Thread: Finishing Formula Question

Don't know what anyone else thinks, but slapping a few coats of cooking oil on it, gives you a non-toxic finish that isn't going to melt off into your cooking, and as it leeches out the stuff is edible anyways, just put more oil on them as they start to look dry

I don't know what that advice is based on, but it is generally accepted that cooking oil does not make a suitable finish for wooden articles used for food preparation.

It is because virtually all cooking oils go rancid.

Accepted practice is to use a mineral oil, a search of this forum will find quite a few threads on this subject, as will Googling the subject

here is but one reference found by using Google

http://whatscookingamerica.net/Cutti...s/AllAbout.htm

When I was in high school (mid 80's) I made a cheese board and used vegetable oil on it - as my woodwork teacher suggested looked good but I would never know if it turned rancid because it was put in cupboard and never used.