapy water - scrubbing is what does most of germ killing the hot water and soap help that process)
another is alcohol. which kills most things. vinegar would fall in this category.
the natural properties of wood mean that bacteria cant live in it. unless of course you damage the wood.
sometimes less is more.
try to give a light non abrasive clean to wood after each use and let fully dry ideally in the sun. if it needs it when bone dry (you can pop it in the oven on low for 30mins to dehydrate it and make sure if youre somewhere humid or its winter or something) oil it. linseed or flaxseed same thing different name food is call flax the woodwork kind is lin ssme product different safety standards usually. so you can use food grade oil nut and other wood based oils are better like walnut chopping board walnut oil etc but try use linseed. if you cant find info about chopping boards look at taking care of a cricket bat. just be mindful to check the methods or products are safe for human food related stuff but the oremise is the same wood that gets wear and tear and needs maitenence. if you think of the board more like your skin and treat it as such you wont be prone to hurting it. treat it gently let it do its job just support it.
rule of thumb is have multiple boards so youve got no cross contamination. and make sure the knife is sharp because using a dull knife means youll chop harder and damage the board and probably yourself. like shaving with a dull blade hurts your skin but a sharp one glides over.
dont put wood in water unless you want driftwood.
have a sponge with hot water swueeze out as much water as you can and then wipe that over to remove any visible food etc
do this as soon as you finish chopping and even better between foods if doinf multiples as wood does stain and it absorbs odours and colours. things like green veg or herbs etc so if you have domething very juicy potent etc try cut it with kitchen scissors before using the chopping board or quickly clean up and then apply some white vinegar over the board so that it doesnt allow any smells or stains.
if you have wooden furniture its much the same concepts. it will often move in extreme temperatures or even crack it needs oiling when it starts to dry not before you can sand it but really it should be once every 5 to 10 years depending on use and using it well shouldnt cause a lot of wear and tear and while i wouldnt rec dish soap for various reasons a mild acid and the sun is far better for sanitising. also be carfeul what type of wood you choose and what stains etc are already applied to it AND glues etc as some are not food safe and often are meant for decoration and made poorly in china or with toxic woods and should not be used at all.
if you buy one conside it an investment that will last 10 years minimum get a large one like bigger than an oven tray and make sure its sturdy like atlas thick not a placemat.
there should be any knots and it should be a solid piece of wood not lots glued together. avoid ones with wounds as it feet drilled into it or other hardware as that damgages the wound and introduces a place for bacteria to get in.
if you have the luxury of buying a uv sanitiser/sterilser often a small cupboard appliance that is used for baby bottles then you can use that for peace of mind for majority of things including the wood but frankly the sun is better and most food will be cooked or wont have people killing bacteria on it anyway.
i personally get meat pre cut at the butchers or cut it on the packaging it came in so i never cut it on my boards but you can buy butchers blocks for just meat and ask your local butcher what they clean and sterilise with.
frankly even if your wooden boards arent sterilised theyll still be cleaner and safer than a plastic one anyday.
so dont stress too much. just dont use wooden tools or shared tools for people with allergies.
😮forget with the gloves 🧤 you have beautiful hand don’t rough it
Hydrogen peroxide. You can also purchase it in a brown spray bottle.
So don't get a wood cutting board because ain't nobody got time for that BS when cooking already takes so much time and effort 🤣👌💯
What a waste of material. That's way too much. If you just remove all that stuff right away anyway, one tablespoon is more than enough.
Exactly why I don't like wooden cutting boards lol
Thank you! Only thing I would add, just make sure the mineral oil used properly displays/states, food safe.