More sanitary cutting boards

[Anonymous]

I lay a sheet of parchment paper on my cutting board when I cut meet.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I lay a sheet of parchment paper on my cutting board when I cut meet.

Well aint you smart! Dont the parchment paper get cut through though?

[Anonymous]

Plastic. Spray with Clorox anywhere once in a wile after cleaning. Replace when they look too old. They are cheap at homegoods. I replace like every year or two.

[Anonymous]

Wood is more sanitary than a used, knife-scarred plastic cutting board.

Many people believe that it is the most sanitary, especially as you can wash it in the dishwasher. However, a University of Michigan study found that "more bacteria are recovered from a used plastic surface than from a used wood surface." The study also found that though a new plastic board could be disinfected, a knife-scarred plastic surface was impossible to clean and disinfect manually.

http://faculty.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/faculty/docliver/Research/cuttingboard.htm

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:http://www.amazon.com/MIU-Flexible-Cutting-Board-Set/dp/B00011RTE8/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1390276459&sr=8-2&keywords=plastic+cutting+boards

I use something similar to these from Bed, Bath & Beyond. Use them, then throw in the dishwasher. When they finally start looking worn, I throw it away.

I'm not sure I would want Microban on my meat! Wood is best - wash with hot soapy water

[Anonymous]

Thanks, everyone!

[Anonymous]

Try washing your boards by hand. Crazy... But...I use wooden ones. But I have one only for raw meat. One for cooked meat. One for everything else. I wash them in hot soapy water and scrub them with a brush. Then dry completely immediately. Periodically I clean them with kosher salt and lemon and condition with food grade oil.

Old fashioned maybe but it hasn't killed or sickened anyone in 20 years. Works for us.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I remember Alton Brown doing a test and turns out wood are the less germy. I always use a wood one for meat and a separate plastic one for everything else.

But I would love a better method too. Definitely bleach solution periodically.

Wood seems so illogicle doesn't it? All those grooves? And wood is so pourous. Shit, I can't spell to save my life this morning - my brain is frozen.

[Anonymous]

So complex!