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They're no good. Wood is the correct material for a chopping board.
End of discussion.
They make an awful noise.
Not for me as I prefer end grain board .
Jools had nailed it.
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Awful, edge damaging fashion accessories
Great way to blunt a knife surely...
Glad you agree. There is one in the holiday lodge that we are in and I'd say it is almost as hateful as G10 light fittings and Nazis.
End grain is fine for home. Plastic for commercial kitchens as they clean and sanitise easier and cheap to replace.
Plastic (the softer ones which you can mark with a firm scratch with your fingernail) or wood as a lesser alternative (simply for hygiene reasons).
ours is an Awful, edge damaging fashion accessory
I guess ceramic is popular because all the wood ones are being used to serve food on in overpriced gastropubs 😛
plastic chopping boards are [b]not[/b] as hygienic as wood.
here is a single example of source, plenty more if you google
http://faculty.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/faculty/docliver/Research/cuttingboard.htm
Plastic are used in commercial kitchens so they can be colour coded for meat, veg, poultry, fish, etc. Wood is more hygienic if you don't get things mixed up in a busy working kitchen - but that's unlikely! Ceramic is a crime against decent knives...
Ceramic shopping board? Is that the same as chopping on a tiled surface?
Nails down a blackboard!
A bit like using an expensive knife to cut the tile then finding the knife edge damage later on.
plastic chopping boards are not as hygienic as wood.here is a single example of source, plenty more if you google
http://faculty.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/faculty/docliver/Research/cuttingboard.htm
I'd agree with that actually, but only in full sized butchers blocks, not boards which can be easily washed and sterilized.
For blocks, wood is superior. Despite the initial concerns from the inspections and environmental health. I can see where theyre coming from in wanting to use plastics, but so far the test bears out that the plastic can be permanently damaged and cannot be fully cleaned in the way a wooden block can.
For cutting boards.
These are the best in my humble opinion 🙂 and it can be put through the dishwasher to sterilize it.(Dont be tempted to buy the 1/2")
https://www.scobiesdirect.com/ItemInfo.asp?ItemDesc=Food+Cutting+Board&ItemNo=SC11812R
An excellent price too really considering its professional use.
A hard ceramic surface will dull the knife.
Source: Me. 16 years a butcher.
Used to have a trendy glass one, (the dorris bought it, not me), it was horrible and I imagine similar to ceramic. Much prefer wood, or at a push, plastic.
Ceramic knife? Yeeeees. Wooden chopping board? Yeeees.
Admittedly, been using folding chopping board for a wee while and love it. https://www.josephjoseph.com/en-gb/chop2pot
I have that folding one and bloody hate it. 2 plastic IKEA ones that go in the dishwasher and cost a few £ each work well for me
OP you may want to consider end grain chopping board made of the following woods:(No particular order)
1. Cherry
2. Maple
3. Walnut
4. Olive
5. Hikoni
Unfortunately they are not cheap.
Plastic all round here, with wood for bread. Prefer the easier washing up. Joseph multicolour set
I do use a glass one for certain things, like really really messy stuff, which sit over the sink. Only use it with a special sacrificial knife though
Hateful.
Ceramic? Alongside glass, the very best way to totally destroy a really good knife. I've got several plastic IKEA cutting boards, but my favourite is a slab of beech, around twenty inches by twelve by an inch and a half. Given to me by a mate who worked in the packing shed at Westinghouse Brake & Signal.
Not something you'd want to drop on your foot after washing, mind... 😀
jonah tonto - Member
plastic chopping boards are not as hygienic as wood.
Incorrect. Even end grain wood draws some moisture down which holds it in and helps bacteria breed. It's much harder to clean and sanitise wood properly when compared to a plastic board. Yes, a plastic board will cut but they are much easier to clean (and cheaper to replace on a regular basis).
An abhorrent device. 👿
Take it home with you, use it as a paving slab.
Back home now to my dishwasherable plastic boards. I am happy.
chewkw old fruit, I'm not going to buy a chopping board for somebody else's holiday let.
Harry_the_Spider - MemberBack home now to my dishwasherable plastic boards. I am happy.
chewkw old fruit, I'm not going to buy a chopping board for somebody else's holiday let.
Ah I see ... If that is someone else holiday let then just buy the £2 for two (2-pack of flexible chopping mats) plastic boards from Tesco.
Also use the cheapest knife you can fine from Poundland.
All cheap and cheerful disposables.