Leolady - that butcher's block is a dream come true. I have an intact maple tree in the back yard and have considered making a board from it, but I do not know if Maple is good / safe.
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oh nooo I am pretty open here but I will not post my cutting boards.... I will get sent packing straight to the health and food safety forum
I have this one that I bought at a used restaurant supply store. I told them what I wanted and they found it just for me! I always say, make friends with your used restaurant supply store.
They sold me the Robot Coupe R2 food processor for only $50, gave me a huge cast iron skillet for Christmas, sold me some great sturdy restaurant cookware for just above their cost, including a huge copper chocolate pot, 20 some place settings of restaurant heavy duty pistol grip flatware, those black handled restaurant utensils, and lots of other great stuff.
I also have a thick butcher block cutting board from the top of an old old portable dishwasher $5 at a used appliance store.
Then, I still have and adore my pig cutting board that was painted and decorated by patients at the VA hospital my mom worked at. Mom gave me that board when I was 5. It has been hung in every kitchen I have ever had.
Are wood better than the silicone ones? I hate mine. I have one only for fish, as I can't get the smell off of it. They're pretty cut up too. How do the wood ones hold up? I love those redwood board joec!! They are beautiful, can you say that about cutting boards? lol
I have a cutting board as part of my counter top. I'm trying to get a picture of the She Cat with her butt planted on it. Title of the pic will be Clorox (or something about why I buy bleach).
I have this one that I bought at a used restaurant supply store. I told them what I wanted and they found it just for me! I always say, make friends with your used restaurant supply store.
They sold me the Robot Coupe R2 food processor for only $50, gave me a huge cast iron skillet for Christmas, sold me some great sturdy restaurant cookware for just above their cost, including a huge copper chocolate pot, 20 some place settings of restaurant heavy duty pistol grip flatware, those black handled restaurant utensils, and lots of other great stuff.
Sorry, I don't have a picture but my grandfather owned a famous steakhouse back in the day and I have one of his butcher blocks and cutting boards in the center of my kitchen. I use it everyday when I cook. It is ancient. Grandpa Joe knew Eliot Ness when he was in Cleveland. Actually, my grandpa knew anyone who was anyone. His restaurant was THE place. If you were a politician, ball player, entertainer, cop, lawyer, doctor, mover and shaker even mobster--you ate at my grandpa's place. The cabbies use to bring people from the airport.
I have some of his restaurant stuff but not as much as my mom wanted to keep.
Gorgeous BoardSmith! I swear I would feel bad about actually cutting on such a beautiful board!
Fish. Got the nakiri from Joe in a trade.