New Skills # 2 - Cheeseboards?

When I cut down a silver birch a while ago, I cut a couple of thin sections with the vague idea of making something out of them at some point.  They've been slowly drying in the house for the last few months, and I decided on the weekend to finish the 'seasoning' process by 'kiln drying' one of them in the oven.  After a few hours at 100C it was starting to look better and I decided to pull it out and put it on a cooling rack.

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 At that moment Ben (my 2 year old) walked into the kitchen and pointed at the cooling rack, open mouthed with horror.  He looked at me and very clearly and loudly said "Daddy, I DON'T want to eat a log!"

What a joy and privilege it is to bring up children!

The next step with this particular 'log' is to de-bark, sand both sides to a shine, wipe with oil and give to a lucky mystery Christmas present recipient.  I can imagine it with 3 beautiful Monmouthshire cheeses, one on each 'lobe', with grapes in the middle!