kilikini wrote:

>
> I wish I could bottle the smell of this one (or maybe not). You'd
> realize why I asked the question. You know how if you make something
> that's really garlicky the night before and stick the dish in the
> sink? If it's not washed right away, that odor of rotting garlic
> permeates the house. That's what this cutting board smells like.
> It's bad. Not kidding. :(
>
> kili
>
>

Christy, My daughter Debbie, who has a woodworking shop in her house,
thinks your Cutting Board's wood may have rotted. If it did, she thinks
that you may poison the foods you cut on it.

I told her that you and Allan think of it as an heirloom, after she said
you should throw it out.

Here is what she wrote. Please, do not be offended.

> Then tell them to put it on a shelf. If it smells rotten it's very
> likely because it *is* rotten, and they risk food poisoning by
> continuing to use it. Which is REALLY, REALLY STUPID. So unless
> they can easily afford a visit to the
> emergency room because they've given themselves food poisoning by
> NOT PAYING ATTENTION TO WHAT THEIR NOSES ARE
> TELLING THEM, they should not continue using it.
>
> Would they eat meat that
> smelled like cat shit after washing it off with vinegar or lemon
> juice?! WOOD IS POROUS, IT CANNOT BE CLEANED IF IT IS ROTTEN!
> Sheesh!