You are sounding like you are not the one who cleans up the kitchen thereafter.
So many times after the "war" has come through, we ask ourselves maybe we should have used disposable plates and utensils, but we can never bring ourselves to do that. In fact this Christmas we have decided to use our Wedgwood plates which we have not used in about 10 years and never in our new home.
In our family we call that "full contact cooking". You know when there is not one pot, pan, or utensil left untouched. No big deal if they also went to the "clean as you go" school of cooking. My husband is a full contact chef and did not attend the clean-as-you-go school of cooking. One time he made soup and I almost cried when I saw the kitchen. He spent about an hour prepping, I spent over an hour cleaning. I was so tired that it was overwhelming, but in our house when you cook you don't clean, so it was my job. He doesn't cook often and I have tried to impart the wisdom of cleaning as you go, but sometimes you can't teach an old dog new tricks, so I just do most of the cooking. When my prep is done and dinner is being served, there is usually just the pots and pans that are actively being used that will need to be cleaned up. Everything else has either been washed or loaded in the dishwasher as I was finished with it. I never feel bad about someone else having to clean up as it is 10 minutes tops.
It's a lot like that here, too. DW has limited knife skills and flunked 'clean as you cook'. So I get chopping duty as well as the scullery maid's. DW wonders why I've nearly banned her from the kitchen. She shouldn't. I'm glad that I like cooking, because if I didn't we'd be eating out a lot more than we do.
You are sounding like you are not the one who cleans up the kitchen thereafter.
It is not about "saving" but about handling of it in the dishwasher. My old dishwasher had the fine china setting. Our pattern has platinum around the edge and we just don't know how our current dishwasher handles them.
Me too! Married in 1966. It was popular for many years. Talked to a woman at a consignment store who had a case full of it and didn't want more. The 22K gold trim means you can't put it in a microwave. I take it out for Thanksgiving, and that's it.
I use a wet/dry shop vac for that.
So glad! She'll have fond memories--and likely want to do it again next year!
Christmas dinner update.
Our friends, the "I only eat Prime grade rib roast", only confirmed that they were coming on Christmas Eve. Wife was sick and they were not sure if they were coming prior to that. We had the Costco seasoned rib roast and did not utter a word that it was only Choice grade. He did not ask whether the meat was prime grade or not, only that it was very very good. LOL. We had plenty to eat and everyone left happy and stuffed. Oh, the Christmas plum pudding and double Devon cream, both from England, they had never had it before and they all said it was good. I had my gluten-free English fruit cake and they tried... and said now they understood why I have said that I enjoy fruit cake as it is nothing like the American version. We were exhausted and I don't think we will hold another party for another month or so.
I’d be annoyed. Take it from someone with a spoiled teenage nephew demanding $100 “new season” shoes every three months, while his little brother is happy with a $5 Pokémon shirt. Or with the same teenage nephew demanding a $10 restaurant meal while his kid brother is happy with a $4 big happy meal.