margaret wrote on Sun, 12 Aug 2007 21:20:31 GMT:

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

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

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

??>> Then tell them to put it on a shelf.

I don't think I would use the method for a board used for
preparing food but rotted wood *can* be stabilised. It's done
for boats and I used it on a window frame that rotted 20 years
ago....it is still there. The method consists of drilling holes
and pouring in a slow setting epoxy resin sold for the purpose.
I think if there is sentimental value, the board could still be
used for serving. I bought the resin at a boat shop and it was
fairly expensive.

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

E-mail, with obvious alterations:
not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not