Cutting Boards

Choosing and caring for the right cutting board can help protect you and your family from bacteria.

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by Ken HaedrichJune 1997from issue # 9

Nodiscussion of kniveswould be complete without a mention of cut boards . The correct control panel can keep your knife acute longer and also help you stay good for you . Cutting boards were among the perpetrator late indict in a determination that the kitchen playact master of ceremonies to more pathogenic stuff than the ordinary bathroom does . select and care for the right thinning board can help protect you and your crime syndicate .

rationalise board are usually made from one of several materials : forest , acrylic , or plastic , including high- and low - tightness polyethylene . There are also ace made of hardened crank or self-colored surface or composite materials , like Corian .

Wooden boards are lovely . And because wood is relatively mild , tongue stay sharp longer . Wood ’s downfall is its poriferous nature . Both bacteria and chemical substance can migrate below the surface . How long bacteria continue to live there is a head of contention in the scientific and food service community .

Plastic boards are easier to sanitize because bacterium continue on the aerofoil . However , some plastics are harder than others and more impervious to bacteria . Acrylic is well sanitized , but slaying on your knife bound . The same goes for harden glass and composite kitchen return material .

Above all , wash , rinse , sanitize . Bob Harrington , vice chair for proficient services at the National Restaurant Association , says the primary safety concerns roil down to cross contaminant . In other words , if you ready naked chicken contaminated with salmonella , then cut lettuce on the same plank before it has been clean , you move a high risk of exposure of exposing your family to the bacteria .

Harrington stresses that no matter what board you choose , you must handle it right . He cites the holy trinity of cut board sanitation : Wash. Rinse . Sanitize . lap in very blistering sudsy weewee , using a bristle brush to clean cranny and ding . Rinse in the hot water potential . Then sanitise . The folks at Clorox recommend soaking the board for two minutes in a solution of 1 tablespoon blanching agent in 1 gal of water . Then waste pipe and air dry .

preferably or by and by any cutting display panel will be sufficiently gouged and scarred that you wo n’t be capable to scavenge it effectively . Discard it , or put it under your plant .

Across - the - board choices . If you ’re in the market for a cutting card , visit a restaurant supply wall socket or reputable gourmet computer storage , and look for a panel that is certified byThe National Sanitation Foundation . NSF is an autonomous testing research lab and a leader in developing designing criteria used in food handling equipment . For a wooden cutting board to be certified by NSF , it must pass off a rigorous set of tests . And it must undergo oil and paraffin treatment to seal the porous Earth’s surface .

Wood is nice , but too high upkeep for me , and acrylic and glass are too unvoiced on a sharp tongue . So for my money , I wish in high spirits - concentration polyethylene plastic best . With high - concentration credit card , the bacteria stay on the airfoil where they can be hit well by washing and rinsing . you could tell a high - density plastic board from a low - denseness one with a simple test : prove to turn it . High - density plastic will have no flex . One dependable name to face for is KatchAll Industries , whose in high spirits - density charge card boards are NSF certify and are sold under the firebrand name Poly - Slice and Koro - Cut .

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Collection of cutting boards, from bottom: butcher block cutting surface, high-density polyethylene, two wooden boards, acrylic board.Photo/Illustration: Scott Phillips

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