{"id":1825,"date":"2025-03-24T19:48:28","date_gmt":"2025-03-24T19:48:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/verylifee.com\/home\/?p=1825"},"modified":"2025-08-16T18:57:33","modified_gmt":"2025-08-16T18:57:33","slug":"how-to-clean-a-wooden-cutting-board","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/verylifee.com\/home\/how-to-clean-a-wooden-cutting-board\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Clean a Wooden Cutting Board"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Every month or so I give my wooden chopping boards a spa treatment by using a few simple kitchen ingredients: lemon, salt and a little elbow grease. Read on for instructions on this simple, effective way to give your chopping boards a deep clean.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2183 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/verylifee.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/home-how-to-clean-a-wooden-cutting-board-how-to-clean-a-wooden-cutting-board.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/verylifee.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/home-how-to-clean-a-wooden-cutting-board-how-to-clean-a-wooden-cutting-board.png 640w, https:\/\/verylifee.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/home-how-to-clean-a-wooden-cutting-board-how-to-clean-a-wooden-cutting-board-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/verylifee.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/home-how-to-clean-a-wooden-cutting-board-how-to-clean-a-wooden-cutting-board-420x280.png 420w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I learned to do this years ago when I worked in a community kitchen that had a huge butcher block-topped prep table. The table was wiped down several times a day and always looked clean. But once a week we would do a special cleaning with salt and lemons and I was always impressed by how much cleaner it got the surface. My evidence? The dirty gray sludge that I would scrape away every week, despite the fact that the kitchen was very clean and well kept.<\/p>\n<p>The procedure is simple. You don\u2019t even have to use a freshly cut lemon \u2014 a mostly squeezed lemon will do here and it is a great way to use one up from a cooking project. I am also curious about adding baking soda to the mix which I\u2019ve heard helps to freshen the boards. Has anyone tried this?<\/p>\n<h2>How To Clean Wood Cutting Boards with Lemon and Salt<\/h2>\n<h3>What You Need<\/h3>\n<h4>Equipment<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Half of a lemon<\/li>\n<li>Coarse salt<\/li>\n<li>Bench scraper<\/li>\n<li>Warm water<\/li>\n<li>Sponge or cloth<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Instructions<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Apply salt:<\/strong> Sprinkle the cutting board with coarse salt.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Scour the surface:<\/strong> Using a lemon half with the cut side down, scour the surface, squeezing slightly to release the lemon juice as you go.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Let sit, then scrape off:<\/strong> Let sit for 5 minutes, and then scrape the gray, dirty liquid into a small bowl using a bench scraper, and discard.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Rinse:<\/strong> Give the surface a final rinse with a clean wet sponge.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every month or so I give my wooden chopping boards a spa treatment by using a few simple kitchen ingredients: lemon, salt and a little elbow grease. 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