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the unsung altar where every meal gets its first wound
means A flat board, usually wood or plastic, on which food is sliced, chopped, or otherwise prepared with a knife.
from A transparent compound of "cutting" (from Old English "cyttan," to cut) and "board" (from Old English "bord," a plank or table). "Board" once meant any flat slab of wood — the same root that gives us the table you eat at ("room and board") and the floorboards underfoot — so a cutting board is, plainly, the plank you cut on.
- wood vs plastic
- Wood naturally kills bacteria; scratched plastic harbors more
- end grain
- Wood fibers stand up, self-healing under your blade
- knife saver
- Glass and stone boards quietly destroy your edges
- ancient tool
- Used in kitchens for thousands of years
- juice groove
- That edge channel exists to catch bloody runoff
for instance
john boos block — american wood cutting board manufacturer founded 1887, used in professional kitchens worldwide
victorinox fibrox board — swiss polymer cutting board, standard in michelin-starred restaurants since 1960s