to chop are still on the board? this gave us the idea of a “scoop”, built into the board, but which can be slid along the chopping board, and handled as a separate unit.
when you want to tip some ingredients, such as tomatoes, into the pan, it often happens that you want less juice to go in, so as to avoid making the dish too wet. the “scoop” can now operate like a funnel, so that you can hold back the chopped tomatoes and run off some of the juice.
the wooden board can then be turned upside down to serve as a chopping board for meat, so that the juice 