The Missus has developed a fear of cross-contamination after an unsavoury incident involving raw chicken, so we've been investigating various colour-coded chopping boards for a while and finally settled on this one, great purchase for only $13.95 (normally $21.49).
Kmart have a similar product for $15, but it's not wooden it's stainless steel or something, and the four boards are half the size.
Kmart looks like this: https://www.thegallerie.com.au/sites/thegallerie.com.au/file…
nope, it's just like a hollow slot for all the plastic boards to slide in and out, no groves like the Kmart one. The wooden part has little feet on them when it's laid flat. In the picture it's standing on its side.
We have these, they are great :-)
Call me stupid but isnt Cross contamination is caused by not washing the surface properly after use. How is this going to be any different (if not worse) if its not cleaned properly ? And then even placed into slots where airing and drying isnt as good as leaving them out separately.
Can someone enlighten me please as i have never had a problem with our chopping boards, i dont wnt to make the same mistake that all
Thanks.
Afaik, the color-coding only makes it easier to dedicate specific cutting mats to a single purpose (i.e., red for raw chicken/meats, green for vegetable/general food prep, yellow for fruits or veggies to be eaten raw, etc). It surely does not eliminate contamination from not cleaning surfaces well but at least bacteria from uncooked food never gets into food to be eaten raw.
I don't use this, by the way — we seem to get along just fine with one wooden chopping board (one side with a dent to indicate raw food use), and two smaller chopping boards for general prep and fruits.
I understand, thanks.
We usually use just one wooden cutting board (even tho we have three)
Ill cut up the meat/chicken/whatever than wash it under the tap before cutting up the veggies.
It just seems natural to wash things before/during using them.
This reminds me of a deal that was on her a whale ago for 10 Protein shakers. Someone wrote "yeah, ten shakers would be good because they can get manky after time." I thought ?? WTF? Wash the Fu&$ing things and they should last for years..
Anyways, thanks for the info :)
This reminds me of a deal that was on her a whale ago for 10 Protein shakers. Someone wrote "yeah, ten shakers would be good because they can get manky after time." I thought ?? WTF? Wash the Fu&$ing things and they should last for years..
In the morning, I go to the gym before I go to work. After my workout I drive from the gym to the train station then catch a train into the city. On the drive to the train station I consume my protein shake. I don't have time to do a pit stop at home just to wash a cup.. Nor do I want to be carrying a big empty bottle to and from work. The shaker bottle sits in my car all day so as you can imagine, it does get 'manky' over time. Ocassionally I will try to rinse the shaker out with bottled water if I have an extra bottle on me but it still doesn't make much of a difference in the long run as it needs a good rinsing to avoid getting manky.
This is just one of many reasons why one can simply not just wash the Fu&$ing thing and why one would choose to buy shakers in bulk.
It's really just a case of having several chopping boards. Same thing you'd get if you bought a few chopping boards. This way you can chop several different meats at the same time without cross contamination.
Its still a good deal and i gave it a +1
But chopping several different meats on 1 board is just a quick rinse and not that hard.
but , you can never have too many chopping boards lol :)
Quite right - the colour coding is a marketting gimmick playing on irrational fears.
Thats how marketting works - ignore it.
Just pull out a random pad to dice your raw meat, then stick it in the dishwasher when you are done, before pulling out another one for the salad or cooked food.
I expect you are completely right. But it is a matter of eliminating potential errors. By colour coding, there is no (or greatly reduced) risk of using the the same board for raw and cooked food. Colours are easy for our teeny tiny brains to process.
i like how the kmart one stores neatly. Is this one the same? cant tell from pic