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Cutting sheets don't cut it.(Product Test)

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| March 01, 2003 | COPYRIGHT 2003 Consumers Union of the United States, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Saran Disposable Cutting Sheets claim to "absorb the germy mess left behind when cutting raw meat, poultry, fish, and much more," thereby reducing the amount of cleanup you have to do in the kitchen.

Think of the Cutting Sheets as a temporary cutting board. Each sheet consists of a cut-resistant top layer, an absorbent middle layer, and a liquid-proof bottom layer. After quartering a chicken or cubing beef, you simply toss the sheet into the trash. The sheets also promise to protect countertops and cutting boards.

They didn't work well at all for us.

In our tests, which ranged ...

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