Six -- four plastic and two wood.

I cut meat on a plate, or the butcher's wrapping paper spread on the granite counter. The wrapping paper is also the best surface for tasks like giving a chicken a light coating of olive oil before roasting.

One of the wooden ones is a thick maple affair with feet that has a standing gig as the thing the roasting pan gets set on, or the preserving kettle.

BillD: What do you think of grape-seed oil as a treatment for wooden kitchen tools?