Comment on How to get greasy spots out of wooden cutting board properly?

• Canonical_Warlock@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  There is literal food grade mineral oil for this exact purpose along with lubricating food making equipment. It’s basically completely inert and is sometimes even used as a food ingredient. You can straight up drink a jug of the stuff with no health repercussions other than the violent greasy shits you would get from drinking any oil. Just because it’s a petroleum product doesn’t automatically mean its bad for you.

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  • Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Can you cite any research, not sponsored by the petroleum industry, that relates to this opinion? Walnut oil is a food product, is made from walnuts, doesn't go rancid, and works quite well for maintenance of cutting boards and other wooden kitchen ware.

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    • turdburglar@piefed.social ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      walnut oil is lovely. it doesn’t penetrate the wood as deeply as the mineral oil + beeswax tho.

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  • Fluffy_Ruffs@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    You had me at “violent greasy shits”

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    • turdburglar@piefed.social ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      mineral oil is sold at the pharmacy as a laxitive. so yeah, violent greasy shits.

      it’s also cheaper to buy at the pharmacy than it is to buy at the woodworking shops as a finish. same stuff tho.

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• turdburglar@piefed.social ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  i mean, ok. but as an actual woodworker, my knowledge base shows mineral oil to be a standard food grade treatment for wooden kitchen implements.

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