People with glass chopping boards, why?

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quabcake@reddit

I know this is a year old but I have to answer.... Because they can go in the dishwasher.

They clean SO easy, and don't scratch or stain like plastic ones. I have ADHD and I ruin countless beautiful wood things in my kitchen. My silicone utensils also have dents and melts from being left in pots and pans.

I was guilty for using cheap small flat plates over our butchers block (that I felt like I would ruin whenever I cleaned it or chopped something stain-y) so often that I figured I may as well have just gotten a small glass chopping board just for me. I also think they look nice blending into the countertop.

I don't like the noise or blunting my nice knives, no.

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rottnlove@reddit

I use multiple different glass cutting boards for using as a writing surface or a work surface. They are tempered and very difficult to break, and they are easy to clean and scrape off any residue from the glass surface. It's a great backing surface for cutting using self-healing mats and craft knives.

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Dark-Empath-@reddit

Glass dinner tables give me the fear too.

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Novocaine_4_The_Mole@reddit

I’m a trained chef and when I tried to use one of these things while on holiday I REALLY wanted to throw it off the balcony

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affogatohoe@reddit (OP)

What kind of chopping board would you recommend?

I only use wooden ones (I think they're pretty and like using natural materials) but I've had one split on me down the grain, I still use it but it's wobbly

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poundstorekronk@reddit

Best chopping boards are butcher block styles, where the surface of the board is made up of blocks glued together with the ends of the grain on the surface. Better for your blades and they don't scar very easily.

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llccnn@reddit

I’m not sure, as the pieces are glued together. They say the glue is food safe but that usually only means the risk of contact with food is acceptably low. It doesn’t mean it’s actually safe to consume the small amounts that come off as the board wears down.

I’ve looked for solid boards to avoid this but they’re very expensive for larger sizes.

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Thestolenone@reddit

I bought one like that from Morrisons when I moved to Yorkshire 22 years ago and it is still going strong with barely a mark on it, and I'm vegetarian and chop a lot of veg on it.

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acidgypsiequeen@reddit

"how do you know if someone is a vegetarian?"…..

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Basso_69@reddit

"Best" also includes how well you clean them.

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poundstorekronk@reddit

They are tougher to clean, I'll give you that. But worth it I think

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Novocaine_4_The_Mole@reddit

I only use wooden ones at home. When I worked in kitchens it was always colour coded plastic.

I don’t know how anyone can do anything with the glass ones. I found it impossible to chop anything because stuff kept sliding around. and the knife would slip each time. Terrible.

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Linfords_lunchbox@reddit

Dangerous when you get to the conical part of half an onion and your glass chopping board is swimming with onion juice.

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NeilDeWheel@reddit

And take a close look at the surface of the board., you’ll see loads of scratches in it. That’s tiny pieces of glass that chipped off and gone into your food, then into your mouth.

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AnonymousBanana7@reddit

So? That's going to do no harm to you at all. Do you think you're better off ingesting wood or plastic?

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NeilDeWheel@reddit

The wood and plastic chopping boards don’t give off chips like the glass ones. Source: me, worked as a butcher for 20 years with both wood and plastic cutting boards.

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RevolutionaryPace167@reddit

Plastic chopping boards, give you plastic ingestion

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RubberNikki@reddit

that brought me captain rum vibes.

"your just lapdogs to slip of girl. Have you ever had to chop the conical part of half an onion whilst your glass chopping board is Swimming! with onion juice."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EfW9znJYjw

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Mattechoo@reddit

Ahhh! You have a woman’s onion!

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TeaBoy24@reddit

Hm. My partner is a chef and he likes his stone cutting board.

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petrolstationpicnic@reddit

No he doesn’t, he’s just polite about your terrible gifts. Soz

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TeaBoy24@reddit

He bought it himself.

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lostrandomdude@reddit

Tehn he's bought ot for the aesthetics not functionality.

My dad was in the butcher industry for over 30 years. Only plastic, or wood

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rockandrollmark@reddit

Quick way to blunt your knives. Wood or fibre for the win.

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nunatakj120@reddit

Wooden but look for a but hers block and the words ‘end grain’.

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Novocaine_4_The_Mole@reddit

That's OK. As a trained chef, I actually know nothing about what makes a good wooden chopping board, so now I know what to look for.

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quellflynn@reddit

damp tea towel underneath

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yorkspirate@reddit

Are you really trying to tell a chef how to use a chopping board safely.......... brilliant

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nathderbyshire@reddit

They thought they meant the board was sliding around on the surface not the food, which can happen with cheap/light ones so a trick is to put a wet cloth under it to give it some friction which stops it sliding

But the chef meant the onion

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quellflynn@reddit

someone of sense!

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Novocaine_4_The_Mole@reddit

Underneath what?

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quellflynn@reddit

the chopping board.

(you probably shouldn't be using a sharp knife)

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killit@reddit

... But... they didn't say the chopping board was slipping around

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quellflynn@reddit

stuff.

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sihasihasi@reddit

You probably should read things properly before you comment.

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ILightFarts@reddit

I'm just commenting to see how this pans out.

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dmmjrb@reddit

Underneath the knife?

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quellflynn@reddit

adds a texture not normally found in chicken.

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Footner@reddit

Wood is the best but you need to oil it. Wood kills bacteria aswell an added bonus also

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hurworld@reddit

How does wood kill bacteria?

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Footner@reddit

I don’t know it dries it out or something and then the bacteria dies, as opposed to stone/glass/plastic where the water will sit there for longer… when researching which boards to get it was mentioned on several different sites so it may be baloney but I was sold on it

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Dr_Gillian_McQueef@reddit

Not a chef, an enthusiastic amateur. I use an end grain wooden board. Clean with salt and lemon juice, then food safe worktop oil every now and then.

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AussieHxC@reddit

If you're using wood, be sure it's actually wood and not made from Bamboo.

Aside from the fact that bamboo fibres are actually incredibly hard, they're generally held together by a tough resin so they're not the eco friendly alternative everyone thinks they are.

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voluotuousaardvark@reddit

They look nice for displaying food- i always thought that was there point.

They're pretty shit for everything else.

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nathderbyshire@reddit

Good for mushy stuff like fruit, bananas and berries. Buttering bread maybe, easier to clean the crumbs off over a wooden one and drier faster. That's stuff my nan used hers for, and it would also be used as a dish for say a pile of bread with a stew

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AvatarIII@reddit

What is the point of using a cutting board at all for things like buttering bread or chopping soft things? Just use the plate you're going to be eating off, it saves on washing up. I only really use cutting boards for raw meat.

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voluotuousaardvark@reddit

I was just trying to work through what other benefits there might be and the main one that came to mind is they're cheap and grippy- they always have those rubber feet.

But with yours that's 2. That's definitely helpful if you've got a toddler about and need to smoosh some stuff!

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Fred776@reddit

We don't use ours as a chopping board. It provides a good flat surface that you can make sandwiches on etc.

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eXceSSum9@reddit

I don't get this. Surely you're just just describing a worktop, which you inevitably are placing the board on top of?

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FreshPrinceOfH@reddit

You make sandwiches directly on your counter top?

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HirsuteHacker@reddit

I make sandwiches on plates personally but I don't think it's that bad to make them directly on the counter top, provided you keep it clean

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FreshPrinceOfH@reddit

I use a plate or a board. I don’t know. Doing it on the counter seems a bit caveman. You risk damaging the counter top. And it makes extra work. Because you have to clean up. But hey ho.

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Fred776@reddit

I know what you mean. We are pretty meticulous about keeping the food preparation area of our worktop clean but it still feels wrong somehow to work directly on it. The only exception might be baking when rolling something out but it gets an extra thorough pre-use clean then.

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Fred776@reddit

I always use something. If I am making a quick sandwich for myself I'll use a plate but if I am making a few the glass board is better. The big difference between it and a plate is that you have plenty of room to lay the bread out flat to butter it whereas a plate starts becoming crowded once you are dealing with two slices.

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RevolutionaryPace167@reddit

Better than plastic . The plastic forever in your organs

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Illustrious-Green154@reddit

I think they're better described as 'worktop protectors' than chopping boards, if that helps

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InexperiencedAngler@reddit

yeah a lot of people don't seem to understand this, we don't actively cut anything on it.

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Due_Common_7137@reddit

What on earth do you have them for then? Seriously

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Dave4lexKing@reddit

You can have more worktop space to put hot pans and dishes down on;- Just the occasional trivet sometimes isn’t enough if you’re making a big meal.

It also saves your wooden a d marbles work surfaces from water stains from cups and colour staining from spices like turneric and such.

Glass work surface protectors are great if you have a work surface worth protecting.

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Redditor274929@reddit

You shouldn't be actively cutting anything on it but the only 2 households I know with one, do actively cut food on it as its all they have. I hate cooking at their homes because of this. Unfortunately not everyone has the sense not to actually cut food on them.

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affogatohoe@reddit (OP)

What do they get used for if not chopping? Things like cheese grating and assembling etc that don't require much chopping contact on it?

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throarway@reddit

I have gas hobs and these are good for making a flat surface to put dishes out of the oven on to. I also use them for grating cheese as they're bigger than my chopping boards.

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adamMatthews@reddit

Put it next to the hob, and put anything dirty on it. Used spatulas, containers that are dripping, bags of powders that will drop a bit when you take a spoonful out, etc.

If you live in a flat with a cheap kitchen, it saves so much time. The counters stain so easily and can be tedious to scrub, but you can just bung the glass thing in a bowl of soapy water then rinse it off.

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doorstopnoodles@reddit

I used mine for tea and coffee making and protecting the counter in the areas where things might get dragged over the counter instead of picked up. I put hot pans on it sometimes too. I actually do a lot on the glass top of my induction hob because it’s the biggest clear space I have in my kitchen.

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kishmishari@reddit

Buttering toast

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miklovesrum@reddit

I use mine to put hot saucepans on so it doesn't damage the worktop.

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Sad_Lecture_3177@reddit

Omg. I've got one, I don't know why. I just never use it, but I will start using it got this!

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nathderbyshire@reddit

Ikea's metal and cork ones are quite good as well. Easy to throw in a cupboard, I also use the cork ones to stop my pots scuffing the cupboards so they all sit on one

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rEbkr@reddit

Quite often they’re heat resistant so work well for hot pots and pans, and they can also just be decorative too

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bbenjjaminn@reddit

good for making tea and coffee on too.

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Mandolele@reddit

I have a couple on a ledge where I keep oils and vinegars and that, cause the inevitable dribbles are easier to clean off a glass thing I can move and wash easily than the painted plaster. I can see them working well for putting under plants on a windowsill too. Decorative surface protector is about all they're good for, imo.

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dreamingofpoch@reddit

Made me chuckle as reminded me of an old GF debate.

I could never understand why people pay for very nice worktop and then cover it in cheap, patterned glass

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rossburton@reddit

This. We’ve two as we used to have oak worktops and it took about a decade to train the kids that they’re not chipping boards.

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Chungaroo22@reddit

I don't get it either. It also blunts knives extremely quickly.

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Sausagekins@reddit

Oh and the noise it makes, all of it is just bad bad bad.

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WillyPete@reddit

Most homes with those boards never had properly sharp knives anyway.

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Theratchetnclank@reddit

And the food slips around on it. They are terrible in every measure.

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PlasteeqDNA@reddit

Agreed. Dangerous.

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ProtoplanetaryNebula@reddit

True. The only advantage they have it being completely non-porous, so there is no chance of getting any food stains on them.

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FloofyRaptor@reddit

I only have plastic ones. The glass ones are rubbish, everything skids around.

After my experience when I was a student I am never buying a wooden chopping board again. The area I live in is notorious for slugs, and they tend to get in the kitchens via the pipes, or tiny gaps around the pipes (Victorian houses).

We had two chopping boards, one wooden and one plastic. The slugs that got in were attracted to the wooden one like a magnet, never the plastic one even though they were stored next to each other.

I scrubbed that wooden chopping board. I soaked it in bleach water, but the slugs still came for it. I replaced it with a plastic one and put the wooden one in the bin. Only time I saw slugs inside the bin. That thing must have basically never been clean, I guess there were food bits stuck in the pores of the wood or something.

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andi-amo@reddit

I've got one in a nice neutral grey. I use it to mix oil paints.

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mostly_kittens@reddit

We had one explode in the night, glass all over the kitchen. Wife accused me because she knew I hated it.

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idontknow-imaduck@reddit

Had ours for 18years. Still good as new. Only downside is the noise.

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grogipher@reddit

Only downside is the noise.

And that you're blunting your knives very quickly.

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idontknow-imaduck@reddit

Our knives still cut stuff perfectly fine, can't say either of us have noticed any blunting issues.

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NoisyGog@reddit

Now go and use a sharp knife. See what you find.

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idontknow-imaduck@reddit

Pretty sure I'll find that it's a sharper knife than mine, so no need for the test.

You'll be pleased to know that our knives are just chucked in the draw with other cutlery too, not in a block.

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NoisyGog@reddit

Drawer.

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grogipher@reddit

How often do you sharpen them?

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idontknow-imaduck@reddit

Never have, not seen the need.

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grogipher@reddit

Oh dear :O

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pukachang@reddit

Tbf they didn’t say anything about having used it in the last 18 years.

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DoctorOctagonapus@reddit

I got given a glass chopping board once. Tried using it, couldn't cut cleanly at all. Now it lives on the dining table as a place to put hot dishes.

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terryjuicelawson@reddit

I think people with these think they look nice, they protect the worktop, and are more for making a quick sandwich on than any serious cooking.

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HirsuteHacker@reddit

Haven't seen many glass chopping boards, have seen tons of glass serving boards or worktop protectors be used as cutting boards.

Yeah they'll dull your knives immediately. As if these people ever sharpened their knives anyway.

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Many-Giraffe-2341@reddit

I use ours when we get all the cheeses out. Just a bit cleaner for tidying up etc.

I also use the glass ones when we're baking and the kids want to decorate their own biscuits.

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thegrotster@reddit

Glass is the worst material for cutting boards. That's all.

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Historical_Cobbler@reddit

I’ve used them for years and never had any issues with the breaking.

They’re slim so go into drawers, easy to wash so I think they’re super hygienic, doesn’t draw in smells like onion. I can also put hot pans on them to whisk without melting plastic or marking wood.

A few people on other comments mention knives, but I’ve always sharpened them and look after mine. I don’t find that they blunt quicker than other items. If you’re hammering a watermelon you need a better knife.

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KoorbB@reddit

They blunt knife’s real easy too.

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SoggyWotsits@reddit

I haven’t got one, for a start I can’t stand the noise that knives make on them!

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Embarrassed_Ad1722@reddit

The whole point of wooden chopping boards is that wood is soft and doesn't blunt the knife when you're driving it into it. Glass boards just throw that out of the window.

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Electronic-Trip8775@reddit

The sound of cutting on them puts my teeth on edge. So, they are big no.

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levinyl@reddit

Glass should never be used as a cutting board as it will damage the edge of your knives

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No_Art_1977@reddit

Absolutely agree!!!

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Me-myself-I-2024@reddit

You look at the pressure glass can take car windscreen, airplane windscreen, submarine window

The put it in the floor of bridges they drive lorry’s over it it can stop bullets

It’s tougher than you think

Plus it’s really easy to clean

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UnitedGunnit@reddit

Car windscreen - laminated glass (plastic in the middle) Airplane windscreen - laminated glass on bigger planes, polycarbonate on others Submarine window - acrylic or laminated glass Bridge floors - laminated glass Bullet resistant glass - laminated glass

All of your examples aren’t straight glass, they are laminates which include multiple layers of glass and plastic binder. Very different to household glassware.

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Me-myself-I-2024@reddit

And chopping boards are tempered glass

My point is you can make glass exceptionally strong

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FeekyDoo@reddit

In fact it's tough enough to blunt knives really quickly and so shouldn't be used to chop on.

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Due_Common_7137@reddit

You should be critical as well as curious, they’re a moronic choice for chopping boards. They’ll help blunt your knife quicker. They have no grip so your knife can slide around. They’re easily breakable. Just utterly moronic.

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Dyrenforth@reddit

Wooden boards collect more bacteria than a toilet seat.

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Alicam123@reddit

Only if you don’t wash it properly.

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NoisyGog@reddit

They’re not chopping boards, they’re to protect your worktop when you put hot pans on them.

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Alicam123@reddit

I only use my glass one for making my tea/ coffee on. lol

Never used it for chopping or anything, I have plastic and wooden ones for that.

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Upbeat_Map_348@reddit

As someone who has a very painful sensitivity to noise, these things are a nightmare for me. Every single chop is like being smacked in the head.

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Sasspishus@reddit

Yes! More than anything it's the horrendous noise they make that I hate!

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chubbylawn@reddit

Misonaphobia?

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Upbeat_Map_348@reddit

Nope - hyperacusis due to a weird condition called Superior Semi-circular Canal Dehiscence. Noise, especially high frequency hurts and very loud noises make me fall over.

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chubbylawn@reddit

Brilliant, if i was your partner I'd have an air horn in my pocket 24/7 just for shits and giggles, HOOOOONNNNNKKKKK

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Upbeat_Map_348@reddit

I can see why that would be funny from the outside but it would feel like my brain totally short circuiting and I would probably throw up.

Saying that, I had surgery multiple times to try to fix it which actually knackered my balance somewhat and my tennis mates still find it funny when I go for a high ball and just fall over. The first time I tried serving afterwards, I just looked up at the ball and fell over backwards.

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chubbylawn@reddit

Oh, sorry, i have tears rolling down my cheeks my sides are, HHOOONNNKK, hurting.

I think I've just found out why im divorced lol.

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BeatificBanana@reddit

Can't imagine why

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chubbylawn@reddit

Sorry, so, so sorry. I do have a weird sense of humour. I know sort of what your going through, a couple of years ago I was in a coma, when I came round I had to re learn how to walk, everytime I got vertical I got vertigo and splat on the floor, usually I was the only one laughing, through embarrassment.

Good luck and I hope they eventually find a cure for you.

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Fatbloke-66@reddit

We have a mixture - glass mainly as it's heat resistant so you can drop that hot thing on it without scorching/melting something. Wood for tough stuff. Small plastic board for onions as you can wash it easier.

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EldritchElise@reddit

I have a glass one I like the design a lot of, but it's mostly used for other prep and I don't like cutting on it, and use a wooden one for actual cutting.

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True-Abalone-3380@reddit

Wood is a PITA to maintain, glass you just stick it in the dishwasher.

They are also, depending on thickness, lighter and I'm sure some people prefer the look of glass over wood.

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Mundo7@reddit

“they are also, depending on thickness, lighter”

😂 well of course, depending on thickness a steel chopping board could be lighter than a feather one also!

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DaenerysTartGuardian@reddit

I've never had any trouble with wood. You wash it and dry it. Splodge of mineral oil every now and again if it's looking thirsty.

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warriorscot@reddit

You can put most wood blocks in the dishwasher if you like. And you don't often need to, glass will often go cloudy if you dishwash it regularly.

Unlike glass they also don't blunt your knives, which is a big advantage. As knives are more expensive to buy and maintain than cutting boards.

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swallowshotguns@reddit

I have one, but not for prepping food on. It in front of my kettle and it's where tea gets made.

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Significant_Card6486@reddit

I also hate them, they must kill knives. I'm also not a fan of wooden ones as I always think they are hard to keep really clean. I use plastic ones, but they too have the drawback of micro plastics in your food.

So it's a toss up between wood and plastic, but never glass. Even though they solve the two issues wood and plastic have. Damn have I just talked myself into glass chopping boards, and just sharpen knives more often.

Oh bugger....🙈

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Dani_Darko123@reddit

Surface protectors?

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yorkshirenation@reddit

My gran had one and it had a print of some ducks walking underneath the glass. I don’t have one, but I can understand the appeal of the ducks.

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Mikon_Youji@reddit

I have a glass one for show because it looks nice and a wooden one that is actually used as a chopping board.

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SingerFirm1090@reddit

"..plastic is bad for obvious reasons.."

Not really, decent plastic boards can contain anti-bacterial agents.

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affogatohoe@reddit (OP)

Oh I wasn't worried about bacteria, more the micro plastics that go into your food when you chop on it, I know they're everywhere these days but I still try and avoid them

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EnvironmentOk5709@reddit

the get scratches in them. A sponge or cloth snags in the scratches when you're wiping them down, leaving little plastic fibres in your food

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stairway2000@reddit

Dumb invention for dumb people.

Who would use one of the hardest materials against a delicate edge of a knife!

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Apprehensive-Stop748@reddit

In my case, I feel like they’re cleaner. I know they dull knives though. I don’t use them for watermelons or tough vegetables for those, I just use a different technique with the knife.

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lxgrf@reddit

They're tougher than they look, and easier than wood to sanitise. But yeah, very bad for your knives. I'm sticking with a butcher's block one.

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DaenerysTartGuardian@reddit

Isn't wood naturally antibacterial? I thought that was the whole appeal of wood.

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Peeteebee@reddit

Pine, yes. It contains pethrin, an antiseptic.

Other woods I wouldn't know about without checking...

Except Yew. That will will poison ya as a chopping board.

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b0bscene@reddit

Would it really poison yew?

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WotanMjolnir@reddit

Maple knot, but wood yew teak the chance?

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bps706@reddit

You've been waiting fucking years for this.

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Frogman_Adam@reddit

This isn’t something to oak about. You walnut like the outcome. I’m not trying to be a birch here. I’m just alder enough to take this seriously

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monotreme_experience@reddit

Cedarously.

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bigfriendlycommisar@reddit

O think think not making a chopping board out of yew is a given.

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Milam1996@reddit

Good job I’m not a chopping board then but RIP to those of you who are.

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pajamakitten@reddit

and easier than wood to sanitise.

They are considered far less sanitary than wood ones.

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PoinkPoinkPoink@reddit

My parents used to have one which had measurement conversions printed onto it. I absolutely hated it, it sounded awful, was so hard to clean and always caught bits of food under it. I also used to have one of those big stupid marble slab ones, which I also hated. Wood all the way.

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charlexy@reddit

The only people I know who own glass chopping boards are people who don’t cook

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blackcurrantcat@reddit

Oh gosh, the noise of a knife on a glass chopping board… absolutely hideous things. If someone said to me, you’ll hear a knife on a glass chopping board 3 times a day for the rest of your life I’d throw myself off the nearest tall building.

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Majestic_Carrot9122@reddit

Never mind the glass shattering, they ruin knives

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Poo_Poo_La_Foo@reddit

All knives matter

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rockandrollmark@reddit

What about my knife?

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Poo_Poo_La_Foo@reddit

Glass chopping boards = shit Air B&B or Come Dine With Me.

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Motor_Measurement_23@reddit

Thankfully Swedes are quite soft and don't scream too much when you slice them. <3

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SlightlyIncandescent@reddit

Glass is just because it looks nice and it's probably cheap as well. Blunts your knives quickly, wood or plastic is better.

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gavo1282@reddit

Aren’t they surface protectors not chopping boards, for hot pans and making a brew on?

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AP1MPNAMEDSLICKB4CK@reddit

Worst thing I seen was a large tile as a chopping bored, I asked her why she hated her knives.

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Emergency_Summer_397@reddit

I think glass ones are more hygienic. Wood with a thousand scratch marks is bacteria heaven- gross. Likewise plastic. And my knives are fine.

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eXceSSum9@reddit

Wooden chopping boards are naturally antibacterial

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TheCarrot007@reddit

Because they hate knifes and want to dull them? Plastic is not so bad. Wood is better and anitimicrobrial (or something) even if scared.

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Left_Set_5916@reddit

Yes they can take the abuse, but they do blunt knifes and a pita to use

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aurora_ethereallight@reddit

Ours wasn't used for chopping, it was an aesthetic board to prepare simple snack foods on and to protect the main worktop. For chopping we use the microban plastics.

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CaizaSoze@reddit

Because my wife thought it was cool. I hate it.

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pinkyandthebrain-ama@reddit

Glass chopping boards are for clueless people who can't cook.

They're useless. They scratch easily, blunt your knife and you can't chop on it. Basically EVERYTHING that you don't want in a chopping board. They are stupid.

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destria@reddit

If I ever see these, I find it's generally a sign of someone who doesn't cook often...

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pikantnasuka@reddit

I have one that someone bought me but we use it less than the others, the noise alone makes my teeth hurt

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LopsidedLobster2@reddit

They’re to look pretty for people who don’t cook

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KayC720@reddit

Sex appeal

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Zak_Rahman@reddit

They feel absolutely horrible to use.

The clack of metal against glass is nasty. Not like the satisfying thud of metal against wood.

Also, it's slippy. There's no natural friction. I feel like the knife will slip. Doesn't feel safe so I have to slow right down.

Perhaps I am missing the point. Maybe they are used for drugs or some other purpose that is not food related.

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Linfords_lunchbox@reddit

I don't own one, but if I did, I'd steer clear of using thing like meat cleavers on then.

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RunawayPenguin89@reddit

Hey OP, microwave your swede for a couple minutes before trying to peel/chop it. Makes it a damn sight easier 👍

Glass chopping boards need to get in the recycling bin though, awful

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Throwawaylife1984@reddit

I'mike this about glass tables too. I nearly lost toes once after a pyrex bowl shattered and fell on my foot, so I've been paranoid about glass plates etc ever since

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levezvosskinnyfists7@reddit

I presume they’re Pyrex or tempered glass rather than the stuff your windows are made of. I’d be more worried about the potential for nails-down-a-blackboard type sounds when you’re using a sharp knife with one…

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Firebirdapache@reddit

Just reading this in tour comment made my teeth cringe 😬

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HMSWarspite03@reddit

I just winced reading that.

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affogatohoe@reddit (OP)

Logically I know they're probably pretty strong, but the dumb animal part of my brain is telling me - bad sound big smash run away or get cuts 😂

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Buttery_-_Balls@reddit

This. I fucking hate the noise of them!

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turingthecat@reddit

I have two glass chopping boards.
I do not use them for cutting.
One is under my George Forman, so catch the hot fat.
The other is next to my oven, so I can put hot pots and pans, straight from the oven, without worrying about marking the work tops. I also put the used spoons etc, to keep the counter clean.
The can go in the dishwasher

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bsnimunf@reddit

They aren't chopping boards they are worktop savers for things like hot pans etc.

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Automatic-Sea-6058@reddit

Someone had new heavy ‘marble’ chopping boards. I’m bring and used. Better than normal wood chopping boards is easy broken. I’m never use glass.

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PeevedValentine@reddit

I don't think glass chopping boards exist, I'm not really sure what a worktop saver is supposed to do, but it's not a chopping board. You also can't really put a really hot pan on it as the temperature difference can make it spontaneously shatter.

My dear sweet mother in law loves to absolutely fucking destroy the knives in our house by using the weird glass thing.

I'm yet to return the favour by detailing her car with a meat tenderiser, but it's coming.

I think it's a conspiracy from big knife.

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HopeTheresPudding@reddit

My parents had a glass chopping board a few years ago, my mum said she was certain she could clean it better than she could a wood or plastic board. It lasted for a few months until my dad was drilling downstairs and the vibrations through the floor and counter tops caused the glass to shatter. For months we found glass shards absolutely everywhere you can imagine. My mum got another glass board though, she's sure this one is better.

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Southern-Variety-777@reddit

People that don’t cook basically, the type that think jarred pasta sauce acceptable and that ginger is an exotic ingredient.

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docentmark@reddit

Some people just hate having sharp knives.

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DameKumquat@reddit

Got one, I think given to us about 25 years ago and it hasn't died. Mostly use it as a cheese board because it looks nice and is OK to cut soft things on.

I have plastic boards for actual chopping.

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Captaingregor@reddit

We use our glass board exclusively for raw meat preparation as it's dishwasher safe.

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leonardo_davincu@reddit

I also find the knife is prone to slipping on a glass board. Constantly think I’m going to lob a few fingers off.

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anarchyflag@reddit

I bought one because I’ve lived with strangers in an HMO for like a decade and a) plastic gets gross after a couple of years and b) I don’t trust my housemates to clean a wooden chopping board properly if they’re cutting raw meat on it. Yeah it’s not great for knives but my knives are shit anyway. The sound doesn’t bother me and it’s durable - it’s lasted about 7 years. When I live on my own I’ll get a better one.

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Tallman_james420@reddit

Psychopaths.

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arioandy@reddit

Its for chopping not hammering hahah

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deletedprincess@reddit

I don't think you're meant to use them as chopping boards generally, I've always seen them sold as 'worktop savers'. We have one next to our airfryer and use it to put the drawers on when they're hot instead of directly on the counter.

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affogatohoe@reddit (OP)

Oh this scares me more than chopping, that they'll randomly shatter with the heat!

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IcyPuffin@reddit

They won't be as flimsy as to break easily - they have been designed to be tough to withstand the chopping. But they kill knives.

I'm sticking with wood.

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Ancient-Awareness115@reddit

I have one from when I got married nearly 30 years ago. Don't use it as a chopping board anymore as the noise is awful, but have used it as a cake board as it is thin and doesn't flex

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InexperiencedAngler@reddit

it's a worktop protector, we don't actively cut veggies or anything it

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KeyLog256@reddit

Plastic all the way. Big, basic, hard wearing. Like in a professional kitchen.

There's a reason they don't use glass chopping boards in proper kitchens, no reason you should use one at home outside of decoration.

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