Bamboo Cutting Board and Howard

I recently got a bamboo cutting board.  It was a switcheroo I had to play when I erroneously bought a an XOXO scale.  That can be a whole 'nother review.  Long story short.  I hated that scale.  My son bought it for me because I just had to have it.  I did all kinds of research and bought it based on reviews.

On to the bamboo cutting board I bought with another kitchen scale when I returned the XOXO scale.  I've had the cutting board for a little while.  I should have bought the condition when I bought the cutting board, but the $50 credit for the first scale was perfect for the new kitchen scale and the cutting board.  I got it from Bed, Bath and Beyond. I'm pretty sure the link is the one I bought.  However, I think I only paid $29.99 for mine.  I love this cutting board.  It's hard enough, but not too heavy to lug around the kitchen.  I read a lot aboutt wooden cutting boards and plastic cutting boards.  The short of that story is wood is still better.  Wood does a better job of healing itself after a cut for a one thing and surprisingly, wood can be much more sanitary.  I'll post some links to my research.

Howard's Butcher Block Conditioner
"Great for bamboo"
Another crummy picture.  I hate my camera.

This is the board with the conditioner on it.
It's on pretty thick.  The directions suggest a warm
application to expedite absorption,  I just squeezed it
there.  It smells a lot like vaseline.  I'm supposed to
leave it on for 30 minute.

  I know I should have taken a picture before the conditioner was applied.  There was a huge difference in the color in just the few weeks to months I've had it.  I highly recommend this process in that the appearance of the cutting board is more appealing alone.  This bottle was something like nine or ten dollars from The Home Depot but it's available in a lot of other places and online.  I'm making a note of the appearance of the board after this first conditioning and will take a picture in one month to see what the difference is.  I'm thinking to myself about the purchase of the bottle of conditioner compared to the purchase of the cutting board.  How many cleanings will I get out of the bottle and how much use will I get out of the board?  I don't know.  Simple math would tell me  I can buy three bottles of the stuff before I've spent more preserving the board than I actually spent on the board.  So here's one board at $29.99 and one application of conditioner.  I guess I will see how many I get out of this first bottle in order to see whether I made a good choice.