Valentines Present - help!

[raptor600]

My wife has started taking more of an interest in the kitchen and I think she would like this chopping board set:

Joseph Joseph Index Advance Chopping Board Set

Has anyone here got the set? Is it worth the money?

It is meant to be a bit of a treat so don't mind paying more than I normally would for chopping boards - but don't want to waste money

[grumbledoak]

I wasn't convinced, certainly not for the money. I bought this and wash it:


Far nicer IMO. £35.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Raymond-Blanc-Anolon-Chopp...

[Pferdestarke]

http://www.nisbets.co.uk/Low-Density-Chopping-Boar...

[A.C.E]

raptor600 said:

My wife has started taking more of an interest in the kitchen and I think she would like this chopping board set:

Joseph Joseph Index Advance Chopping Board Set

Has anyone here got the set? Is it worth the money?

It is meant to be a bit of a treat so don't mind paying more than I normally would for chopping boards - but don't want to waste money

I have that set, along with various Joseph Joseph kitchen stuff. It's good, looks nice and does the job, but so does a normal set of different coloured chopping boards. If its for a prezzie, then go for it!

If your wife has an interest in the kitchen and like nice stuff, then Joseph Joseph do a really nice knife block amongst other things:-


http://www.josephjoseph.com/worktop-savers/vinyl-r...
http://www.josephjoseph.com/giftsets/gadget-gift-s...

http://www.josephjoseph.com/kitchentotable/y-grind...


http://www.josephjoseph.com/preparation-bowls/food... that's better than the one your currently looking at, ie its bigger.

I have quite a bit from the Joseph Joseph range, it looks nice, is functional and decently made.

[Anonamoose]

If you're a Costco member they had them in last week at £35.

[sherman]

I saw board sets very much like this in my local tk maxx earlier this month. There are always a pile of different coloured boards, knives and good quality pans in Tk Maxx.

[Pothole]

Pointless waste of money imho, YMMV.

[bigdom]

Personally I don't like plastic boards, blunts knifes and traps dirt in the cuts. Wood is good as it drys out, another is a brand called Top Gourmet, which is made from recycled materials.

[Evoluzione]

Wow, kitchen ware for a Valentines present, you really know how to treat your wife, never let it be said that romance is dead....

[raptor600]

Evoluzione said:

Wow, kitchen ware for a Valentines present, you really know how to treat your wife, never let it be said that romance is dead....

Yes I do know how to treat my wife, thanks.

[raptor600]

bigdom said:

Personally I don't like plastic boards, blunts knifes and traps dirt in the cuts. Wood is good as it drys out, another is a brand called Top Gourmet, which is made from recycled materials.

OK that's the sort of advice I was after - I will check them out!

[BoRED S2upid]

Evoluzione said:

Wow, kitchen ware for a Valentines present, you really know how to treat your wife, never let it be said that romance is dead....

She will love it and maybe an extra treat of some veg to chop for dinner.

[TonyHetherington]

bigdom said:

Personally I don't like plastic boards, blunts knifes and traps dirt in the cuts. Wood is good as it drys out, another is a brand called Top Gourmet, which is made from recycled materials.

I'd read differently; that plastic stays 'open' and so washable, whereas wood closes up once sliced through trapping bacteria. Don't know which of us is right (and my personal preference is wood also ) but thought I'd mention as the logic seems sound

[BoRED S2upid]

TonyHetherington said:

bigdom said:

Personally I don't like plastic boards, blunts knifes and traps dirt in the cuts. Wood is good as it drys out, another is a brand called Top Gourmet, which is made from recycled materials.

I'd read differently; that plastic stays 'open' and so washable, whereas wood closes up once sliced through trapping bacteria. Don't know which of us is right (and my personal preference is wood also ) but thought I'd mention as the logic seems sound

Plastic chopping boards are nasty we have dozens of them all different colours im thinking if I melt them all by putting hot dishes on them we can get a wooden one. We also have a granite one weighs a ton but nothing is going to cut or melt that one.

[Evoluzione]

Granite and glass both blunt knives well, plastic and wood don't as much.
Plastic can be had with Microban on them, although I don't know if it's just on the surface or not.
I don't really worry about bacteria as most of it gets cooked, I have a separate board for things which don't like salad.

[Evoluzione]

BoRED S2upid said:

She will love it and maybe an extra treat of some veg to chop for dinner.

Yes and a nice shiny new vacuum cleaner for her next birthday would be spot on.

Edited by Evoluzione on Friday 8th February 09:35

[The Restorer]

I've seen these and have been tempted by them too, but as a couple of guys above have already mentioned wooded boards seem to be much better to actually use.

P.S - Spent my college years in a restaurant kitchen chopping all day in the past so I have got some experience ;-)

[squicky]

TonyHetherington said:

I'd read differently; that plastic stays 'open' and so washable, whereas wood closes up once sliced through trapping bacteria. Don't know which of us is right (and my personal preference is wood also ) but thought I'd mention as the logic seems sound

Over the years, I've come across quite a few claims that wood is more hygienic than plastic (in the long term) due to the damage to the chopping board that (naturally) occurs.

I recently came across this link which also claims this (but obviously if you're on the fence, note that it's from a woodworking site so could easily be biased
http://www.woodworking.co.uk/Technical/Bacteria/ba...

Personally, I think that plastic chopping boards look awful once they start aging yet wooden ones just look 'aged'.

[CAPP0]

Evoluzione said:

BoRED S2upid said:

She will love it and maybe an extra treat of some veg to chop for dinner.

Yes and a nice shiny new vacuum cleaner for her next birthday would be spot on.

Edited by Evoluzione on Friday 8th February 09:35

I'm kinda with this despite the OP's assertion that he knows his wife (which I'm sure he does!) but buying household items for a (female) spouse/partner is generally reckoned to be well up in the top X of "Very Wrong Things To Do Which Result In Tantrums And Withdrawal Of Favours". Not to mention guaranteed automatic life membership of the "You Complete Klutz, Why Can't You Buy Me Romantic Presents" club.

[Evoluzione]

CAPP0 said:

Evoluzione said:

BoRED S2upid said:

She will love it and maybe an extra treat of some veg to chop for dinner.

Yes and a nice shiny new vacuum cleaner for her next birthday would be spot on.

Edited by Evoluzione on Friday 8th February 09:35

I'm kinda with this despite the OP's assertion that he knows his wife (which I'm sure he does!) but buying household items for a (female) spouse/partner is generally reckoned to be well up in the top X of "Very Wrong Things To Do Which Result In Tantrums And Withdrawal Of Favours". Not to mention guaranteed automatic life membership of the "You Complete Klutz, Why Can't You Buy Me Romantic Presents" club.

I learned this from an early age when I bought my mum kitchenware as a birthday present, it didn't go down too well and I remember it even now. Hopefully the OP has taken note, but to be fair to him it isn't the topic of conversation.