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<v 1>Hi, my name is Christina Adair. I'm owner of Cakes by Christine in</v>

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Mattoon, Illinois.

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My family's had a long association with John Boo's products dating back to my

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grandfather's little grocery store in Humboldt, Illinois,

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where he used the chopping blocks to cut beef on and pork and different kinds of

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meats. And now in my current day kitchen,

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I still continue to use John Boo's products for their versatility.

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And they're not only beautiful to sit out on your counter,

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but there's a lot of the chopping blocks that I like to use.

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We have a large family,

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a lot of grandkids, have a lot of family dinners that I continue to use them.

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<v 2>My name's Niall Campbell,</v>

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executive chef and owner of Firefly Grill here in Effingham, Illinois.

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When opening Firefly, we started the relationship with Boo's.

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We found that we wanted to bring in as much as the community had to offer.

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The outside of the building is all old barns from the area.

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And so in utilizing that,

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we decided that we were going to go with all tabletops from Boo's just because

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the wood is so beautiful. But more than anything, it's about the durability,

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especially on a dining room table.

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Each table sees hundreds of thousands of people through its lifetime,

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and so those tables need to stand up to the test of time.

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We've always found with the wooden cutting boards, they maintain much better.

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And so when we built the Firefly,

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we decided that we were going to actually use them right in our prep station.

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So where you normally see poly, we have the NSF cutting boards on our lines.

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So it makes for a huge difference.

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The guys are able to work steady throughout the night, cutting, cleaning,

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and producing straight through the evening.

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