Originally Posted By: Dignan
Why are you cutting on your countertops?

I have never in my life cut directly on any countertop. I'll repeat my statement from an earlier post in saying that cutting boards are far easier to clean, using plastic for raw meat and fish is more sanitary, and it's all moot because wood is a better surface to cut on anyway.

I never even considered cutting directly on the countertop as an option. I think I have like five cutting boards (two nice wood ones and then some cheap plastic ones) and it never occured to me to not use one of them.