How to Season a New Carbonised Bamboo Board Properly
Bringing home a new carbonised bamboo chopping board is a bit like unboxing a new gadget. It looks beautiful, it feels reassuringly solid and you can’t wait to put it to work. But before it meets its first onion, it needs one important thing: proper seasoning. Seasoning a new carbonised bamboo board properly helps protect it from moisture, staining and warping, and keeps it looking rich and dark for years. The good news? It’s simple, soothingly methodical and oddly satisfying. Why carbonised bamboo needs seasoning Carbonised bamboo has been gently heat treated to bring out that deep, coffee coloured tone...
Best Food-Grade Oils for Seasoning Acacia Chopping Boards
If you have a beautiful acacia chopping board in your kitchen, you already know it is more than just a bit of wood. Acacia has a rich grain, a lovely warm tone and it can last for years if you treat it well. The secret to keeping it looking and performing its best? Using the right food grade oils for seasoning acacia chopping boards. Choose the right oil and your board will stay silky smooth, resist stains and avoid cracking. Choose the wrong one and you could end up with sticky residue, strange smells or even a rancid surface. Nobody...
Bamboo vs Carbonised Bamboo: Which Chopping Board Oils Best?
If you have a bamboo chopping board and a darker carbonised bamboo board side by side, you might have noticed they behave a little differently when you oil them. One seems to drink oil, the other beads it on the surface. So when it comes to bamboo vs carbonised bamboo: which chopping board oils best? First things first: what is carbonised bamboo? Standard bamboo boards are made from pale, naturally coloured bamboo. Carbonised bamboo starts exactly the same way but the bamboo is steamed at high temperature. This darkens the sugars in the fibres, giving that rich caramel colour many...
How Often Should You Oil Acacia Chopping Boards in a British Home?
If you have a beautiful acacia chopping board sitting pride of place on your kitchen worktop, you probably bought it for two reasons: it looks gorgeous and it feels reassuringly solid under the knife. To keep it that way, regular oiling is essential. But how often should you oil acacia chopping boards in a British home, where we have central heating, steamy kitchens and the odd kitchen window left open to the drizzle? Why acacia boards need oiling at all Acacia is a dense, durable hardwood, which is exactly why we love it for chopping boards. It is naturally water...