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    Tung oil

    Oils don't leach out when they have polymerised, you seem to be unnecessarily complicating something very simple, don't know why :)
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    Tung oil

    So what is the point of using beeswax if it leaches out in hot food or liquids ? Why would you bother ? Why would you not just use pure, polymerising tung, walnut or linseed oil instead ? I honestly don't understand what folks have a problem with here, it's a well established, accepted and...
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    Tung oil

    Although beeswax has a very low melting point and will leach out into hot food or liquids. Unlikely to do you harm though, beyond flavouring the food and leaving the wood needing retreatment :)
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    Tung oil

    Another view on the subject, very typical of those on special interest groups of folk that make wooden bowls and spoons etc for food use :) https://www.robin-wood.co.uk/wood-craft-blog/2009/12/14/what-is-the-best-oil-for-treating-wood/
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    Tung oil

    Yes, baking it will change the properties, but raw olive oil can indeed go rancid over time, not always but can and does :)
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    Tung oil

    It does, but lots of other chemicals and solvents too, much of which may evaporate during drying of course, but may leave residues all the same. May not matter for chopping your carrots on but wouldn't fancy eating hot liquid stuff from it on a regular basis.
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    Tung oil

    Wouldn't use this on bowls and spoons used for eating hot food from personally. Being food safe in respect of kitchen worktops doesn't seem to me to naturally extend to eating your hot porridge or stew from it, on repeated occasions, with the possibility of substances leaching into your hot...
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    Scarlet Elf cups

    Grannies and eggs then, apologies ! Hopefully others may find it of some use :) Sounds like you and I would enjoy ourselves around a campfire, although I wouldn't use any of your holly or other utensils though ! :)
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    Scarlet Elf cups

    There's a knack to cooking different kinds of mushrooms so they keep ir texture and don't go all mushy and you get the Malliard reaction that deepens the flavour (for some types anyway) :) Dry saute them over a low to moderate heat to drive off most of the moisture, no fat or oil or anything...
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    Scarlet Elf cups

    This site, that I use a lot and trust, reckons very tasty and edible but require cooking before eating :) https://www.wildfooduk.com/mushroom-guide/scarlet-elfcup/
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    Scarlet Elf cups

    https://www.first-nature.com/fungi/sarcoscypha-austriaca.php only the orange and white variants are rare, the scarlets are very common and not protected in the UK as far as I can find. Haven't tried eating them myself but always lifts the spirits to see them :)
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    Tung oil

    The quick drying version contains ethyl methyl ketoxime, the pure tung oil doesn't, that brands data sheets show, other brands may well be similar. A quick google came up with a research paper that showed health issues in rats tested with it, red blood cells, spleen and liver I think although...
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    Tung oil

    I've always avoided quick drying oils for food use, be it bolied linseed oil or quick drying tung oil. In the case of boiled linseed oil the quick drying is caused by the addition of chemicals or solvents I believe and is not thought to be suitable for food use, certainly in all the spoon and...
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    Beech Bowl !

    Just in case you haven't seen enough bowls yet ! This one is a nicely patterned piece of beech, finished with tung oil again. The bowls recently posted are from a batch of a dozen, in various timbers, I was asked to do recently by a friend for his small outdoors business :) I've included a...
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    Walnut Bowl

    You wouldn't think so seeing it in the rough, dry, dusty state it had been in while seasoning for the last fifteen or twenty years, but so satisfying when you start turning and the colours and grain start to show themselves :)
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    Walnut Bowl

    Some nice colour in this bit of walnut, sealed with tung oil, it will be used as a food bowl for meals around the campfire :)
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    Walnut board !

    I started with the tree ! :) Planked it up with chainsaw and bandsaw about 15 or 20 years ago and finallygot around to using one of the pieces ! Had bowed and split in the meantime of course, so needed careful layout and lots of planing before sanding, raising the grain with a damp cloth a...
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    Ash bowl

    Have been making a batch of shallow food bowls recently, this one in figured ash turned out particularly nice :)
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    Walnut board !

    Got bored with making round stuff recently so decided to make a walnut chopping or serving board instead, finished rather fittingly with walnut oil ! :)
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    Fiskars Camping Axe

    Yep, I use a couple of sizes of their splitting axes regularly in the woods processing firewood supplies for camp and home. Use them in preference to my fancier big name bushcraft axes as they work very efficiently and need less care and attention ! Shame they look so awful but I got over...