Lyle's Walnut Couple Boards

Name: Lyle's Walnut Couple Boards
Brand: CedarAndTin Co.
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his & hers, traced in 2019

Black walnut · Lyle Hembree · Stockton, Missouri

One board for what’s raw. One for everything else.

Two walnut boards, shaped from the shadows of a husband and wife standing at their kitchen window. The tall one takes raw meat, poultry and fish. The short one takes bread, fruit, vegetables and cheese, and goes to the table. Stood together, the short one leans into the tall one. Carved in pairs by Lyle Hembree, 68, and never sold apart.

2Boards, two jobs

0Plastic under your knife

0.4″Thin enough for the sink

90Days to send them back

Darlene’s cafeteria rule

His for what’s raw. Hers for the rest.

No labels, no colors to remember. The shape tells you which board is which.

Hers The Short Board Ready to eat

Bread, tomatoes, fruit, herbs, cheese. Everything you eat as it is. This is the one that goes to the table.

11.8 × 7.9 in

His The Tall Board Raw only

Raw chicken, pork chops, steak, fish fillets. Everything that still has to be cooked. It never touches the bread.

15 × 7.9 in

The USDA gives home cooks the same advice: one cutting board for fresh produce and bread, a separate one for raw meat, poultry and seafood.

Why two boards

What one board is doing to your kitchen

The problemChicken juice in the saladRaw meat juice runs into every knife mark. You wipe the board, and most of it comes out. Most is not all, and the tomatoes go on next.

The pairRaw goes on the tall one, onlyMeat, poultry and fish stay on his board. Bread, fruit and salad never touch it. One look at the shape and you know.

The problemPlastic in your foodA 2023 North Dakota State study estimated a single plastic board can shed up to 79 million microplastic particles a year into what you cut.

The pairSolid black walnutNothing plastic under your knife. Every board gives up a little of itself under a blade. Walnut gives up walnut.

III

The problemThe board that never really gets cleanThick boards don’t fit in the sink, so they get a quick wipe on the counter and go back in the drawer.

The pairThin enough to scrub both sidesAt 0.4 inches they lie flat in the sink, get scrubbed front and back, dry standing up and hang on the wall instead of a damp drawer.

Two shadows on brown paper

A marriage, traced at the kitchen window

For their fortieth anniversary in 2019, Lyle stood his wife Darlene next to him at the kitchen window. She leaned her head on his shoulder, the way she had for forty years, and he traced their two shadows on brown paper. The walnut came from a tree that fell on her father’s farm in the ice storm of 2007.

Darlene ran a school cafeteria for thirty-one years, and she set the rules the same night. Raw meat on his. Everything else on hers. She hung them by the stove, and every pair Lyle has carved since follows the same two shadows and the same rule.

“She was five-foot-one and I’m six-two. Her head fit right here. I didn’t invent that shape. I just traced it.”Lyle Hembree · Stockton, Missouri

Kitchen rule · D. Hembree

The tall one is Lyle’s. Chicken, pork chops, catfish.

Mine is for bread, fruit & cheese, and mine goes to the table.

Raw meat NEVER on my board. That means you, Lyle.

— Darlene

What arrives

One pair, never one alone

IThe Tall Board15 × 7.9 in, black walnut. For everything raw.

IIThe Short Board11.8 × 7.9 in. For everything else, and the table.

IIIReady to HangBoth handle rings fit a plain nail or hook.

IVNinety DaysNot right? Send the pair back for a full refund.

Things you can check yourself

Small details, made the slow way

Black walnut, Missouri countryDark chocolate heartwood with lighter streaks running through it. Hard enough for everyday use and softer than maple, so it is easy on a knife edge.

Light in the handAt 0.4 inches thin, either board goes to the table in one hand and lies flat in the sink for a proper scrub.

Folk art on the wallBetween meals they hang side by side by their handle rings, the short one leaning in. People see a couple before they see a cutting board.

No two pairs alikeThe shapes stay the same, the walnut decides the rest. Grain, streaks and the shade of brown change from pair to pair.

“I’ll be straight with you. These aren’t a butcher block for carving a whole turkey. They’re for every day: the chicken on mine, the bread on hers, and both back on the wall when the dishes are done.”

Lyle Hembree · at the bench in Stockton

Who it’s for

Made for kitchens that still sit down together

Anniversaries Weddings & newlyweds Parents who have everything The one who cooks every night Done with plastic boards A gift for two people

90Days

Ninety days, no questions

Cut on them, serve on them, hang them up. If the pair isn’t right, for any reason or no reason at all, send it back for a full refund.

In the box	2 boards, sold only as a pair
Tall board	15 × 7.9 in (38 × 20 cm), 7.1 in (18 cm) wide at the base. For raw meat, poultry and fish.
Short board	11.8 × 7.9 in (30 × 20 cm), 5.9 in (15 cm) wide at the base. For bread, fruit, vegetables and cheese, and for serving.
Thickness	0.4 in (1 cm), both boards
Material	Solid black walnut. No plastic, no laminate, no veneer.
Finish	Food-safe oil, satin. No lacquer, no varnish.
Grain and color	Dark chocolate brown with lighter streaks. Varies from pair to pair, not selectable.
Hanging	Both handle rings fit a standard nail or hook
Care	Hand wash and scrub both sides, dry standing up. Never dishwasher, never soaked. A little food-safe oil once a month.
Carved by	Lyle Hembree, Stockton, Cedar County, Missouri
Shipping	Ships within 1–2 business days