Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Around the Campfire => Topic started by: toomanyknots on December 17, 2013, 09:59:35 pm
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Will it work? I was just trying to think of things I could finish a hickory cutting board with. Will olive oil work, or will it mold?
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Mineral oil.....I think is the best for cutting boards. I'm not sure but Olive oil might go rancid after a period of time. I know vegetable oil will.
DBar
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Anything i make that may come into contact with food or my mouth i use butcher block oil or a mixture of mineral oil and beeswax.
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Just make sure it is laxative grade mineral oil for food surfaces.
Howard butcher block and cutting board oil is what I use, it's a mixture of laxative grade mineral oil and vitamin E, they also sell a conditioner that is mineral oil and beeswax. Both can be found at the orange big box store.
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My favorite oxymoron in the finish scene is butcher block or cutting board finish by I think Minwax that is safe for food and has a skull and crossbones on the can. :laugh:
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I use Olive Oil on My cast Iron cookware with no problem. Bob
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I've used flax and linseed(raw) oil for cutting boards and use olive oil and heat gun to occasional season the butchers block. Might explain that random head twitching I get from time to time >:D
Tracy
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Thanks yall, will give some of these a go! I was about to buy a "hardwood cutting board" yesterday cause we need one, when I realized I was simply buying a slab of hardwood for 10 bucks, when I already have a bunch of em! (I buy a bunch of hickory boards, and have a bunch of cut offs). Speaking of that, anybody cook with on a piece of hickory? Or any other wood? I have seen people grill on one, I am just thinking of uses for some of these pieces of hickory?
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Thanks yall, will give some of these a go! I was about to buy a "hardwood cutting board" yesterday cause we need one, when I realized I was simply buying a slab of hardwood for 10 bucks, when I already have a bunch of em! (I buy a bunch of hickory boards, and have a bunch of cut offs). Speaking of that, anybody cook with on a piece of hickory? Or any other wood? I have seen people grill on one, I am just thinking of uses for some of these pieces of hickory?
You could chip them up and use them to smoke something delicious.
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I'm surprised no one has mentioned pure tung oil. Make sure it's pure and not the hardware store variety.
Hickory is excellent for all kinds of cooking and yes, you can put meat in the oven on a slab of hickory. It works a little better if you put hickory chips in a separate pan. It will give you a very mild smoky flavor if the oven is hot enough. You've got to experiment.
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Sweet yall, :). Ya, I usually chip em up with my draw knife to grill with, but I was thinking of doing some salmon on a piece of hickory in the oven actually, maybe for christmas? Mmmmmmm
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flax/linseed = the same thing. Flax is the plant, linseed is the seed of the flax plant.
Same thing with flax/linen. Flax produces the raw fiber and as it is processed it becomes various grades of linen.
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flax/linseed = the same thing. Flax is the plant, linseed is the seed of the flax plant.
Same thing with flax/linen. Flax produces the raw fiber and as it is processed it becomes various grades of linen.
I've just read it dries slower. Does it still dry though? or oxidize, etc?
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I use Olive Oil on My cast Iron cookware with no problem. Bob
Extra virgin olive oil is great for cast iron cookware. when is gets hot around 400 deg it reaches it's smoke point and makes a non stick surface. I love to cook over a camp fire with cast iron. :)
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I use Olive Oil on My cast Iron cookware with no problem. Bob
Extra virgin olive oil is great for cast iron cookware. when is gets hot around 400 deg it reaches it's smoke point and makes a non stick surface. I love to cook over a camp fire with cast iron. :)
Good to know, thanks. Do you just coat the stuff lightly? By the way, does the raw flaxseed/linseed oil have as much of a spontaneous combustion problem as normal boiled linseed oil?
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I use Olive Oil on My cast Iron cookware with no problem. Bob
Extra virgin olive oil is great for cast iron cookware. when is gets hot around 400 deg it reaches it's smoke point and makes a non stick surface. I love to cook over a camp fire with cast iron. :)
Good to know, thanks. Do you just coat the stuff lightly? By the way, does the raw flaxseed/linseed oil have as much of a spontaneous combustion problem as normal boiled linseed oil?
toomany,
Don't know much about flaxseed/linseed but.......... coat your warm cast iron with EVOO put it in a 400 or even better 450 deg oven for about 1 hour, let cool to touch and repeat. just real thin coats each time. makes a great non stick surface. :) yum
DBar
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You may want to re-visit your choice of hardwood for a cutting board. Something like hickory with it's open grain will suck liquids and bacteria deep into the wood. Closed grain like maple is much better for the job. Professional grade butcher blocks are almost always made from maple.
Funny, all these years later and the advent of plastic cutting boards they find out that plastic carries e.coli nicely, but wood has compounds that kill e-coli! Bwaaahahaha! Primitive materials rule!
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Mineral oil.....I think is the best for cutting boards. I'm not sure but Olive oil might go rancid after a period of time. I know vegetable oil will.
DBar
Another good one is Walnut oil, a little pricey though.
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You may want to re-visit your choice of hardwood for a cutting board. Something like hickory with it's open grain will suck liquids and bacteria deep into the wood. Closed grain like maple is much better for the job. Professional grade butcher blocks are almost always made from maple.
Funny, all these years later and the advent of plastic cutting boards they find out that plastic carries e.coli nicely, but wood has compounds that kill e-coli! Bwaaahahaha! Primitive materials rule!
So would that land cherry and Ironwood also as good woods to use?
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Olive oil doesn't do well at high temps like for frying. Coconut oil has a very high heat tolerance. Get the pure organic, and not the hydrogenated, or steam processed oil. Get the cold pressed. It is also capable of being used in machinery! :o Stay away from Palm oil, it comes from the Betal nut palm, also known as the Arica palm. It is a known carcinogen. Nothing like a good, and well seasoned cast iron pot! I cook only with cast iron, as first choice, and glass as second, and stainless as third, and porcelain as a fourth. Absolutely no non stick coatings, or aluminum! A lot of people have a little 24 hour virus, that is actually Teflon poisoning! Aluminum is as bad or worse than mercury. In the early seventies, they found the majority of Alzheimer patients had a high level of aluminum in their blood, and then the sales of aluminum products plummeted, and as usual, the people forgot in a few years, aluminum is back as strong as ever. Think about it. Aluminum conducts electricity, and in your blood stream, in your brain, it plays hell with the neurons, and elsewhere in the body. They are even using it in the flu shots, and shots for infants! The majority of those vaccines are banned in Europe. I always check the labels on pickle and relish jars, if it has Alum ( Aluminum Sulfate) I leave it on the shelf. Anyway, I would go with the mineral oil,or butcher block oil, etc. Just my opinion. I always, wash my little wood cutting block, after each use, with hot water, and then lightly wipe it with water and bleach, after that. Enjoy your cutting block. ;) ( Use laxative grade mineral oil) Boy this Venison is delic, where's your bathroom?!!! :o
Wayne