What kind of chopping board?

Badgergal

I have finally killed my old plastic chopping board by leaving it too close to the hob (not entirely sure this was not deliberate seeing as it never looked clean anymore anyway).

So what is the best kind of chopping board, wood, plastic, some other alternative? Sorry if this is a silly qs but mine just always struck me as so unhygienic, I could never quite get all the stuff out of the scratches (black stuff from mushrooms etc). This one should ideally be able to go in the dishwasher if at all possible...nice hot water to sort it out...?

se999

Hi,

I prefer dishwasher proof plastic, normally have a few so if doing raw meat can use a different one to veg. Watch out with the plastic, some are solid, but others seem to have a thin layer of a different type of plastic which can peel off with use/dishwashing machine.

I like clean chopping boards too.

aliasojo

My local Boots were selling off massive round wooden butcher's block type chopping boards for 4 quid last week. Wooden ones are supposed to be what the chefs use? Always had plastic myself.

rchddap1

I have one of those glass boards by the cooker. I use it for chopping, putting pans on....the lot. When needed I just give it a wipe down ,eg, when changing from cutting meat to veg etc...

16011996

i like my wooden one, i go at it every so often woth bleach solution and nail brush, and it always comes up lovely.

aliasojo

I have a glass one too...but it's not really used for chopping. I read somewhere that the glass boards will blunt knives quicker. (In fact I think it was with the bumph that came with my glass board).

rchddap1

I've never had a problem...and I've been doing it for 5 years.

soba

Coming from a butchering family my main chopping board is a wooden one. I've also got a plastic one so that there's no cross-contamination. If I'm slicing meat I do that on the wooden block, and veg etc on the plastic one. I've got butchers block brush that was my FIL's but TBH with a good wash, occasional wipe with a bleachy cloth and oiling it'll be in good condition for years, and won't melt if left too close to the cooker!

Badgergal

Ooh thanks for all replies so far...by the way, if it is being taken into consideration, there will be no meat chopped on this board, only veggies...

squeaky

From another thread...

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ancasta_2

i have 2 butchers blocks and a few wooden chopping boards. Big fan of them, although plastic has its hi points too