You all have a separate cutting board for meat?

[Hz_zzzzzz]

I use different boards for foods I'm going to eat directly (raw or cooked) and foods I'm going to cook in high temperature. It doesn't matter if it's meat or vegetable to me.

 

[chiffonodd]

Food poisoning is very common and mild cases are rarely reported. There is no such thing as "stomach flu."

What people call "stomach flu" is viral gastroenteritis, often caused by norovirus. Very contagious person to person but can also spread through food if handled by an infected person. Think of how it just tears its way through cruise ships.

But yeah it usually takes an infected person to spread, whether through food or otherwise. Not usually from "source contaminated" food (e.g., like with salmonella).

 

[mrs_adm]

Do you use a certain method to get rid of cutting board smells?

I use salt to get the garlic smell out of a wooden cutting board and my hands. Got the idea from Julia Child.

 

[captaincaed]

I have two, one for alliums, one for things I'd rather not taste like onions (apples, oranges, pretty much everything else). The allium board does double duty for meats, so I guess I technically have one.

 

[Bensbites]

I have two, one for aliums, one for things I'd rather not taste like onions (apples, oranges, pretty much everything else). The allium board does double duty for meats, so I guess I technically have one.

This is very similar to my system.

 

[toast]

I have two, one for alliums, one for things I'd rather not taste like onions (apples, oranges, pretty much everything else). The allium board does double duty for meats, so I guess I technically have one.

Likewise. Allium board = everything questionable.