How to easily clean a cutting board
Sara Idenfors
How to easily clean a cutting board
Cleaning your cutting boards is very important
If you neglect this point too much, you could become seriously ill in the worst case. Be especially careful with chicken, fish, and meat. Never place vegetables or anything else that will not be heated on a cutting board where you have prepared raw chicken, meat, or fish. Always clean the cutting board AND knife thoroughly between uses.
Cleaning wooden cutting boards with vinegar is NOT recommended. Vinegar is acidic and will eventually cause the wood to split. Salt and lemon do not replenish the wood's oils either. If you use any of these methods, you must also remember to oil your cutting boards. If you clean them with superfat soap instead, the wood is replenished with oil while you clean it.
What about the lemon and salt—they absolutely work, BUT as people raised in the harsh inland of Västerbotten near the mountains, we know what it takes to grow things … The lemon deserves more respect than being turned into a “scouring sponge.” Someone has spent time and energy growing and transporting that lemon, so do something good with it instead!
Here we show you how to clean a cutting board and get rid of bacteria using soap.
Cleaning wooden cutting boards with vinegar is NOT recommended. Vinegar is acidic and will eventually cause the wood to split. Salt and lemon do not replenish the wood's oils either. If you use any of these methods, you must also remember to oil your cutting boards. If you clean them with superfat soap instead, the wood is replenished with oil while you clean it.
What about the lemon and salt—they absolutely work, BUT as people raised in the harsh inland of Västerbotten near the mountains, we know what it takes to grow things … The lemon deserves more respect than being turned into a “scouring sponge.” Someone has spent time and energy growing and transporting that lemon, so do something good with it instead!
Here we show you how to clean a cutting board and get rid of bacteria using soap.
Here's how to do it
1. Get a superfat soap without added fragrance.
If you need to perfume your kitchen with scented cleaning products, there are probably one or more areas in the kitchen that need to be cleaned better. Do not cover up dirt in the kitchen with perfumes—clean it properly instead, and the kitchen will smell good without risking getting perfume in your food.
If you need to perfume your kitchen with scented cleaning products, there are probably one or more areas in the kitchen that need to be cleaned better. Do not cover up dirt in the kitchen with perfumes—clean it properly instead, and the kitchen will smell good without risking getting perfume in your food.
“Did you know that when the ingredients list says Fragrance, it can conceal up to 40 different chemicals?”
2. Get a somewhat rougher brush of some kind. A cloth is not enough—you need at least a dish brush.
3. Then clean the cutting board by scrubbing it with warm water, superfat soap, and a brush, following the direction of the wood grain. A plastic cutting board can be cleaned in any direction.
4. Rinse it off and test again—if the soap foam is now white and clean, then the cutting board is clean. If the foam is still brown with dirt, it needs another round with the brush.
5. Let the cutting board dry thoroughly, preferably standing upright.