Just saw a post by a local shop promoting their product.  I am really not sure why they think it was necessary to add a "dutchman" or two or three that really serve no purposes

 

I like mine better and no handle to take up room

 

Backstory-

Family sent their girls to Vo-Tech and they all went thru the Cosmetology program. One became a Cosmetology teacher and is now an administrator at the same school. Lost track of the other girl until a few years ago when we went to a gathering at a retired teacher's (Cosmetology teacher) home. There in the kitchen was a really cool charcuterie board made by that young lady!

 

She left the underside natural and the feet were actually nubs where branches had been!

I have seen dutchman's or bowties used to cover a knots.  The food pic makes my mouth water.   Danl

I'd guess (and it is a guess) that those bowties are their form of a decorative inlay. Not all that creative, but I'm a poor person to judge creativity since I have almost zero amounts of it myself.

Edited November 12, 20241 yr by Fred W. Hargis Jr

I make and sell charcuterie boards and I cut a groove around the underneath edge to facilitate a grab lip.  I use a 1/2” cove bit.

15 hours ago, Ron Dudelston said:

I make and sell charcuterie boards and I cut a groove around the underneath edge to facilitate a grab lip.  I use a 1/2” cove bit.

show  us some pictures

Ok tell me just one thing. When did they stop calling these "cutting boards"?

1 hour ago, Gerald said:

Ok tell me just one thing. When did they stop calling these "cutting boards"?

In reality, a charcuterie board is larger than a cutting board.  I built one for my daughter that is 30” long.

2 hours ago, Gerald said:

Ok tell me just one thing. When did they stop calling these "cutting boards"?

 

When they started serving charcuterie on them.

 

4 hours ago, HandyDan said:

When they started serving charcuterie on them.

I was led to believe that "charcuterie" was Latin for "six times the price".

13 hours ago, HARO50 said:

I was led to believe that "charcuterie" was Latin for "six times the price".

There is a shopping center near here whose name includes "Towne Centre"  -- yeah upscale on the price.

 

I feel sorry for the first graders trying to learn how to spelle.[sic]

Edited November 15, 20241 yr by kmealy