Before this year’s Amazon Prime Day, if you were to ask me if I regularly oiled my nice wooden cutting boards, I would probably lie to your face.Of course I oil them, I’d enthuse.You absolutely must if you want your cutting boards to last. Please treat your finicky kitchen goods with care!! You wouldn’t run yourcast-iron skilletthrough the dishwasher, would you? Ha ha ha HA!
Except (though I definitelycleanmy cast-iron pan correctly, I swear) I do not oil my boards. I know I’m supposed to, and I know that it’s super easy to do, but I’ve never actually secured the supplies needed to routinely treat and seal the fancy slabs of wood upon which I chopvegetables. It is high time I become a responsible cutting board owner and put this reckless behavior behind me. Today, with the help of an Amazon Prime Day discount, I am buying myself a Boos care kit.
Boos is one of the top names incutting boards, renowned for its beautiful butcher-block-style boards available in a variety of woods, like warm reddish cherry and deep brown walnut. Most of the cutting boards feature finger grips carved into opposite sides for easy lifting and moving (they’re quite heavy, so this is a helpful addition) and the iconic company logo branded onto one edge. Boos boards are pricey, but you get what you pay for: high-quality boards that with proper maintenance can last for years.
Just like your face, wooden cutting boards require a care routine—a bit ofmoisturizing和防护屏蔽,帮助他们看best. Boos carries a kit for exactly this purpose, containing two products that team up to keep your board in prime condition. The Mystery Oil (spooky!) “penetrates deep into the grain of the wood surface to protect and revitalize the wood fibers,” while the Board Cream “contains unbleached beeswax and a food-grade mineral oil” to “provide a long-lasting moisture barrier that seals the top of the wood surface.” Regular application of the oil followed by the cream helps protect a cutting board from bacteria and moisture that might otherwise penetrate and weaken the wood. I know what this looks like first hand, as my favorite nice wood cutting board, strained by all the additional use it got this year from mecooking every mealI ate for 23 straight weeks, has warped and cracked beyond repair—the result of my own non-oiling negligence. I’ve learned my lesson, and the discount on the care kit (it’s usually $20, but on sale for $14 for Amazon Prime Day) is just an added bonus.
While I’m shopping, I’ll probably snag a fresh new Boos cutting board as well—in particular, this maple number with a channel set around it to collect runoff liquid. I’ve become an avidchicken roasterin 2020 (brag) and need a better solution to the mess that carving makes than laying down a bunch ofkitchen towelsto soak up the juices. At 24 by 18 inches, it’s large but not unmanageable, the perfect surface for piling all my prepped ingredients as I cook, but not so enormous that I’ll have no place to store it. Not buying it today—like not oiling your cutting board—seems like a bad idea.
