Each housewife must have at least two wooden cutting boards in the kitchen, as meat, fish and fruit are completely incompatible, and they need to be cut on separate dosches. Well, the maximum number of such items is not limited, the main thing is that they are convenient to store.
Which cutting boards are better - wooden or plastic?
Although wooden cutting boards are considered less hygienic than plastic ones , they are more convenient to use. Products on them do not slip, as it happens with plastic or glass, and this reduces the likelihood of injuring your fingers with a sharp knife.
In addition, the knives on the wooden surface are not dull, which can not be said about the glass. Boards made of wood are impact-resistant, they are suitable even for cutting meat with a kitchen hatchet. So they have more advantages than other species.
What form should I choose?
The choice of the form - round, rectangular, figured, depends more on the desire of the hostess to have it in stock. But it is noticed that boards of a rectangular shape are more convenient and practical, so that they should still prefer them. Let's find out what are the dachshunds for the kitchen.
The simplest board is a rectangle. It is better if it is made of solid wood - oak, acacia, beech, as softwood is short-lived and subject to deformation.
It is convenient when the patch on the contour has a shallow groove, which serves not only as a decorative element, but also serves as a collection tank for liquid that flows when cutting juicy products (oranges, pickled cucumbers).
The round dosochka is also quite comfortable if it refers to wooden cutting boards of large sizes, since a small one will not be very convenient. But if it is big, then it will be very comfortable to work with. Not for nothing that famous chefs use just such.
And if the round dosochka is also thick enough - up to 5 cm, then it can be safely cut with a big knife and cut the bones with an ax , without worrying for the integrity of the dosochki.
It is very convenient to have an end face wood cutting board, which can be either round or rectangular. Inside or at the bottom of this dosochka there is a special semicircular sample, in which it is convenient to place the edge of the plate and when cutting vegetables, it is simply to load the surplus products into it. And if this little stick still has small protrusions-legs, it makes it even more convenient to operate.
In addition to the usual boards on sale, you can find a three-dimensional wooden dosochku, inside which there is a small box. On the front surface of such kitchen equipment will be a round notch, where vegetables are poured after cutting, while getting into the container. This option is very convenient, especially if there is a need to cut a large amount of the product.
The most popular in our kitchens were once wooden cutting boards with a pattern. It was applied by burning it on wood or industrial conditions with paints, and then covered with varnish. These dosochki simultaneously decorate the interior, while having a working surface on the back.
Quite often you can get a decorative cutting board in the shape of a fish, an apple or any other object as a gift. Such a product can be used to cut something small, since a small working area does not allow working with a swing.
For pizza lovers, a round cutting board with planned segments is suitable, which is convenient for evenly dividing the pizza into equal parts. Sometimes a special round knife comes with this board.
It is desirable that slicing bread is carried out on a specially designated for this board. For such purposes on sale there is a ditch-lattice with a double bottom where crumbs awaken, which after convenient to clean.
