Willow is a common tree in rural areas. Willow likes to carry water. Willow has fine texture and good recoverability. When making the vegetable pier, it has the advantages of no damage to the blade, super recoverability and long-term use. Not only the trunk of willow can be used for cooking, but also the roots of willow are often used for cooking. Liuzhudun has a long history and can only be used after cutting, shaping, soaking, wrapping and oiling. In the hotel kitchen, in addition to the food pier, chopping board is also an essential thing. Dividend box and white box on the chopping board. The red box refers to the chopping board for making meat, and the white box refers to the chopping board for making pasta. No matter what kind of chopping board you make, you have high requirements for wood. Cutting board requires not only smoothness, but also hard texture, which can be used for a long time. Therefore, the best wood for making chopping boards according to tradition is pear wood.
Pear tree is also a traditional fruit tree, with tall trees, numerous fruits, beautiful pear patterns, delicate wood, good fit and hard texture. It is superior wood, and the chopping board made of pear wood is not only durable, but also delicate in texture and not afraid of oil and water invasion. The chopping board of Lao Li's fried dough sticks in the east of my village has been used for at least decades, and its color has become rosy, and the chopping board has become uneven because of its age. However, this shiny and mottled chopping board is still in use today. Lao Li said that the chopping board was used to it and would not be replaced. According to experience, the wood that can be used to make vegetable piers must have the characteristics of solid texture, fine texture, moderate density, good elasticity, no odor, no damage to leaves and no sawdust. If a wood does not have these characteristics, it is not suitable for cooking pier. Willow is the wood of willow. Willow is the general name of a kind of plants, which can be generally divided into weeping willow, dried willow, firecracker willow, Pterocarya stenoptera, Yunnan willow, purple willow, gland willow, Qiliu willow, big white willow, slender willow, cotton willow and Korean weeping willow.
Generally speaking, Salix matsudana is the best material, light in weight, easy to cut, not easy to deform after drying, without special smell and moderate in hardness. It can be used in buildings, potholes, box boards and matchsticks, and is also a high-quality material for making vegetable piers. According to wood experts, Salix matsudana has strong corrosion resistance and is not afraid of water and humidity. At the same time, it has good elasticity, moderate density and no sawdust after cutting. It is an excellent wood for making vegetable piers. Therefore, there is a folk saying that "Liu Mu Cai stew". Of course, there are other kinds of wood suitable for cooking piers, such as ginkgo, elm, olive, Huangguoshu, beech and so on. But willow is best for cooking. Ailanthus altissima is tough because its wood fibers are very long. At the same time, Ailanthus altissima has the characteristics of straight texture, easy processing and luster, and is an excellent building and furniture making material. Toona sinensis is yellow-brown, beautiful in texture, hard in texture, shiny, strong in corrosion resistance, free from warping, cracking and deformation, and easy to construct. It is called "China Mahogany" and is an excellent wood for furniture, interior decoration and shipbuilding.