Chico Buller
Washing Up
As you can see from the pic, I bought myself a small bamboo cutting board. I am preparing it with food-grade mineral oil. It is the small slender board more towards the front, it has lighter colored handle wings.
(As usual, my wife found me some more work to do, so I am also cleaning her Pampered Chef boards. Besides being the incredibly handsome chiseled featured rogue that I am, I'm also a successfully trained husband.)
Here's the dang deal. A debate brews. Many people, in fact many friends, dislike bamboo in favor of hardwood boards. To that, many Japanese cooks (or those who use the Japanese style) steadfastly demand bamboo and nothing else.
Me? I'll cut open a bagel on a dishcloth with a jackknife out of my pocket.
However, I hate being told what to think.
So, a test is brewing. As a rep/shill for JWW, I got the board for ten bucks. I also scored the nakiri for 59 dollars. Considering how much loose change Black Betty eats per day, the total of the 69 samolians to settle the quarrel seems cheap.
As of tonight, my wife is going to use the nakiri on bamboo to do some preparations on red and yellow tomatoes. Will the board fall apart? Will the nakiri die a horrible death? Or will we simply have some perfectly sliced tomatoes and a smeared Japanese vegetable knife?
You be the judge!
(As usual, my wife found me some more work to do, so I am also cleaning her Pampered Chef boards. Besides being the incredibly handsome chiseled featured rogue that I am, I'm also a successfully trained husband.)
Here's the dang deal. A debate brews. Many people, in fact many friends, dislike bamboo in favor of hardwood boards. To that, many Japanese cooks (or those who use the Japanese style) steadfastly demand bamboo and nothing else.
Me? I'll cut open a bagel on a dishcloth with a jackknife out of my pocket.
However, I hate being told what to think.
So, a test is brewing. As a rep/shill for JWW, I got the board for ten bucks. I also scored the nakiri for 59 dollars. Considering how much loose change Black Betty eats per day, the total of the 69 samolians to settle the quarrel seems cheap.
As of tonight, my wife is going to use the nakiri on bamboo to do some preparations on red and yellow tomatoes. Will the board fall apart? Will the nakiri die a horrible death? Or will we simply have some perfectly sliced tomatoes and a smeared Japanese vegetable knife?
You be the judge!