[Sca-cooks] Need advice/suggestion for counter top

[Patrick Levesque]

Do you mean Arthur in Havre des Glaces? He's the only Arthur I can remember
right now...

Petru


> 
> Do a cutting board. Make it out of good Canadian Rock Maple, and finish it
> with several coats of good quality mineral oil (or whatever you call it up
> there- Can't always tell, because you folks are so strongly influenced by the
> Brits).
> 
> Rock maple will look good, and last wonderfully, and you shouldn't have much
> trouble getting a couple of 15 inch boards. Ideally, you'd want end grain,
> but finding a tree stump 50 inches or so in diameter might be a bit
> problematical. You might ask Arthur (Arture license plates- I think you know
> him) and he's likely to know where one is that he's planning on removing. If
> you fit it tightly, and leave it protruding above the counter top half an
> inch or so, but leave it so you can readily slip it in and out, serious clean
> up ought to be pretty easy. Serious clean up is an occasional thing, as
> differentiated from your quicky wipe down after every usage. Give it a wipe
> with the mineral oil occasionally, and leave it overnight, wiping up the
> excess, if any in the morning.
> 
> At least, that's what I'd do....
> 
> (30" X 30" wooden cutting board in my counter... YESSSSS!!!!!!  ;-)
> 
> Phlip
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