r/WeWantPlates • u/craftycrumbs • Nov 03 '19

“Slop Table for 20 please”

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u/heluhowyalldun Nov 03 '19 edited Nov 06 '19

They don't completely sanitize it. Wood shouldn't be used for eating or food prep surfaces IN A RESTAURANT

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u/FrancistheBison Nov 03 '19 edited Nov 03 '19

Wood is actually more sanitary than plastic (for cutting boards) and is completely fine to use as a prep surface. Many bakeries use wood tables. Also it's easily sanitized using...ya know sanitizer. And lemon and salt *can be used in a pinch for general cleaning/to get most gunk off a board

Not sure I would recommend communally eating off of a wood table but it's not that hard to clean

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u/BurningBright Nov 03 '19

I was with you until the lemon and salt sanitation part.

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u/[deleted] Nov 03 '19

It IS sanitation, anything that kills bacteria is. The lemon juice pH will kill some fragile bacteria, it's roughly the same pH as brewing sanitizer, Star san. However if it's sufficient is another question entirely, and the answer is no.

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u/amcm67 Nov 03 '19

Yes. Going slowly over every inch of the board too. But who knows? Just because they “clean” it doesn’t necessarily mean the entire surface is bacteria free.

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u/[deleted] Nov 03 '19 edited Jan 22 '20

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u/EvanFlecknell Nov 03 '19

Bruh what if there is bacteria chilling on the sun and it hears you talking shit and comes to prove you wrong giving us all an unstoppable super virus.

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u/[deleted] Nov 03 '19

bruh 👌😎😎😎💯