Re: bamboo: bamboo is certainly better than plastic, but natural wood is better than bamboo. Bamboo got popular cause it requires less maintenance and sustainable: bamboo grows ridiculously fast. Problem is bamboo is super hard, so it dulls knives much quicker than natural wood.
I've also read that bamboo is more porous (technically it's a grass, not wood), so it can pick up bacteria a bit more easily, wears out a bit faster than wood boards, and supposedly can then leave small splinters in food (again, it's a grass). We have some and use them, but for hard chopping and carving, I use the natural wood.
Ideally, you want an end-grain cutting board, which is the kindest to knife edges, especially hard edged Japanese knives. Maintain it by oiling it now and then with food safe oil and they should last decades. My main cutting boards are 20+ years old, and have a few from my parents that are older.
Re: bamboo: bamboo is certainly better than plastic, but natural wood is better than bamboo. Bamboo got popular cause it requires less maintenance and sustainable: bamboo grows ridiculously fast. Problem is bamboo is super hard, so it dulls knives much quicker than natural wood.
I've also read that bamboo is more porous (technically it's a grass, not wood), so it can pick up bacteria a bit more easily, wears out a bit faster than wood boards, and supposedly can then leave small splinters in food (again, it's a grass). We have some and use them, but for hard chopping and carving, I use the natural wood.
Ideally, you want an end-grain cutting board, which is the kindest to knife edges, especially hard edged Japanese knives. Maintain it by oiling it now and then with food safe oil and they should last decades. My main cutting boards are 20+ years old, and have a few from my parents that are older.
You're right. I have a number of really big/thick/expensive end-grain cutting boards. They are beautiful but a bit more of a pain to care for. For whatever reason I don't see as many small/thin/cheap end-grain cutting boards. This one is less expensive than most https://www.amazon.com/Farberware-Acacia-Cutting-Groove-Finger/dp/B09FM5NMF1/?tag=sifting-20
Looking forward to Rogue Heroes..thanks for tip.
Is there a Robert Rogers (Rangers) book. you would recommend?
You'll love it!
Rogers, one of the OG irregulars: https://www.amazon.com/War-Run-Conquest-Americas-Frontier/dp/0553384570/?tag=sifting-20
awesome...just wanted to make sure I chose the right one...feel free to pass along more stories of idiosyncratic mavericks.
Will do; here are some examples on film https://seekingalpha.com/instablog/957061-chris-demuth-jr/4535996-over-began-advantage-players-on-film
Rest in peace, Mike Sadler https://www.theoldie.co.uk/article/who-dares-wins-mike-sadler-103-the-oldest-survivor-of-the-early-sas-fought-his-way-through-italy-france-and-the-unforgiving-deserts-of-north-africa
Happy birthday, Sir David Stirling.
811.
Shooting for 900 next year.