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

[Huette von Ahrens]

If you make a cutting board for the hole, then make it so that it can be
removed for easier cleaning.  Make it so that its body is 30"x 30" but add
a couple of handles that would rest on the countertop.  This way, you will
fill in the hole, but be able to remove the cutting board to wash it or
use it elsewhere, if needed.

Make the cutting board of a solid wood, not a laminate.  I have one the
was made for my house, but after 30+ years, the top layer has worn away
and I have several "holes" that cause problems and make it harder to clean.
Most of the cutting boards I have seen are of oak or maple, all solid wood.
No finish.  Just smooth but unfinished wood.  You could add a layer of mineral
oil to keep it nice, but I have found that unfinished wood works very nicely.

Huette

--- Patrick Levesque <petruvoda at videotron.ca> wrote:

> On 01/04/06 00:13, "grizly" <grizly at mindspring.com> wrote:
> 
> > I don't follow your problem mecganics exactly well . . . I cannot picture it
> > in my brain.
> >
> 
> Here goes: the counter is pretty standard (runs along 2 kitchen walls then
> protrudes perpendicular, separating kitchen from dining room). Where the
> counter divides the two rooms, there is a roughly 30" side square hole.
> That's where the cooking plate used to be.
> 
> For esthetic and practical reason, I want this hole filled in :-)
> 
> Hence, I was considering fitting one (or possibly 2) cutting board in this
> whole instead of replacing all the counter tops in the kitchens, cause I'm
> not sure I'll be able to find the same design in store.
> 
> Bear suggested the cool drawer, which is actually a neat idea, except that
> my girlfriend was reading that over my shoulder and said no :-)
> 
> Any ideas, or suggestions, are welcome.
> 
> The problem with the cutting board are mostly which material to use and
> which finish to select.
> 
> Petru
> 
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