Every housewife has a cutting board on which she is sinfully ready to cut up everything, despite the recommendations of experts.
As a rule, it is a compact, stable and easy-to-clean thing that you will never want to throw away. But there is a limit to everything.
As you know, wooden cutting boards last the longest. They are also the safest in terms of ecology, but not the most practical.
More and more often, bulky and heavy wooden products, which are not very convenient to clean, are replaced with plastic or silicone ones. It is important not to get carried away here.
When to change your cutting board
It is not the materials themselves that are dangerous, but the bacteria that settle in chips and cracks.
The boards may contain pathogens such as salmonella, E. coli, staphylococcus and other pathogens.
They say that cleaning them is not as easy as changing a board.
Therefore, if the cuts, chips and cracks on the surface of the cutting board are constantly dark or black, then this item can no longer be used in the kitchen.
How to clean
In terms of disinfection, plastic products are safer than wooden ones, experts say. The reason is that wood is more porous and requires more thorough cleaning.
The easiest way to keep your utensils in order is to wash the board in the dishwasher.
Earlier we told you how to collect fallen needles from a Christmas tree without a vacuum cleaner .
