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22.06.2023 - 13:52 / bhg.com
It’s a kitchen mishap many home cooks experience: You’re preparing your vegetables for a delicious homemade dinner, and during the slicing and dicing process, they never want to stay in one place. Thankfully, there’s a hack that ensures you won’t have to deal with this annoyance ever again: stabilizing your cutting board with a kitchen towel. Because you likely already have one in your kitchen, it’s extremely easy to make into a regular habit. Here’s how it works.
All you have to do is grab any one of your kitchen towels and run it under your sink. Be sure to squeeze out the majority of the water so that it’s only slightly damp.
Thinner towels work best because they won’t raise your cutting board up and are less likely to create an uneven work surface. You can even use a slightly damp paper towel under the board to keep it in place. If you have a slightly thicker towel that’s made of a textured fabric, test it out without wetting the towel. The grooves in the fabric might be enough to keep your board from shifting without having to use water; just make sure to try it before you start chopping to avoid any accidents.
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The idea behind this hack is that the wet towel causes enough friction to keep your cutting board from sliding around, which reduces the chance of knife accidents and prevents your produce from falling onto the floor.
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