Perhaps there's an all-seafood version out there.
From Bamboo to Cork
Bambu, the maker of bamboo kitchen tools and serving pieces, has launched a new line of products made from another renewable material, cork.
The earthy material has been pressed into a number of modern designs for bowls, cutting boards, and serving trays. The high-density cork products are lightweight and surprisingly impervious to liquids, and, according to the company, naturally anti-microbial and anti-fungal. Bambu claims the product line is "the world's first cork tabletop collection."
I recently gave the cork cutting boards a test drive.
Unlike wood (and, particularly, synthetic) cutting boards, the cork boards have a naturally spongy consistency that works like a shock absorber, cushioning the knife (and your wrist) with each slice. They also clean up well, which was a surprise, since I expected the cork would be particularly vulnerable to staining. Juice from freshly cut strawberries left no permanent marks.
While there's a benefit to the extremely light weight of the cork boards -- very easy to haul out from the cabinet -- the boards weren't ideal for more difficult cutting maneuvers. For example, the board tended to slip when I worked at splitting and breaking down a whole chicken into parts. A heftier board would have been more effective and reliable.
And though the cork does have a natural "healing" property that closes up cuts made by a knife, I would be concerned that the occasional misguided slice would end up producing divots, diminishing how long the boards will last over time. Serrated knives would certainly be a no-no.
So, while I wouldn't replace my cutting boards with cork ones, they're a welcome addition for those cutting tasks to which they are best suited.
Bambu's collection of cork bowls, cutting boards, and serving trays are available at branchhome.com.
Posted by Josh Friedland on Apr 17, 2009
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