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Are wooden cutting boards kosher? They seem to be finished with oil. Probably pig oil.
I asked one national hashgacha. They said it is cold, so I said I want to cut hot peppers. So they it’s fine because it’s probably kosher and is eino ben yomo. But isn’t a davar charim mechalia l’shvach? And why assume it is probably kosher? I assume it is pig fat.
I asked another national hashgacha. They said you can’t use it. So I asked if their supervised establishments have special vendors I could buy from, because I’m betting they all use them.
Are wood blocks kosher?
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I don’t know why one would assume that the oil used on wooden cutting boards comes from pigs.
Oils most commonly recommended for wood items that come in contact with food – like cutting boards – are:
1 – White mineral oil, a petroleum derivative
2 – Pure beeswax – Rav Dovid Heber states that it’s kosher
3 – Coconut oil
4 – Carnauba, from palm tree
5 – Tung oil (no, not tongue), from Tung tree, bad for
those allergic to nuts
6 – Linseed oil (raw, not boiled), from flax plant
7 – walnut oil
8 – Shellac or lacquer, which is a secretion of the lac insect and Rav Dovid Heber quotes Rav Moshe as holding that it is no different than honey in this respect and is a kosher product.
Interesting topic, thanks for bringing to our attention 🙂
I did a quick Google search (amazing how much you can learn), and see that the standard (therefore Rov) finish for wooden cutting boards is mineral oil, which would not be a problem. Some use a combination of linseed (flax) and mineral, which is also not an issue. Of course, if you know that your cutting board was finished with lard……
PBA – LOL, and Pun not intended!!!
:p
(Rov being majority vs. “Rov” as in Rabbi)
So you think there’s a rov that paskens the cutting board in front of you was finished with mineral oil?
I think you would first need to establish that animal fats are ever used in order to even need a rov.
If you are worried, sand it down and re oil it with mineral oil.
I think a better way of saying what you’re saying is that there’s a very strong rov?
No, I think the way I said it is fine. I don’t think your case of the meat sack is a rov either.
Are lobster shells food?
Probably ground up lobster shells.
So like the oil in cutting boards, it’s nosein ta’am lifgam.
Wooden cutting boards are worse avodah zarah than Zionism is. It’s showing that you care about your knives. Knives should not be worshipped.
1) I can’t imagine they wouldn’t add pagum chemicals to prevent the pigs’ oil from stinking worse than a cow’s stomach.
2) Even l’shitascha hat’uyah, apushatayid’s eitzah would work.
3) I hope your stomach is stronger than a cow’s.
“Probably ground up lobster shells.”
Good question. Will have to ask the Home Depot posek what the sand paper is made from.
What would I reseason it with? The block oil doesn’t have a hechsher, and there’s no eid echod.
Mineral oil.
Or the block oil. You are not actually putting it into your food, and it’s essentially a kosher item.
How can you have a wooden cutting board in you home?
Is that how eid echod neeman b’heteira works?
FTFY
I don’t think you need to be yitayningwut to not worry about block oil.
If you are confident that they are assur, then don’t use one. If you are not sure, ask your posek.
1. Hagalah works on wood
2. A davar charif needs duchka d’sakina (or heat) to extract taam (and the pressure from the board doesn’t count, there is a tshuva from R’ Yitzchak Elchonon on this…)
I use a plastic cutting board.
MRS PLONY,
Maybe there’s lard in the plastc…
pigs are made from mineral oil.
I can’t eat donuts anymore.
I mistakenly quoted R’ Yitzchak Elchanan, it is actually from R’ Chaim Berlin (funny two people to confuse!), ???? ???? ???? ?”? excerpted below:
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As far as the minhag, I am not sure who the ???? ??? is quoting as being a maikel (and then rejecting) but the ???? ???? is comfortable to state his heter as an absolute pashtus…
As far as Hagalah goes, irui should work. I would be quite surprised if the board was immersed in a vat of hot oil…
No. Plastic is made from non-organic substances.
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