How to Clean and Remove Stains and Smells From Wooden Spoons and Cutting Boards and More Tips
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CLEANING WOODEN SPOONS
We love wooden spoons, but because of their tendency to retain odors and transfer flavors, a hint of yesterday’s French onion soup can end up in today’s beurre blanc. Since it isn’t advisable to put wooden utensils in the dishwasher, what’s the best way to remove odors?
To find out, we stood six brand-new wooden spoons in a container of freshly chopped raw onions for 30 minutes, rinsed them with water, then cleaned them with the following substances: dish detergent and water, vinegar and water, bleach and water, a lemon dipped in salt, a tablespoon of baking soda mixed with a teaspoon of water, and more plain water as a control.
The only spoon that our panel of sniffers deemed odor-free was the one scrubbed with baking soda. Here’s why: Odors left behind in the porous surface of a wooden spoon are often caused by weak organic acids. Baking soda neutralizes such acids, eliminating their odor. Furthermore, since baking soda is water soluble, it is drawn into the wood along with the moisture in the paste, thus working its magic as far as the water is able to penetrate.
CUTTING BOARD CLEANING
If you can’t use a dishwasher (which won’t work for wood, bamboo, and some composite boards), is bleaching the next best method for eliminating bacteria from your cutting board?
We sent a stack of boards to a lab, where they were colonized with salmonella, then washed with hot soapy water or sprayed with bleach solution or undiluted vinegar. All methods were equally effective at reducing bacteria to less than 10 CFUs (colony forming units).
We asked an outside lab to compare wood, plastic, bamboo, and composite cutting boards to see if any particular material harbored more bacteria after washing. Bamboo boards actually have antibacterial properties that help kill off bacteria, but all of the materials we tested came back perfectly clean.
BOX GRATER CLEANING
Rubbing a loaf of stale bread is an easy way to clean sticky or greasy residues off your box grater.
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In the description you say that you sent your cutting boards, made out of a variety of materials, to an outside lab for testing, after washing. That seems like a great topic for another video! I'm sure lots of folks would be interested in the results. The fact that you had the boards tested by an outside lab lends lots of credibility to the results. Thanks for sharing!
Rob Colling They already have a video on the best cutting boards.
I recommend looking through their older videos
Good idea. I’d be curious about the test results of the cleaning methods . . . Or maybe not.
Old coffee grounds are fantastic for removing garlic & onion odors from cutting boards. Mix with the baking soda paste or a drop of dish soap. Nice abrasive scrub as well.
Susan Binks Scrafford Yeah, but then it smells like coffee
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That last tip with the box grater blew my mind. I don't own a dish washer, and those things are always such a pain to hand wash.
Just soak in water or cleans it immediately, then it's also very easy and you don't need to have spare bread.
i love dan!!!!!
Bold of you to assume I have stale bread on hand.
lol!
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I have used this soda and vinegar and 20 different cleaning liquids but my wooden cutting plate sill smells salmon form the 200g salmon that I cut to make sushi 15 days ago!Any suggestion more than welcome :)
Salt and lemon juice. Scrub with a sponge then rinse.
Thanks for great tips
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Any suggestions for cleaning a box grater for those of us that don't/can't eat wheat or grains?
Any tip on cleaning a manual sifter? I find the dishwasher or hand washing makes a kind of paste inside the screen.
What about mold on cutting boards . How do you remove this?
My fear is that soap will get stuck in the pores of the wood..
what about wood boards with oil stains on it.
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Great tips!
I need a tip to quickly and efficiently remove baked on grease on my stove top without scratching the surface please.
Mojokitty65 I usually use that paste but it's still hard to get off. I use a regular sponge.
TSP
Bon Ami, it's Americas original natural powder cleanser. It works amazingly well, my ovens glass door has never been so clean! No talc, it's non-toxic, and doesn't scratch. Don't use TSP on glass, so they say, because it etches glass.
I had rendered Around 10 lbs. Of lard recently and between my stovetop and oven both were very dirty. I used to use bon ami and a scrub daddy, but it's not quick. The other day I took out a few of my products to try out from Better Life kitchen and bath scrubber with a scrub daddy and was shocked how quick it was. I've been developing recipes for the past year so I use a lot of different products. Nothing cleaned like that. By the way, vinegar and baking soda cancel each other out. They should never be combined.
Easy off oven cleaner
The baking soda didn't work on taking an egg stain and smell off my wooden cutting board... help 😭
Try soaking it in a mild bleach solution
Wood stove
Didn't work...
It's good to see the woodprix has new instructions to save my money and energy to build it.
Baking soda is not alkaline it's basic, as opposed to acidic. Alkaline is a group of metals on the periodic table.
I'm so sure that you can make it too guys. Just look for woodprix.
Mine works too. I used the Woodprix plans and performed it without any problems.
The energizer bunny of crap is back!
Okay now my cutting board is clean for the night, how do I maintain it? Oh, wait maybe that will the the next 32 - 53 second video. No mention of oiling it?
Oh, and I'm low carb, so no stale bread around. No alternative offered?
nyhyl has it correct, just soak it. And remember to run your sponge opposite direction that you would to grate (seems obvious, but you would not believe the # of people...)