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Cutting Board

cessnaholly
cessnaholly Posts: 780 Member
edited October 2024 in Food and Nutrition
I got new bamboo cutting boards from Santa. They say I'm supposed to oil them with special bamboo oil before using and for like a month. Is this true? Do I really or can I just open them and use them?

Does anyone know if I can use regular wood oil? Or where to even get bamboo cutting board oiling oil?

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  • grassette
    grassette Posts: 976 Member
    You could use an edible mineral oil from the pharmacy. Make sure you don't use a poisonous oil. I've been using my bamboo cutting board without ever having oiled it, but after two years use, it is starting to look stained.
  • havalinaaa
    havalinaaa Posts: 333 Member
    Oiling it will help it last longer and make it more resistant to staining and smells. I oil mine every few weeks after washing/sanitizing (I use diluted vinegar to clean mine) with a food grade mineral oil I buy at Target, pretty sure I've seen butcher block oil at Home Depot as well. Costs like $5 a bottle and lasts for months.

    You could use it without oiling, but if it's a really nice board you want to keep for a long time it's best to oil it.
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