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Maple Cutting Boards

You will find most cutting boards to be made of maple. Butcher block as well are usually maple. Maple is renown for being a hard closed pore wood. This latter attribute is why maple is used over other species. That and its availability. Maple is a more common than a rare hardwood.

The closed pores minimizes the places for the growth of bacteria. This also reduces the chance of finish (sealant)leaching back into food.

You may find cutting boards or butcher blocks made of other species, but this is more the exception than the norm. A quick test is to see if you can make an indentation in the wood with a fingernail. This is not likely to happen with maple or other hardwood species. Softwood substitutes (poplar, fir, pine, etc) will to some degree fail the figernail test. LOL
DaveT


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