Let's be honest. There are things we don't think about when we buy cutting boards. Most of us ask if the cutting boards we want to buy are food safe. Some of us wonder if they're environmentally friendly. Very few of us wonder or ask about the safety of the material the board is made of. The problem is, the things we don't think about or care about, still affect us.
Plastic cutting boards? Silent time bombs. Each time you use one, you make grooves in the plastic. It's inevitable and has become a huge problem. With each groove you make, your plastic cutting board becomes harder to clean. The bacteria that cleaning gets rid of burrows itself into those little grooves. They make your knife edges duller with each use so if you get aplastic cutting board, be ready to sharpen your knives every week and wash them in bleach to get rid of the bacteria.
Glass cutting boards destroy knife edges. Like plastic, glass takes centuries to decompose. And of course, it can break long before you're done with it. Aesthetics can be achieved with wood cutting boards just as much as any other type.
Cutting boards made of wood are hands down the best. They are gentle on your knife’s edges and are biodegradable. Yet not all woods are created equal. Softwoods, such as pine, redwood or fir, are not durable. Reclaimed woods may have been exposed to toxic chemicals and may not be food safe. Exotic woods may contain allergens. While hardwoods, such as maple wood, walnut, and cherry, are within the ideal hardness range (850 to 1600 on the Janka Hardness Scale) and have small pores, making them highly durable and resistant to harboring bacteria.
There are a lot of places where you can buy wooden cutting boards, but Walnut Cutting Boards make the process of finding excellent and safe wooden cutting boards painless. Their selection of cutting boards is made exclusively of maple, walnut and cherry woods. With their reasonable prices, what's not to love? Stop by our online store and choose your favorite model today!
