Yes, it's true. Not only I store wood in the freezer, I also bake it in the oven!
And what is it good for?
Well, people in general seem to love and prefer dark wood. So I take a pale and dull spoon from maple wood, I bake it at 200°C and I wait until it looks like this:
(Of course you shouldn't wait too long, otherwise you may end up with a piece of charcoal.)
I also have a new spoon from leftover hornbeam wood. It escaped being baked in the oven because it has a nice grain pattern as it is.
