It is raining. Time for indoor activities! For this
BB I selected 6 pieces, but I have many more to attack. Love kitchen woods!
After a few hours of soaking, I gave the
spoon on the right a second layer of oil. I always keep adding oil until there are no more dry spots after the oil treatment.
I used grapeseed oil for oiling these kitchen woods. Why grapeseed oil?
Left and right, I've read that grapeseed oil
should be avoided for kitchen woods because it won't harden, will start to smell bad and give a sticky surface.
On the other hand, I've also read that grapeseed oil is just fine to use and even recommended.
This info lead me to try it out for myself. About 5 years ago I started using grapeseed oil for my kitchen woods, and this is my personal conclusion:
It's very thin and soaks into the
wood easily.
It doesn't smell, not in the beginning, not after years of applying it.
None of my kitchen woods have gone sticky.
It might be that the way I care for my utensils aids in the success of using grapeseed oil.
How I treat my kitchen woods:
- I
NEVER use
ANY kind of
soap to clean.
- I rinse with warm
water (if available, otherwise I just rinse with cold water)
immediatly after use (when food's ready).
- While cooking, I
NEVER let them soak in any kind of liquid: not in the soup tureen, not in the sauce pan, not in the jam pot...
- Twice a year I thoroughly clean my kitchen woods (with
hot water, salt, lemon) and oil them again.
So for me, grapeseed oil works great for kitchen woods!