Cutting Board Oil?

[Ravenmaniac]

What kind of oil do you use on a butcher block or cutting board?

[Ravenmaniac]

What kind of oil do you use on a butcher block or cutting board?

[Ravenmaniac]

What kind of oil do you use on a butcher block or cutting board?

[Bruce Hooke]

I use mineral oil sold for the purpose.

[Bruce Hooke]

I use mineral oil sold for the purpose.

[Bruce Hooke]

I use mineral oil sold for the purpose.

[Nicholas Carey]

I use walnut oil. You can buy at at the grocery store. Makes a nice salad dressing, too. And unlike mineral oil or linseed oil, walnut oil will polymerize fairly quickly.

[Nicholas Carey]

I use walnut oil. You can buy at at the grocery store. Makes a nice salad dressing, too. And unlike mineral oil or linseed oil, walnut oil will polymerize fairly quickly.

[Nicholas Carey]

I use walnut oil. You can buy at at the grocery store. Makes a nice salad dressing, too. And unlike mineral oil or linseed oil, walnut oil will polymerize fairly quickly.

[Ron Williamson]

I don't use any on the cutting board that we've been using for 15 years.
Little spills of various non-toxic oils have kept it in good shape,but we also don't put it in the dishwasher,which would strip it pretty clean.
R

[Ron Williamson]

I don't use any on the cutting board that we've been using for 15 years.
Little spills of various non-toxic oils have kept it in good shape,but we also don't put it in the dishwasher,which would strip it pretty clean.
R

[Ron Williamson]

I don't use any on the cutting board that we've been using for 15 years.
Little spills of various non-toxic oils have kept it in good shape,but we also don't put it in the dishwasher,which would strip it pretty clean.
R

[kc8pql]

Walnut oil

[kc8pql]

Walnut oil

[kc8pql]

Walnut oil

[htom]

Mineral oil. Once an hour for a day, once a day for a week, once a week for a month, once a month for a year, once a year forever.

[htom]

Mineral oil. Once an hour for a day, once a day for a week, once a week for a month, once a month for a year, once a year forever.

[htom]

Mineral oil. Once an hour for a day, once a day for a week, once a week for a month, once a month for a year, once a year forever.

[TomF]

Basic cooking oil - Canola in our case. My son's allergic to walnuts ...

[TomF]

Basic cooking oil - Canola in our case. My son's allergic to walnuts ...

[TomF]

Basic cooking oil - Canola in our case. My son's allergic to walnuts ...

[ishmael]

I don't use any. The problem with vegetable oils is that they will turn rancid with time. And who wants "mineral oil" where they do their cooking? ;)

I've read that naked wooden boards, especially if made from a wood with some tannins, are naturally anti-microbial, too. I don't know, but imagine filling them with vegetable oils might change that.

Unless used for meat, or something else oily, I don't even wash mine all that often. Then, some hot water and a stainless scrubby, no soap, air dry.

2 cents.

[ 03-20-2006, 03:24 PM: Message edited by: ishmael ]

[ishmael]

I don't use any. The problem with vegetable oils is that they will turn rancid with time. And who wants "mineral oil" where they do their cooking? ;)

I've read that naked wooden boards, especially if made from a wood with some tannins, are naturally anti-microbial, too. I don't know, but imagine filling them with vegetable oils might change that.

Unless used for meat, or something else oily, I don't even wash mine all that often. Then, some hot water and a stainless scrubby, no soap, air dry.

2 cents.

[ 03-20-2006, 03:24 PM: Message edited by: ishmael ]

[ishmael]

I don't use any. The problem with vegetable oils is that they will turn rancid with time. And who wants "mineral oil" where they do their cooking? ;)

I've read that naked wooden boards, especially if made from a wood with some tannins, are naturally anti-microbial, too. I don't know, but imagine filling them with vegetable oils might change that.

Unless used for meat, or something else oily, I don't even wash mine all that often. Then, some hot water and a stainless scrubby, no soap, air dry.

2 cents.

[ 03-20-2006, 03:24 PM: Message edited by: ishmael ]

[Alan D. Hyde]

Olive oil.

BUT, every few days it gets washed with boiling-hot water.

Then, dried, and re-oiled...

Alan

[Alan D. Hyde]

Olive oil.

BUT, every few days it gets washed with boiling-hot water.

Then, dried, and re-oiled...

Alan

[Alan D. Hyde]

Olive oil.

BUT, every few days it gets washed with boiling-hot water.

Then, dried, and re-oiled...

Alan

[Mike Vogdes]

No oil, just rinse with fresh water and an occasional scrub with table salt and fresh water.

[Mike Vogdes]

No oil, just rinse with fresh water and an occasional scrub with table salt and fresh water.

[Mike Vogdes]

No oil, just rinse with fresh water and an occasional scrub with table salt and fresh water.