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Post by PEAcan pie on Jun 8, 2019 15:12:55 GMT
I have children and a really crazy schedule, husband and I both work and the kids are in multi-sports and activities. So it is a must for us. Not every day but at least once/twice a week. Usually pizza night. I try cook at five times a week and can hardly keep up with the dishes. When kids are gone, will probably use just a couple times a year.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 8, 2019 15:15:20 GMT
Occasionally. And if I start feeling bad about all the paper in the landfills, I just think about all the old dishwashers in the landfills.
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Post by georgiapea on Jun 8, 2019 15:20:01 GMT
Yes, every day. My DH is the dishwasher and I do everything I can to make his life easier.
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Post by ameslou on Jun 8, 2019 15:20:35 GMT
We did when we had infants!!
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Post by gina on Jun 8, 2019 15:30:20 GMT
I have a friend who posts a lot of her food pics on Instagram and 9 out of 10 meals are on paper plates. I always find that odd and to be honest, wasteful. So much paper in the garbage! I buy a stack of paper plates maybe once every 2-3 months at the food store (and its a small pack). We keep them for snacks or maybe quick kid lunches outside. They are not used daily. I've never served my family a regular dinner on a paper plate. They are reserved for large family BBQs.
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Post by lesley on Jun 8, 2019 15:39:20 GMT
The only time I can remember using them recently was when I gutted and renovated my kitchen last December. When the kids were younger we used them at parties but that was many years ago.
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Post by Susie_Homemaker on Jun 8, 2019 15:53:04 GMT
I don’t use paper plates I use styrofoam plates. The huge pack is cheap and it saves use from washing constantly so we use them almost everyday. Both of our DDs are home from college for the summer and it’s a big convenience item that we indulge in. Sorry not sorry.
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Post by Jili on Jun 8, 2019 16:06:29 GMT
We do not. I have a stack of the cheapest ones in the cupboard, though. If I have a lot of vegetables to chop for meal prep (maybe a stir fry), I might use them to hold the veggies while I chop others. Then it's easy to take the plate to the stove to add to the pan. If I'm just chopping an onion and a pepper, for example, I won't do this.
I do know people who eat off paper plates all of the time. It's not for me.
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Post by padresfan619 on Jun 8, 2019 16:08:41 GMT
I do not use paper plates even when we camp we have a set of reusable dishes, cups, and cutlery.
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Post by jcm28 on Jun 8, 2019 16:21:32 GMT
I use paper plates every day. We only use China with the evening meal. And I use them when I chop vegetables.
Janet
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Post by dewryce on Jun 8, 2019 16:25:04 GMT
No, not at all. Aside from the expense and the fact that I don't care for eating off of paper in most cases, I don't care to be putting more unnecessary items in the landfill. Soiled paper plates, just like greasy pizza boxes, can't be put in the recycling. We also recently stopped buying/using paper towels. I have a bunch of huck towels that we use instead and wash as needed. Works very well. I have GOT to stop using paper towels. They are my last hold out convenience item. I like these clothes. After trying many, many microfiber towels and hating them (feel terrible against my skin, every little fiber sticks to them in the wash, leave streaks on surfaces) I found these for cleaning that I would usually use a paper towel for. They work particularly well on glass, mirrors, and our marble bathroom and quartz kitchen countertops without leaving streaks when wrung out well. We use a fresh one every night to clean after dinner. Then we turned our old stained kitchen towels to my DH’s cooking towels instead of throwing them away, also a new one every night. Not sure what a huck towel is, off to check!
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Post by chaosisapony on Jun 8, 2019 16:56:48 GMT
Not regularly. I'd say maybe a couple of times a year at most. I don't like the waste aspect of paper plates, plastic cups, etc. But beyond that I just hate eating off of them. They're flimsy and you can't cut things on them. I also don't like that I'd be constantly buying something. I'm happy using regular everyday plates and washing them.
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Post by Merge on Jun 8, 2019 16:59:05 GMT
I have GOT to stop using paper towels. They are my last hold out convenience item. I like these clothes. After trying many, many microfiber towels and hating them (feel terrible against my skin, every little fiber sticks to them in the wash, leave streaks on surfaces) I found these for cleaning that I would usually use a paper towel for. They work particularly well on glass, mirrors, and our marble bathroom and quartz kitchen countertops without leaving streaks when wrung out well. We use a fresh one every night to clean after dinner. Then we turned our old stained kitchen towels to my DH’s cooking towels instead of throwing them away, also a new one every night. Not sure what a huck towel is, off to check! I didn't know, either. They're the absorbent towels they use in hospitals, apparently. I like them because they're inexpensive, not microfiber (I also hate the feel of that) and really are absorbent. Huck Towels Blue-Commercial -50 Piece Pack -16"x 24"- NEW 100% Cotton Super Absorbent-Lint Free-**Free Shipping** www.amazon.com/dp/B00LPYYF56/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_GK--CbWZGY2AQAlso, they're 100% cotton, so unlike microfiber, they will biodegrade.
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Post by dewryce on Jun 8, 2019 17:02:24 GMT
I like these clothes. After trying many, many microfiber towels and hating them (feel terrible against my skin, every little fiber sticks to them in the wash, leave streaks on surfaces) I found these for cleaning that I would usually use a paper towel for. They work particularly well on glass, mirrors, and our marble bathroom and quartz kitchen countertops without leaving streaks when wrung out well. We use a fresh one every night to clean after dinner. Then we turned our old stained kitchen towels to my DH’s cooking towels instead of throwing them away, also a new one every night. Not sure what a huck towel is, off to check! I didn't know, either. They're the absorbent towels they use in hospitals, apparently. I like them because they're inexpensive, not microfiber (I also hate the feel of that) and really are absorbent. Huck Towels Blue-Commercial -50 Piece Pack -16"x 24"- NEW 100% Cotton Super Absorbent-Lint Free-**Free Shipping** www.amazon.com/dp/B00LPYYF56/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_GK--CbWZGY2AQDo you find they leave blue lint on your dishes? A lot of reviews I was looking at (not necessarily for the linked product, just that I saw earlier) said it left blue lint/threads when using to dry. We could definitely use some more absorbent towels.
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Post by PrettyInPeank on Jun 8, 2019 17:06:55 GMT
Story time. This was a bone of contention in my household once upon a time. At some point Costco had a great price on a tower of paper plates, and we were all were sick or something, or maybe I just had a baby, but it seemed reasonable to have the convenience.
We used them up, and my husband wanted more because of how much time he saved on dishwashing. (What, seconds??) I said no they're wasteful (money and paper), were not that lazy c'mon, I hated cutting on them, not to mention the heat from food goes through the plate ruining the table finish (that I am responsible for fixing). He was serving the kids on them so it was at least 3-4 plates per meal.
My MIL sniffed out this little divide, and on a following shopping trip he had himself a giant tower of plates that his mom had bought him. I acted grateful and appreciative, but I know she knew.
Eventually it was known but unspoken that I hated them. I'd hint at not liking them through polite laughs when she'd buy them, but she didn't catch on. Or she did and didn't care. She lovingly named them his "China" in jest or a dig, you pick. At meals at our house she'd inquire as to where the China was. She had a stack at her house just for him, too. This went off and on for a year at least. Those damn Costco plates lasted forever.
After a decent hiatus from them she walked in with a new leaning plate tower from Costco one day and I had had enough. I said, thank you, but no thank you... I said maybe he hasn't been clear, but we don't buy these. They are wasteful and bad for the environment. After cooking nice cuts of meat or seafood from scratch for over an hour I'll be damned if we eat off paper like it's backyard BBQ in the dining room anymore. Not to mention they ruin the table finish that I end up repairing.
I kindly took the stack from the counter, went outside, and buckled them up in her front seat so she could return them. You could cut the tension in the air with a knife that night.
We ate on normal plates like normal people from that day forward. The end. 😁
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Post by sunnyd on Jun 8, 2019 17:09:59 GMT
I buy the thinnest, cheapest, most generic brand of paper plates and use them all the time for meal prep & snacks. I've never served a meal on paper plates. I chop veggies for hours for meal prep and need someplace to move them to after chopping on the cutting board, before they go in the pan or pot I'm cooking them in. I don't want to dirty 5 large bowls for that. I don't even have 5 large bowls for that, lol. I also use them for snacks, to cut an apple on, popcorn, cheese and crackers, etc. I don't use paper towels though and I try to redeem myself in other ways, environmentally.
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Post by milocat on Jun 8, 2019 17:12:14 GMT
We have a pack of dinner and dessert size that that we've had forever. We could use it at parties but I never dig them out and just use the regular dishes.
As someone else mentioned saving their old cutlery when they bought new, I also did that so you have plenty when you have a party. Don't have to wash forks between dinner and dessert.
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Post by katlady on Jun 8, 2019 17:20:59 GMT
No, not normally. We have some in the cabinet, and we bought that pack years ago. Someone mentioned using them for holding vegetables while they are chopping and cooking them. I use old pie tins for meal prep. But we do use paper towels and napkins.
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Post by paget on Jun 8, 2019 17:21:07 GMT
No. I find it extremely wasteful and also not pleasant to eat from. I really don’t get the process of “oh it’s just a sandwich so I’ll use a paper plate.” I just use a regular plate and give it a quick rinse and bam - back in the cupboard. I bought a pack of paper plates probably for the last birthday party I threw for one of the girls (youngest is 20 next month) and there’s still like 10 left. It’s just not our thing.
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Post by MichyM on Jun 8, 2019 17:22:36 GMT
Never have. Doubt I ever will.
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Post by MichyM on Jun 8, 2019 17:29:12 GMT
I don’t use paper plates I use styrofoam plates. The huge pack is cheap and it saves use from washing constantly so we use them almost everyday. Both of our DDs are home from college for the summer and it’s a big convenience item that we indulge in. Sorry not sorry. Wow, I didn't realize styrofoam plates/cups/etc were even made any more. I know you said sorry, not sorry. And the following will likely not make any difference, however do you know that it takes 500 year to never for them to break down?
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Post by peabay on Jun 8, 2019 17:34:09 GMT
Not really. If we have people over casually we use them and I have a drawer in our hutch with plastic utensils, cups and plates in it, but we use them maybe 2 or 3 times a year?
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Post by busy on Jun 8, 2019 17:40:31 GMT
Nope. I think it's irresponsible to create a bunch of unnecessary waste. I don't think I've ever purchased paper plates or bowls. I have a few plastic plates and bowls that I will take for camping, picnics, etc. when breakage is a concern, but that's it.
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Post by Merge on Jun 8, 2019 17:52:35 GMT
I didn't know, either. They're the absorbent towels they use in hospitals, apparently. I like them because they're inexpensive, not microfiber (I also hate the feel of that) and really are absorbent. Huck Towels Blue-Commercial -50 Piece Pack -16"x 24"- NEW 100% Cotton Super Absorbent-Lint Free-**Free Shipping** www.amazon.com/dp/B00LPYYF56/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_GK--CbWZGY2AQDo you find they leave blue lint on your dishes? A lot of reviews I was looking at (not necessarily for the linked product, just that I saw earlier) said it left blue lint/threads when using to dry. We could definitely use some more absorbent towels. No, we have no problems with lint.
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Post by ameslou on Jun 8, 2019 17:55:49 GMT
This is slightly o/t but close enough ... I was lucky enough to know my great grandmother growing up (she was born 1905). She would have Sunday after church lunch at her house before we had to drive several hours back home. Sometimes she served lunch on the china plates, crystal glasses, silver cutlery.. the whole 9 yards. But other times it was paper plates, cups etc .. and she would HAND WASH and dry all those things. Drove my mom crazy. In fact, she and her sister jokingly had a pact that if one of them started hand washing disposable serving stuff, the other had to kill her and put her out of her misery!
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Post by valincal on Jun 8, 2019 18:09:30 GMT
Only when we have a large group for a party and we are just serving appetizers, dips, birthday cake, etc.. I much prefer to eat my meals from regular dishware using stainless steel cutlery.
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Post by pjaye on Jun 8, 2019 18:14:06 GMT
Liberally never - I don't ever recall buying paper plates for any reason.
And I totally do judge people for being that lazy and wasteful, especially being "too lazy to do the dishes" that's just mind boggling & makes me wonder what other cleaning/cleanliness routines they are too lazy to complete properly.
As for Styrofoam...seriously? It seems like some people are out to deliberately, singlehandedly fuck up our planet for good. Oh well, I guess if those people who use Styrofoam every day and ingest all the chemicals they exude, they won't be around much longer anyway.
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Post by dewryce on Jun 8, 2019 18:17:09 GMT
I am all for them when needed, like in times of illness, physical and mental. If it’s a matter of using them or not eating healthy meals from home, do what you need to do. tincin ‘s surgery is a great example. We have them at home. DH uses them when he is cutting meat. Historically he has not been great at keeping the kitchen a safe food prep area, this works for him and he is consistent with it.
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Post by kate on Jun 8, 2019 18:18:39 GMT
I always keep some around. We used to eat off of paper plates for pizza night (Sunday) - I don't remember why; maybe having to do with the kids being little? But now we put pizza on regular plates.
Once a year we have a "friend reunion" where several families get together. Even with the dishwasher, the dishes were too much - my kitchen is not at all made for a team of human dish-washers (or cooks, for that matter), and it really diminished our enjoyment of our time together. Everyone's happier using paper plates.
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Post by KikiPea on Jun 8, 2019 18:21:28 GMT
No. Only for large parties, which we have twice a year. We don’t have enough fine china, and even if we did, we would not use it for these to situations...too much mess, too many chances for something to get broken, and we wouldn’t put them in the dishwasher.
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