How to Clean Your Cutting Board Without Soap

Published on Friday, February 4, 2011, by CHOW Video Team / Edit Post

Gary Swart, CEO of oDesk, urges you to reconsider your soap usage on cutting boards. Who wants soapy residue?

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  • this method does nothing to kill bacteria and germs......white vinegar is a natural, non-toxic, inexpensive disinfectant. We use a vinegar/cold water bath for cleaning veggies, spray onto our wooden cutting board to kill germs ....best cleaner for a microwave is to simply boil water in the oven for several minutes and wipe clean...no chemical residue....and if the oven has a horrible smell (...+READ

    this method does nothing to kill bacteria and germs......white vinegar is a natural, non-toxic, inexpensive disinfectant. We use a vinegar/cold water bath for cleaning veggies, spray onto our wooden cutting board to kill germs ....best cleaner for a microwave is to simply boil water in the oven for several minutes and wipe clean...no chemical residue....and if the oven has a horrible smell ( burned popcorn or hamburger left to thaw...and forgotten overnight..ugh! ) add vinegar to the water and boil away.....the offending odor will disappear when the vinegar smell disapates.-COLLAPSE

  • You shouldn't have soap residue if you use only as much soap as needed and rinse completely. Using a lemon and salt seems extremely wasteful.

  • Nothing unsafe about soap and water for cleaning, white vinegar for disinfection. Mineral oil and bees wax for conditioning and sealing.

  • If you've got leftover juice after squeezing a lemon, you're not squeezing hard enough :)

  • Is there any advantage to this? I've never had a problem with soap residue, in fact I use the stuff on plates and forks too. Wood isn't going to like soap or lemon juice-- if you feel like worrying about it, orange oil might make a better cleaner.

  • does it work for bamboo too?