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When Do You Replace Your Dishes?

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i've been thinking of ditching most of my dishes and starting over. But then I think... I am just frtittering money away?

I have stoneware dinner and salad plates that have small chips in them. Not sharp and not "dangerous" but still chipped. Some ceramic plates I have are colored and chips are very visable. But entirely useful.

I have drinking glasses that are "etched" by many, many dishwasher washings. Not chipped (all chipped glasses are immediately thrown out) but cloudy.

When do you draw the line and toss out perfectly servicable (sp??) dishes?
 
I love dishes. I replaced my stoneware when it got into the condition that you are describing with real china. I chose a Royal Doulton pattern called "tonkin" that was readily attainable on ebay. Althought I have broken a plate or two, I have not chipped any of it. It is so much more durable than my stoneware was.

Our glasses never last long enough for me to worry about getting them "etched" they are almost always broken long before that.

I have tile floors which I love for the ease of maintenance, but it is hard on anything that is dropped.

Alice
 
When you walk by a display and long for those pretty new things AND you MIL is coming for a week's stay, then you will buy.:eek:

Actually, sounds like you have lots of dishes to feed the cat from.

PS. I got my current daily dishes off eBay also. Gave away my corelleware to brother. It made me happy to update (it was the old gold corelle, almost 30 yo). And I added 8 place settings to my Lenox pattern of my formal dishes off eBay also (and I could give that away too).
Nothing was broken during shipping in either case.
 
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I replaced when I just plain got tired of them; they were in perfect condition, no chips, no etching. But I'd had them about 15 years, and one day I decided enough is enough; I'm entitled.
 
I am tickled that the dishes I registered for in 1979 for my wedding, I still love today. They are stoneware, and for years were only brought out for company. I realized it was time to just use them. They are in the cupboard with the everyday dishes, and if we run out of them before the dishwasher is full, we use the stoneware. I push the saucers though, since they are fairly useless. Who puts coffee cups in saucers anyway?
We've gone through several sets of daily dishes. Usually enough get broken that the time just makes itself known.
 
When I don't have enough to serve dinner on :rolleyes:
Right now my dishes are getting pretty ratty looking. Lots of chips and nicks. My girls tell me it's time to start looking again. I will when I get around to it.
For "good" dinnerware, I use the Haviland china my dear step Mom gave to me a few years ago. It's beautiful.
 
I'd have sent those to charity long ago. That said, I just looked at my dwindling supply of (hazy) glasses and, well, it's time! And after only 10 years of daily use. The nerve! Maybe the new phosephateless dishwasher detergent won't etch the next ones.

We bought a Denby pattern we both liked. Harlequin. Stoneware, and it lives up to it's name. I have only been able to chip one salad plate, and it wasn't out of not trying. Denby is kind of expensive- we just bought a piece or 2 at a time and gave it to each other for holidays, birthdays, Moms/Dads days, and soon we had a 'set' for enough. We found many of the bigger more expensive pieces on eBay. The pattern is discontinued now, but we still like it and occasionally I find a buy on some more.

Now to go glassware shopping. Toodleoo!

Jim Ricks
 
We buy new Corelle for everyday dishes about every two years and pack off the old set to our daughter. I don't know what they do with them, they don't break them but they seem to disappear. I think they have friends that take plates of stuff home, cup of coffee in the car and never bring the dishes back.

When we were over last week, she had a hard time finding enough plates to feed the six of us. Looks like I'll be getting new dishes soon.

We never entertain formally anymore - just too busy and our friends are just easy. So my china is all going to my daughter as well - with strict orders to not lose it all, hopefully.
 
We replace plates and bowls after every use. Washing them is futile; the paper simply dissolves and clogs the drains on the dishwasher.

Being made of plastic, the cups, forks, knives, and spoons last a little bit longer. But we have to be sure they are far enough from the heating element in the dishwasher or else they melt. :D
 
T_R_Oglodyte said:
We replace plates and bowls after every use. Washing them is futile; the paper simply dissolves and clogs the drains on the dishwasher.

Being made of plastic, the cups, forks, knives, and spoons last a little bit longer. But we have to be sure they are far enough from the heating element in the dishwasher or else they melt. :D
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My MIL has a friend who is quite wealthy, and she replaced her dishes every two years. I always thought that was enviably lavish! Our dishes are now about ten years old and I'm sick of the dinner plates, but I still like the cups and bowls. I always look for new dishes, but then when I find a pattern I like, I realize that the cups are too small or the dinner plates won't fit in the dishwasher very well...I'm kind of looking for the Holy Grail of dinnerware.

Meanwhile, if I could, I would serve every meal on paper plates, like T.R. Oglodyte. I keep hoping there will be a study that finds that the environmental impact of using paper plates for three meals a day is less than the impact of washing real dishes for three meals a day.
 
I bought a supermarket pattern at least 10 years ago. I still like them and no chips so we aren't in the market for new plates.
 
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T_R_Oglodyte said:
We replace plates and bowls after every use. Washing them is futile; the paper simply dissolves and clogs the drains on the dishwasher.

Being made of plastic, the cups, forks, knives, and spoons last a little bit longer. But we have to be sure they are far enough from the heating element in the dishwasher or else they melt. :D
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you must be shopping at costco
 
BevL said:
We buy new Corelle for everyday dishes about every two years and pack off the old set to our daughter. I don't know what they do with them, they don't break them but they seem to disappear. I think they have friends that take plates of stuff home, cup of coffee in the car and never bring the dishes back.

When we were over last week, she had a hard time finding enough plates to feed the six of us. Looks like I'll be getting new dishes soon.

We never entertain formally anymore - just too busy and our friends are just easy. So my china is all going to my daughter as well - with strict orders to not lose it all, hopefully.
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I still use my corelle set that I have had since the mid 1980s, so going on 28+ years. Other than 2 mugs I still have all the pieces. I have dropped them and have not broken a single one. I use them as my everyday dishes and I have good stoneware for the occassional company.
 
I was soo sick of the chips that I bought clear glass at Walmart, and I just change all the linens for different colors.

I have really good china from the wedding and I never ever use it cause its closed stock, and I am going to sell in on Replacement china since i now dislike it and the kids don't want it.
 
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T_R_Oglodyte said:
We replace plates and bowls after every use. Washing them is futile; the paper simply dissolves and clogs the drains on the dishwasher.

Being made of plastic, the cups, forks, knives, and spoons last a little bit longer. But we have to be sure they are far enough from the heating element in the dishwasher or else they melt. :D
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I see so many patterns I'd just love to have, but we have so many already.

Our everyday dishes

1. Blue Willow bought from misc sources over the past 20 years - some antique, some new, and some chipped but we don't care.

2. White Corning we got 30+ years ago

3. Brown stoneware also 30+ years ago.

I can't justify buying new when we have 3 perfectly good sets that we like for everyday.

For the good stuff, I have my mother's and my mother-in-law's good china, which we rarely use but it looks pretty in the china cabinets.

We have never used our wedding china - it's still in its shipping boxes with sawdust. It's ridiculously ornate, and was a big mistake. One of these years I'll eBay it.

Bottom line - if any of these were too chipped to use or if we didn't like them, then we'd replace them. But that's not the case.
 
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We are thinking about getting new dishes since we just finished our kitchen remodel and I don't want to put back all the mismatched cups, plates, etc. or chipped items.

Really thinking of just going with plain white dinnerware. That way, I can mix/match patterns, etc. and it will blend.

Jen
 
I just replaced mine with Fiestaware. I just love them - they are sturdy (although a little heavy), but I love all the different colors. I needed a change!
 
jmatias said:
We are thinking about getting new dishes since we just finished our kitchen remodel and I don't want to put back all the mismatched cups, plates, etc. or chipped items.

Really thinking of just going with plain white dinnerware. That way, I can mix/match patterns, etc. and it will blend.

Jen
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I had always planned on replacing dishes and tableware when we remodeled but couldn't find anything I liked any better or that didn't make me choke when I saw the price tag. So, I have the same old stuff. DH decided we were getting low and glasses and imported some from his father's house when we cleaned it out and brought him to live with us. Now, I really have an eclectic array of drinking glasses.

I don't think FIL even recognizes they are from his house. He never used them because he drank out of plastic yogurt containers--can't throw away perfectly good containers! Back in the early days of our marriage, when we went to my in-laws for the occasional dinner, I remember being served mashed potatoes and other side dishes from recycled Cool Whip containers.
 
Wow! I wasn't expecting so many posts :)

I just can't seem to make up my mind between going all white and the (so very many!) pretty colored patterns. I like the whites as mixing and matching is fun and keeps the whites interesting. But then I see a color I just love.... sigh....

I think I am going to toss the chipped dishes. Again. That is, I decided to toss them a few months ago and then chickened out. I am not good at throwing things out. Ok, I am not good at throwing MY stuff out... DH and DD stuff? No problem :eek: .

Here is a serious question - I really never understood this. I have fine china as well. I get it displayed in the china cabinet and it looks fantastic. Now company is coming to dinner. What do I do?? If I use the china the cabinet will look bare, if not empty. But the whole purpose of the fine china is to use it for company! What am I missing here?
 
jlwquilter said:
Here is a serious question - I really never understood this. I have fine china as well. I get it displayed in the china cabinet and it looks fantastic. Now company is coming to dinner. What do I do?? If I use the china the cabinet will look bare, if not empty. But the whole purpose of the fine china is to use it for company! What am I missing here?
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You are missing that every day is a celebration so take out the good china and use it. Celebrate you! Celebrate your family! They are more important than guests, anyway. Put other things you love on display in that cabinet. Just because it is a "china" cabinet doesn't mean you can only put dishes in it. How about books? Pictures in beautiful frames?
 
Rose Pink said:
I don't think FIL even recognizes they are from his house. He never used them because he drank out of plastic yogurt containers--can't throw away perfectly good containers! Back in the early days of our marriage, when we went to my in-laws for the occasional dinner, I remember being served mashed potatoes and other side dishes from recycled Cool Whip containers.
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I remember reading an article about people who clear out houses when elderly people move out. Apparently they have to deal with tons and tons of recycled food containers.
 
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