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My grandad's butcher block is still in use after fifty years, but my new guy prefers plastic boards.
Wood blocks last forever and give better control, but plastic is cheap and sterile, which side are you on?
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hugo_mitchell3d ago
Have you ever looked into why wood might be safer than plastic for cutting boards? I read that wood pulls bacteria into its pores and then the drying process kills them off. Plastic boards can get scratched up, and those grooves let bacteria live through washes. Like @ray173's spoon splitting, wood needs some care, but if you oil it regularly, it lasts for ages. Wood also gives you better control and doesn't dull knives as fast. So I'm totally on the wood side, it just makes sense in the long run.
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