Disposable wooden utensils

[Progster]

Wooden utensils and chopping blocks can be sanitized using a dilution of chlorine bleach or by using hydrogen peroxide followed by vinegar after a regular washing and drying with mild soap and water.

I imagine there are also commercial disinfectants.

You could also put them through a dishwasher with a sanitizing cycle, but that would likely wreck them (especially in the case of chopping blocks).

I soak the ones I have at home (though I rarely use wooden ones) in chlorine bleach solution, it's more when I'm out somewhere and I don't know what hygiene standards they have that it worries me. I don't have a dishwasher.

 

[the_tortoise]

I soak the ones I have at home (though I rarely use wooden ones) in chlorine bleach solution, it's more when I'm out somewhere and I don't know what hygiene standards they have that it worries me. I don't have a dishwasher.

Yeah, I have been amazed by the lack of hygeine standards out and about sometimes.

I remember looking at watermelon halves at a grocery store once and noticing they had not been rinsed at all before being cut and wrapped -- the rinds were covered with dirt. Food poisoning anyone?

 

[disconnected]

Update-

I talked to the office staff. There headquarters are in Oregon and they are very eco-friendly. All single use plastic items are not allowed on site. The wooden utensils are bamboo.

 

[Judge]

I've systematically ruined skillets using metal forks while cooking all kinds of things.

Stands to reason I need to find a relatively small bamboo fork as a suitable replacement. Softer than metal, yet sturdier than plastic.