thundersweet and others -- where do you do your cutting?

16 years ago

These beautiful kitchens and their beautiful counters....where do you cut if you don't have a butcher block island? Do you put away the cutting board after you use it every time?

I'm not big on counter clutter but I always have a board out now. I am very close to making a decision to have soapstone counters which argues even more for not cluttering it up with a board. I am putting in a small island table because I need a landing place for my refrigerator. For reasons totally unknown I decided long ago on butcher block. It only dawned on me last night that I could actually use this surface to cut on!

Then my mind started to drift with your recent post and people talking about putting marble on islands and putting beautiful walnut on islands and thinking "I've always wanted a small marble surface in my kitchen" and then "Oh, my island is very small, I could put marble on it!" and then it dawned on me that if I put marble on it, I wouldn't have the wood butcher block anymore...which would lead to a cutting board being on the counter all of the time because someone is always cutting something during the course of the day/evening.

So, sorry for the long explanation but where do you cut stuff, make sandwhiches, whatever?

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fnzzy
16 years ago
well you didnt' address me directly, but I can answer that. I have always used a cutting board, even on my old nasty laminate and I just put the cutting board away after every use and it lived right under the counter in one of my lower cabinets. When we're doing stuff like making sandwiches, truthfully, I cut those on the plate or the papertowel or whatever. they don't require a cutting board IMO. It never really seemed like a big issue to me to take it out and put it away...*shrug*

Now, at my mom's house she has cutting boards built into the space under her counter but on top of her drawers (which is possible because she has partial overlay cabinets) and the board just slides in and out as needed.
plants4
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16 years ago
Yikes, maybe it's time to consider the old fashioned pull-out board after all. That might make the other people in my family wipe it down....or maybe they would just leave it sticking out!!!
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fnzzy
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oh well, my brothers do leave it sticking out so perhaps that really isn't a good thing? lol
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I usually put my cutting boards in my tray cabinet, but with the new set-up, I'm doing it a little different. I have my microwave under the counter in my island and there is room in the cubby where it sits to stick a couple of different cutting boards right next to it. One would also fit on top of it, if I wanted. They are easily accessible but out of the way at the same time.
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I'm missing something here. Why is a cutting board sitting on a countertop considered clutter? To me that's an essential part of everyday life in a kitchen. I have storage for other cutting boards, but there's always going to be one sitting on the peninsula ready to go.
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I"m adding an island and considering one base piece (a 15 inch I think) that has a pull out cutting board. I currently have Silestone counters but will be switching to soapstone on the perimenters and quartzite/granite on the island. I have several size cutting boards that fit in a base cabinet. I just pull one out and stick it in the DW after use. They are the acrylic kind. If I'm just cutting a sandwich... slicing tomatos... whatever; I will sometimes just grab a paper plate and cut on that. I guess that's not entirely environmentally responsible of me.
polly929
16 years ago
There is a gap above my dishwasher under the counter and my large wooden cutting board slides perfectly in there.
lindawink
16 years ago
I have a 2' x 5' island, and there is a 20" x 14"wooden cutting board sitting on it at all times. I like the look :) and I know it will always be used.
caligirl_cottage
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I have a butcherblock island and I still use a cutting board. Call me crazy, but I just don't like the knife marks!
plants4
Original Author
16 years ago
I have only used heavy wood cutting boards and I'm not going to change now so I guess either I quickly include a pull out into our cabinet design -- which doesn't really appeal at this stage -- or I plan to live with it on the counter. I realize that even if we do use the island for cutting -- a whole novel idea that doesn't sound very novel to most people, I'm sure -- what I wanted in this kitchen was a place between the sink and the stove where washed vegetables get cut. I specifically didn't want to be moving wet and cut vegetables in my hands between an island and a stove because that's what we do now and it drives me crazy (and makes a mess of the floor). I already had to compromise by having a corner in between them.

Somehow putting a pull-out cutting board in the aisle space between counters and islands seems crazy because how can anybody walk around it comfortably while you're cooking? Yup, I don't see how that works at all.

thundersweet and others -- where do you do your cutting?

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