Is my cutting board dead?

[GotGarlic]

treat yourself to something new. i recycle mine often unless they are glass.

Do you really use glass cutting boards? That's the worst possible surface for your knives. It dulls them with almost every use and can damage them.

 

[HeyItsSara]

Yes, we really do use glass because they wash so nicely. For the record, I replace knives pretty often too.

 

[dragnlaw]

Sara are your other boards plastic or wood?

I did have a glass board for a while but disliked using it. The noise, plus I imagine it was like cutting on stone and dulling my kknives. I would serve tidbits on it, but that was about it.

How many here have glass boards?

 

[HeyItsSara]

i have a stack of them. some metal, some plastic sheets.

 

[dragnlaw]

Metal cutting boards? That's a new one for me. Or are you just repurposing cookie sheets?

 

[HeyItsSara]

Argh. Not metal. GLASS

 

[GotGarlic]

i guess. we replace our frying pans often too!!!!

Wow. I expect to use my cutting boards, frying pans and knives for many years.

 

[GotGarlic]

Sara are your other boards plastic or wood?

I did have a glass board for a while but disliked using it. The noise, plus I imagine it was like cutting on stone and dulling my kknives. I would serve tidbits on it, but that was about it.

How many here have glass boards?

I have never owned a glass cutting board and I don't recommend them. They have glass cutting boards at the Master Gardener/Cooperative Extension office and I hate using them. They ruin knives and they're slippery, which to me means dangerous. Don't try to cut up something that's already wet, like fruit.

 

[pepperhead212]

The only place I have ever seen a glass cutting board was in my Mother's kitchen! But then, she had some knives that were already so dull, you couldn't cut yourself with them - things she got before I was born, but wouldn't get rid of (she had some sharp knives I gave her, that I told her NEVER to use on that board). That glass board actually had one textured side, and one smooth. I think they were selling them at one time, playing on people's phobias about cleanliness, saying that the wood and plastic could never get as clean. If people are that worried about cleanliness, there are probably a lot of places to look, besides chopping boards!

I remember when we were cleaning out Mom's kitchen, that was one of those things I wouldn't even give to anyone!

 

[dragnlaw]

Well, I certainly didn't buy mine! It was a thank you gift from someone had done a favour. Don't think I ever used it to cut anything.
Mostly put cheese and crackers on it. It was textured on one side and a picture of horses on the other side facing up. There were also little rubber feet on the bottom. It was great for the horsey gang.

But no... as I said, I never cut on it. Does cheese count cutting with a butter knife? LOL

 

[taxlady]

My mother-in-law had one. I hated it. Yeah, they aren't bad for something you cut with a butter knife.

 

[thymeless]

I use glass for presentation boards where things are already cut or spreadables and the like.

 

[Texmex]

Could be mold or some bacteria or fungus. Since it's plastic soak it in detergent and quite a bit of bleach. We also were able if it's getting so scratched up that it's letting germs in there it might be time to get a new one.

 

[SEEING-TO-BELIEVE]

my guess is the soot from meat. someone else here said that.