Over the years I have tried different kinds of dinnerware materials without doing too much research. Fine bone china is so pretty and delicate but I was leaning towards stoneware as my favourite material being of a more casual, practical nature. Well my stoneware mugs gradually broke and my current thought was that corningware is the most indestructible, it seems to last forever. Earthenware ceramic mugs seem to be the most brittle, I don't seem to have any surviving. Porcelain seems to be quite hardy as well. Here is a link with more information. According to this article fine bone china is the most durable ceramic dinnerware despite its delicate appearance! Fortunately it is my current dinnerware!
What is your favourite type of dinnerware?
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When we got married in 1961, Franciscan Ware was very popular. I chose a set called "Daisy". It lasted many many years, but after kids, many pieces got broken. I now enjoy seasonal dishes. In Spring and Fall I use my Fiesta Ware, and I have Christmas dishes, I have assorted Fall colors that I use Sept-Nov. It's a little work, but dishes and linens are my loves. I have tea towels for each season too.
Stoneware is my favourite too.
I have my onion-pattern blue and white earthenware and have had it for years with almost no breakages. I just have 6 of each these days, I gave all of the others to the thrift shop. Hugs, Valerie
We have such a random collection that I'm not even sure what all our dinnerwear pieces are made of! I do like the occasional hot chocolate in winter but we don't drink tea or coffee so we don't use mugs a lot to have a favourite one or material!
Hope that you are having a good weekend :)
Away From The Blue
I like Corelle,They last so long.we been married 46 years and still have Corning Ware corelle dishes. My daughters have both corelle and stoneware.They like Both!
I like it when it breaks. I can choose a new pattern. Sadly, the dishes I bought at Home Hardware, back when I was divorced (1993)have lasted way too long!
I'm basically back to corningware, but I only have a few pieces. I kind of like mismatched pieces at dinner..so you know the different plates..yet in recent years we just serve Thanksgiving on nice festive paperplates so we don't have to think about the clean up. We really don't have any fine dining plates. Actually, the really pretty china my grandmother has is in her hutch. We just look at it when we eat.
I remember when stoneware was so popular. I wanted it in different bright colors. But someone only wanted everything blue and white. A friend of mine has her dishes all in black. Yet I love my corningware bowls best. One is small and one is a bigger cereal bowl which is fitting for ramen.
We haven't had a dinner party in so long. I have problems with keeping glassware. I still have all these wine glasses. Except we seldom drink wine anymore but they are nice for creamy layered desserts. Especially, for two. So interesting to find out what works. At times I have wanted to buy some seasonal plates and bowls at Dollar Tree, but I never do.
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My dishes are so old but I just can't bring myself to buy new ones. I mean it's not like I entertain and what I have is fine for us.
My grandma had a lovely collection of chinaware!
My favorite type of dinnerware? The kind that washes itself, paper plates, paper cups.
Coffee time service.
We had it here in the Netherlands years ago.
I saved it all together.
I'm still happy with it.
Buon inizio settimana.
We've been through a couple of sets of dishes over the years. Most recently I wanted square plates and got plain white ones at Bed Bath and Beyond not realizing how heavy they are. Then I bought just two round blue plates at IKEA that we use everyday.
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LOVE it! I thought I was the only one who did that. I have those woven paper plate holders; I put 2 cheap paper plates on each, and use them for most everything. I throw the top plate in the trash if it didn't soil the bottom plate. My son explained to his wife why I do that: "she's from the hippie days when everyone had to conserve water..." LOL
You guys!
I'm a fan of bone china, but don't have it currently. But corning ware is so durable and long lasting, I'm tempted to go back to it when my stuff breaks. I wish I had invested in bone china instead of porcelain.
favourite type is cheap lol
Interesting... i'm afraid mine is just a set i bought years ago at Costco, like melmac but you know the newer kind of plastics - it's got a pattern on it and i don't even really use it. I have four white plates left over from another set years ago and we just keep using them over.
We've had our current crockery some time now, I'm not too sure what I/we would buy if and when it needs replacing.
All the best Jan
my mom used mixed ware such as silver and stainless steel ware ,she used bone china only when we had guests .
we too use mixed though now i have plastic dinner set a fine one and want to buy the bone china in future as gifted by mom are mostly broken
When the kids were growing up, we had Melmac. As they got older they wanted us to get "real" plates. So we switched to Corelle or Corningware which has really worked well for us. We did also have stoneware. Hmmm... I wonder if we still have it.
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