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[–] [email protected] 18 points 19 hours ago (3 children)

Give them a coat of linseed oil (food save) to avoid them soaking up juices (veg + meat)

[–] NielsBohron 3 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (1 children)

For real. Our bamboo cutting boards are ok, but after a few months of use we can only use them for savory dishes, because everything tastes like onions

[–] ikidd 2 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Huh, I've never noticed that with maple boards and I don't oil ours. Maybe that's a peculiarity of bamboo? I have an annoyingly good nose and don't smell anything on them after they're washed and let dry.

[–] NielsBohron 3 points 18 hours ago

It's less of an issue with true hardwood like maple. For all the talk of bamboo dulling knives, I think it's actually fairly soft in term of porosity.

But the place I always notice it is in pancakes, for whatever reason. My partner will make a big mess of pancakes for the kids on the weekends and stack then up on the cutting board, and if I grab one off the bottom of the stack, it very noticeably will taste of onions and herbs.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 17 hours ago

Probably a good idea! I wasn’t sure what what linseed was, so I looked it up… I’ve heard of it before of course, but I had no idea that it was from flax.

[–] Bruncvik 1 points 15 hours ago

I used mineral oil for the same effect.