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Don't you just love estate sales?!
Comments (21)Estate sales are big business here, it seems. There are companies that run them much of the time. Yes, they happen here when when people die, and also can happen if an estate is being broken up, but usually is due to death. They open up much of the house, and sell pretty much everything in it. You can walk through the house, yard and garage, shopping for almost anything and everything you need, from kitchenware, and dishes to clothing, tools, collectibles, curtains, and furniture. What doesn't sell, the estate sale people take to their stores. Yes, they even have estate sale stores. I like being nosey, though, and going to estate sales in interesting neighborhoods with the cool houses. To get back to cooking, I've found some interesting cookbooks at estate sales, too. I just remembered about one I picked up that had arabic recipes. It was one of those fund raiser cookbooks that churches and civic groups do. This was done by an Arabic church, and has half Arabic recipes and half American recipes. I have yet to cook anything out of it yet, but found it fun to read through. Sally...See MoreTell me about your wooden cutting boards
Comments (62)"----CSIRO here has done studies which indicate wood is self-sanitising---" I am familiar with that report, but I am still keeping an open mind. We all know wood goes rotten if not protected soon. That's why wood is used to grow mushrooms. There is very limited ability for wood to sanitize, it seems to me. And the report says, "---Some wooden boards have been reported to exhibit antibacterial properties. After a short period of time, fewer bacteria have been recovered from these boards than from identically treated plastic ones.--" "Some" means not all. "Short period of time"? what does that mean in a kitchen environment? There is also, "Experts disagree on whether wood or plastic cutting boards are the most sanitary. Most governmental agencies in the United States recommend plastic, while other experts say scarred, rutted plastic cutting boards can harbor just as much bacteria as wood." Try this: use a woodworker's scraper and scrape your wood cutting board after you clean it and you will see a lot of stuff that have not been cleaned away. A plastic cutting board in a dish washer is a very clean cutting board. Don't ever wash your wood cutting board in a dishwasher. dcarch This post was edited by dcarch on Thu, Sep 12, 13 at 17:40...See MoreIf you go from Oil to Waterlox on your island...
Comments (5)Fishies, I cannot answer your question about the waterlox, but I have had wood counters in the kitchen for six months now, and treat them with homemade beeswax/mineral oil. There is one area I cut on primarily and the rest is just, well, countertop. I would not change it for the world. The finish repels water just fine (I re-do it every couple of months when the water stops looking so bead-y, doesn't take very long at all). I have not used a cutting board at all since we moved back in, which simplifies life quite a bit. I think the risk with a varnish or tung-type finish is that once it gets dinged up (and even if you don't cut on it, if you have active people in your life something is bound to happen) it is hard to patch an area. But there are several folks on this site who do have Waterlox and I am sure can better tell you how that holds up. Here are a couple of pictures of my kitchen - admittedly this is only a few months into things: But better yet, here's an old thread that was my inspiration - this owner really outlines the pros and cons of an oiled finish, complete with post-use pictures. Here is a link that might be useful: Walnut island used as a cutting board...See MoreMemorable wedding gift ideas....
Comments (25)We attended a wedding last year; it was at a lovely seaside hotel. I sketched a view and framed it as a gift (but many places have/sell cards, drawings, etc. that might make nice framed gifts) either of the venue or church. Was also thinking to screen print (they can digitally print on fabrics now) the latitude and longitude of the wedding location (kind of an outdoor sunbrella type fabric pillow) ... but that could be engraved onto a glass or cutting board...so its a bit subtle but a memento. Congratulations an hope its a great fun summer!...See Moreglassquilt
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