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This article states that using a glass cutting board can damage your eardrums. GumTree 23:30, 29 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I thought test have showed that all cutting board materials hold close to the same amount off germs?

There is an article by Dr. Morris Fishbein, editor of the American Medical Association Journal which states that "fine droplets of mineral oil can go through the intestinal wall and reach the liver and lymph nodes, where, doctors suspect, they may cause dangerous lesions". (http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0.9171.887690.00.html) I was told many years ago, by a Rice University professor of science, that high quality cold pressed olive oil is the best oil for cutting boards. He suggested that it be oiled at least once a month with regular use. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.237.23.62 (talk) 01:12, 9 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Color Coded Cutting Boards

What about the new colour codes for chopping boards which have been introduced to reduce cross-contamination. Very important, I'd say! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.172.27.32 (talk) 09:51, 6 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The section about color coded cutting boards lists the U.S. colors which are different in the U.K. (Canada, too, my assumption) where brown is for fruits and vegetables (signifying earth-grown), I believe. Hard to find this info using Google, so Wikipedia is the next stop. Saltlakejohn (talk) 22:35, 15 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Merger proposal

I think butcher block, of which the page content is really short of explanation, could be treated as a special case of cutting board. Wo.luren (talk) 20:44, 3 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

oppose Butcher blocks are freee-standing and end-grain. Cutting boards are neither. Andy Dingley (talk) 21:16, 3 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose A board and a block are two different things. In the culinary world, they are very distinct in appearance and purpose. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 12:08, 4 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Page move: Butcher block --> Chopping block

Please see Talk:Butcher block#Page move: Butcher block --> Chopping block.

Anna Frodesiak (talk) 07:17, 5 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

[User:boatpersondc] New here: The distinction between butcher blocks and cutting boards is that the block is made to withstand both cutting and heavy chopping, as with a cleaver, while a board is intended for lighter duty cutting. Butcher blocks are usually sturdily built, free standing devices, rather than counter top items. Also, butcher blocks generally use end grain construction which allows the cuts made by cutting and chopping to slightly penetrate the wood by displacing longitudinal fibers. this allows the score marks to close, to some extent, by the application of moisture. Cutting on boards, with their face grain, results in severing the longitudinal fibers, leaving lasting marks. Chopping block is a term that better describes the function of a butcher block. The term "his/her head is on the chopping block" is in common U.S. usage.Boatpersondc (talk) 23:11, 11 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Glue binding the bamboo laminates?

Oh what about the glue binding the laminates in the bamboo board? What is it? This is a key ingredient. Could be poisonous, toxic, carcinogenic, etc. Rtdrury (talk) 08:47, 17 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Contradiction

The article says that "Wood boards need to be cared for with an edible mineral oil (for example, poppyseed oil)". Obviously poppy seed oil is not a mineral oil. However I don't know what would be the correct text here. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 5.204.153.57 (talk) 12:06, 24 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

A suitable oil should have at least these two properties:

Edible
Low tendency to polymerize through oxidation (this would cause the oil to become tough and sticky)

Food grade mineral oil has these properties, but so do some vegetable oils, e.g. tea seed oil (*not* the same as tea tree oil). Don't know about poppyseed oil though or the others mentioned in the article. (The article now states mineral oil in one place, and then mentions some plant-based alternatives below.) Aragorn2 (talk) 15:07, 24 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Is Study of CLOTH regenerated from bamboo pulp relevant to cutting boards?

The parenthesized "(although studies show otherwise[4])" insert under the heading Bamboo is false and should be removed. It makes a reader question scientific studies of wood cutting board sanitation but was a study of fabric made from "regenerated bamboo fiber" not bamboo wood. "The regenerated bamboo fiber is made from bamboo pulp..." The study was initiated because "Clothing manufactured from regenerated bamboo fiber has entered the textile market and is touted for its antimicrobial properties. However, there is no scientific evidence to support this claim (Afrin et al. 2009)" Footnote 4 has nothing to do with food preparation but the paragraph goes on to explain how the bamboo is made into food preparation cutting boards when footnote 4 material is made into clothing not cutting boards.

Also another relevant case controlled study in California: "Kass, P.H., et al., Disease determinants of sporadic salmonellosis..." they found of those suffering sporadic salmonellosis “case patients were less likely to use wooden cutting boards (OR, 0.42; 95% CI, 0.22 to 0.81) and more likely to own nonporous (plastic, glass, formica) cutting boards.” Those sick were more than twice as likely to use non-wood cutting boards.

Apologies for the long URL where I read this study: https://s3.amazonaws.com/academia.edu.documents/42756303/Disease_determinants_of_sporadic_salmone20160217-12547-1q0t1ip.pdf?response-content-disposition=inline%3B%20filename%3DDisease_determinants_of_sporadic_salmone.pdf&X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=AKIAIWOWYYGZ2Y53UL3A%2F20190808%2Fus-east-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20190808T152746Z&X-Amz-Expires=3600&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Signature=98958ab5a84896227c9266f0b3448d2a1036c2c80ee16711112b75ec7f44bc09

Jay (talk) 16:34, 8 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Wiki Education assignment: Technology and Culture

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— Assignment last updated by Profoundwatcher21 (talk) 16:11, 12 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Invented by Albert board

Very funny, clearly not true. Can someone fix this? 2601:1C0:5002:7110:991A:8933:104D:DCCD (talk) 14:57, 1 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It's now been fixed. ~Darth Stabro^{Talk • Contribs} 16:43, 1 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]