I am on vacation this weekend, but I thought I'd offer a post or two on my favorite topics. The first is on -how not to care for kitchen woodenware - Spoons, bowls, spatulas, and cutting boards.
How To Torture Woodenware
Variation
This small selection of treen (woodenware for cooking and eating) will be shipped later this week. I've finished the hand sanding with four hundred grit sandpaper and a final scraping of the spoon bowls. Right now, they are soaking up the first of at least two coats of mineral oil. I'll ship them with a …
The Humble Spatula
It begins as a split of wood from what might otherwise be a hunk of cherry firewood. But I pick through as I stack and haul out every log that has "prospects." I saw the wood into billets, the rough size for spoons and spatulas. All the scrap is winter-time kindling. Pieces with obvious and …
Woodenware II
In my last post, I outlined the best methods, tried and proven, for destroying your investment in quality woodenware. Now I know that many "craftspeople" use absolute trash wood for their woodenware - stuff I'd be ashamed to put into my woodstove. But most of us create good quality ware and hope you can use it carefree for a long time.
Cherry – the versatile wood
For me cherry is almost the perfect wood.
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