I’ve only used plastic so far. A friend was moving and she gave me her wooden cutting board. I cut something with it, and some grease got on the cutting board. Now I can’t remove the yellow spot no matter what I do. What can I do to clean it?

  • Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io
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    7 hours ago

    Ack! No petroleum products on my cutting boards! I’ve used walnut oil for years, as I was told it’s the only food grade oil that dries, and doesn’t go rancid. I have a lot of cutting boards, wooden utensils, bowls, a few “plates” or “plowls”. And I live in a dry climate, so they get oiled up about once a year. I just did the bowls, and wow do they look great!

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      6 hours ago

      Not an expert here, but food-grade mineral oil is safe for cutting surfaces from every source I’ve read. It’s even commonly used as a laxative.

      Meanwhile, from what I gather, walnut oil has a comparatively long shelf life, but it does eventually go rancid, leaving an off smell. But it may be that yearly oiling makes that a relatively moot point, with the new covering the old.