Wood to NOT eat on

Red oak is porous - liquids would leak out, and you'd have a hard time cleaning the food out of the tiny holes. You'd need a finish that would fill the pores, and then you have to worry about the finish too.

Now white oak - they make wine barrels out of that, so it "must be safe" to use :-)

Here are a couple of lists that might be helpful.

OK, so I can't count (that is more than a couple). Hope these sights help. More available by searching "wood toxicity" on the web. JD

> > OK, so I can't count (that is more than a couple). Hope these sights help. > More available by searching "wood toxicity" on the web. >

avoid anything from the deadly nightshade family, and probably anything from Australia (sorry guys, but the nasty australian stuff is so especially nasty that it's safer just to avoid it all when food is the issue)

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Hi Taka, I guess hemlock trees aren't toxic like poison hemlock plants, but I wouldn't turn a cup out of it and label it. Except for a member of "The Hemlock Society" a 'cup of hemlock' might be a turnoff for a customer or giftee. OTOH, it could be a novelty mate cup. :)

Turn to Safety, Arch Fortiter

I knew there was a reason I did not eat carrots. :)

Bruce

Ralph E L> >

I wanted to latch on to this thread to ask about black locust. I see in the pages recently referenced that the leaves and bark are toxic, and apparently the sawdust isn't to be taken lightly. But once the work is done and the dust is cleaned off, is a black locust bowl a bad thing to put food in? Would it matter if it was popcorn vs. dip?

I finally figured out that my recent acquisition is black locust (thrown off by it being such a non-black wood), and I want to be certain what I should aim at making.

I have never had any problems with wood being poisonous, or the eating/ drinking from it, all these are mostly N.American woods, though I've turned and used a few tropicals as well.

Here's a small clipping about the black locust poison, btw the flowers are considered edible.

: "various reports have suggested that the seeds and the young pods of the black locust can be edible when cooked, since the poisons that are contained in this plant are decomposed by heat."

So it seems if you want to eat the wood, you'd have to heat it first ;-)))

Some of my turnings are here,

Have fun and take care Leo Van Der Loo

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