MIU Flexible Cutting Board, Set of 5 | 
| Brand: MIU
List Price: $9.99
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Rating:  40 reviews
Sales Rank: 274
Color: Blue,Green,Red,White,Yellow
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 15.5 x 11.3 x 0.2
MPN: 90005
Model: 90005
UPC: 806700900059
EAN: 0806700900059
ASIN: B00011RTE8
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| Features:
| • | 5-pack of flexible plastic cutting boards, 15 by 11 inches | | • | Color-coded for use with different types of food. Blue, Red, Yellow, Green, and White. | | • | Protects countertops and helps prevent cross-contamination | | • | Curl easily for transferring food to bowls or pans | | • | Safe in the dishwasher; easy to store |
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Product Description
These handy, flexible cutting boards are color coded for different food groups to minimize cross-contamination and to protect countertops. Blue for fish, red for meats, yellow for poultry, green for vegetables and white for general purposes. The flexible boards curl easily to transfer chopped food directly into the bowl, pot or pan. Each board measures 15-inches by 11-inches. Top shelf, dishwasher safe.
Amazon.com Review
This package of flexible plastic cutting boards from MIU France protects your countertop, simplifies food safety, and stores in any narrow slot of extra kitchen space. Though the boards are flat, they have ample surface area and can be used on either side. MIU France recommends designating the colors according to food category to prevent cross-contamination--yellow for poultry, green for produce, and red for raw meat. Once food is chopped or diced, you can pick up the board, curl it to contain the pieces, and transfer them cleanly to bowls or pots. Safe in the dishwasher, each board measures 11 by 15 inches. --Emily Bedard
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| Customer Reviews: Read 35 more reviews...
 Flexible, sort of November 23, 2004
E. Haynes (Philadelphia PA)
92 out of 99 found this review helpful
I thought these would be much more flexible than they are. We do use them regularly, but they are not nearly so pliable as just picking up and easily curling them to create a funnel for your food. They have a tendancy to snap back, and I wouldn't dare store them rubber-banded up as they would never go flat again. Indeed, our biggest complaint with these is that they just require too much effort to bend one way or another - be it rolled up for moving items to the pan or flat on the counter for chopping.
And don't even think about putting them in the dishwasher, even on the gentle cycle, regardless of what the description says! They get even more brittle in the dishwasher and lose what little flexibility they have.
At the end of the day, I wouldn't buy them again.
 Curls too easily February 7, 2005
Thomas F. Sorgie (New York, NY)
50 out of 53 found this review helpful
Though these claim to be dishwasher safe, i can say that they are not. After one trip to the dishwasher these have curled so badly that they have become useless. To use these right now i have to put weights in all four corners of the board, and if i try to pick them up, they snap to curl shape so fast whatever rememnants are on the board fly into the air. Avoid these.
 Great Product, Excellent Price May 26, 2005
W. L. Holder (Phoenix, AZ, USA)
32 out of 34 found this review helpful
For the price these cannot be beat. I use these types of "cutting boards" to protect my nice wooden cutting board from bacteria when preparing meats. I have used several brands and they are all pretty similar, none of them last a long time. I wouldn't honestly recomend them for use on a countertop without something else underneath them.
All of this type of cutting board will curl with use, even more if you put them in the dishwasher. Some more than others though. If you buy the $10 version you might get better results, but when you consider you get 3 of these for $5, its hardly worth buying the more expensive version. Especially when you consider that even the best ones are only going to last a short while with regular use.
not as good as touted June 30, 2005
katarina (Singapore)
19 out of 23 found this review helpful
I agree with many of the reviewers in that these warp, bend & curl too easiy. And I didn't even stick them in the dishwasher. They look and behave like an ordinary plastic sheet. I don't like that they slide all over the place when in use. And I also don't like that they don't bend easily to 'funnel'/transfer your chopped up bits into a pot/plate/etc. One star for the relatively reasonable price and another for easy storage.
I use these boards multiple times every day April 25, 2006
Amalfi Coast Girl (Mid-Atlantic, USA)
17 out of 17 found this review helpful
These flexible cutting boards do exactly what I purchased them to do.
1. eliminate cross contamination by making it easier to keep the meat off the vegetable board.
2. keep me from scarring my counter or wooden board.
3. make it easy to transfer cut food directly into the pan without getting my dough blade dirty (I used to use this to move chopped items from the cutting board into the pan or bowl).
These boards are reasonably thin, which is why they are flexible. I have had two sets for approximately 5 months and will be replacing them soon because they are starting to show significant scarring which I am concerned is accumulating dirt. For those that aren't as obsessive compulsive the boards would probably last twice as long. My wear patterns are from extreme use. I cook everyday and usually for all meals for my family. Since we began concentrating on eating more fruits and vegetables, these boards have gotten a serious workout and have held up better than the other flexible boards that I have tried.
I use these so often that they never make it into the dishwasher. They are easy to wash by hand, and I like to soak them in a weak bleach solution (10%) every day just to be certain they are clean. I wasn't certain these would hold up to the daily bleaching, but they have.
My only complaint is that these slide around a little on the counter. I have found that if you place them on top of a wooden cutting board they do not move around so much. It also works if you place a silicone pastry mat (Silpat) or a couple of silicone potholders under the mat.
I highly recommend these to anyone that is concerned with cross contamination.
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