Oh, Cashmere, that sounds hysterical.

My hostess has been spoiling me with her cooking. I'm never going to be able to keep up with this when I get home. Tonight? Roast Lamb, mashed potatoes, and broccoli.

So, supposing one had some Lysol All-purpose Cleaner whose label says "do not use on eating utensils, glasses, etc." and one only noticed that after one had used it on a wooden cutting board. What should one do?

I'm sure I've shared this here before but the WORST GAME EVER at a baby shower was called "Guess what baby ate" or something like that. Melted candy bars in little diapers. People were actually sniffing the diapers to deterine what candy bars were in there. I was pregnant at the time and had to sit that one out as the mere image of people sniffing diapers and melted chocolate "poo" made me gag.

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ND, sorry to hear your day has been what it is.

Question, though. If the bluebird arrives with the phone, do you get the pleasure of strangling the thing for bothering you with it's incessant happiness???

ION...I still need a t-shirt from The Pleasure Chest.

Scrub it well with a brush and soap and water, -t, air dry, and when it's completely dry, you need to oil it down again. All the "experts" say cooking oil, but my boards always get sticky with cooking oil. I use mineral oil: rub it on with my fingers, into the grain, let it set to absorb as much as possible--12 to 24 hours, then wipe down with paper towels.

You shouldn't actually drink mineral oil, but it isn't toxic, where boiled linseed oil--the oil usually recommended for wood--is toxic.

I scrub my boards as needed and re-oil every couple of months. If you want to try an old-fashioned method of no-soap scrubbing, sprinkle coarse sea salt over the board (less than a teaspoon for an 18-inch square board), cut a lemon in half and scrub with half of it. The salt and lemon juice will bleach and disinfect, and remove lingering odors.

Just rinse off the board, -t. There won't be enough to do any harm. If the odor persists, try vinegar or lemon or tomato juice.

ION, I was wrong. The snow is indeed sticking. The dog took one look out of the door, turned around and ran to the den. He's going to have to go out there sometime. :: evil laugh::

The other good thing about mineral oil is that it doesn't go rancid.

Ooh, I have salt and a lime. I'll try that. Thanks, y'all.

Snow! That's craziness, Ginger. I'm planning on taking Walter up to the Sierras so he can see snow (I suspect he will love it), but probably not while it's actually coming down.

Fllow up query: my salty lime rind should not go in the compost, correct?

Some years ago, I was at a friend's when his cats saw their first snow. One of them discovered that if you bat the snow, it makes a ball and when you bat the ball, it makes a bigger ball. I almost hurt myself laughing.