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Post by mom on Nov 20, 2019 5:29:24 GMT
What would you think of paper plates for Thanksgiving? Oh, hell no. Not at my house. Completely agree with this. While it is fine for someone else - not at my house. Its one meal...do the dishes.
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Post by dewryce on Nov 20, 2019 5:35:47 GMT
Growing up Thanksgiving was at Granma’s house and everything was “just so” and that’s the way I prefer it. I’m all for casual family gatherings but it just doesn’t feel like Thanksgiving to me. We all went camping at a state park last year, rented the huge cabin, obviously dinner was on paper plates. We had a blast. But it didn’t feel like Thanksgiving. DH’s family doesn’t really do the more formalish traditional meal and I miss it. His cousin is hosting this year, 40 people, and she really does it up with well set tables, the works. I am really looking forward to it.
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Post by mom2samlibby on Nov 20, 2019 5:39:16 GMT
That's what we use! After all the cleaning, grocery shopping, cooking, and other clean up, I'm not doing additional dishes. I don't have enough nice plates for everyone to use. We host over 20 people.
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Post by auntkelly on Nov 20, 2019 6:22:16 GMT
I wouldn't serve Thanksgiving dinner at my house on paper plates. I love to get out the china and set a pretty table.
I don't care what other people do at their own house. I'm fine eating off paper plates at someone else's house if that is what they want to do.
I had an inlaw who regularly came to Thanksgiving and Christmas dinner at my house. She always brought holiday paper plates even though she knew I always set the table with my china the night before the holiday. I always thought it was her passive aggressive way of telling me it was a waste of time for me to spend so much time setting the table and cleaning dirty dishes afterward. I never asked her to help w/ cleanup and she never offered, so I'll never understand why she cared so much about the dishes I used.
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Post by gar on Nov 20, 2019 8:40:32 GMT
What the heck is fall china? Different crockery for different seasons?? Anyone who votes no, volunteers to do the dishes! That's what dishwashers are for aren't they? As someone else said, the plates are the easiest thing to wash up so even if you used paper ones you've still got a multitude of pots, pans and utensils to deal with so I wouldn't for that reason. They're the easiest thing to chuck in the dishwasher.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 20, 2019 9:28:16 GMT
Oh there is no way I would use paper/plastic plates for a hot dinner. I can't imagine anything worse than having gravy on a disposable plate. Not only that it is so bad for the environment.
We don't have thanksgiving in the UK but I would equate the same type of event to our Christmas dinner. The plates are the easiest to wash, just load the dishwasher and the men do the rest of the pots and pans in our family. I think the family would look on in horror if I served dinner on disposable plates. Each to their own I guess!
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Post by LavenderLayoutLady on Nov 20, 2019 9:43:19 GMT
As long as they are the thicker paper plates that can hold the weight of all the food, I wouldn't have a problem with it. Yes, this!
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Post by koontz on Nov 20, 2019 10:16:33 GMT
Thanksgiving is a US holiday, but for Christmas I like to set the table with nice plates and wouldn`t use disposables. However, I do use them for birthday- and other parties sometimes and then I use palmleave dishes and bowls. They are a bit more expensive, but fully degradable, very sturdy, have a very nice look and come in all kinds of shapes and sizes.
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Post by tuesdaysgone on Nov 20, 2019 10:48:48 GMT
We have a large gathering of about 30+, so nice heavy Chinet plates are a must. For some, setting a beautiful table brings them happiness and that's great. I'm with the other group, let's toss our our plates and relax.
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Post by pilcas on Nov 20, 2019 11:38:55 GMT
I like to use my good china. We are a small group though. As far as being part of the gathering, I just stack them in the sink. I will do the greasy dishes that evening after people have left but I usually leave the glassware till the following day. It doesn’t bother me to have a messy kitchen for a day.
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Post by AnotherPea on Nov 20, 2019 12:05:42 GMT
There’s nothing environmentally sound about traditional Thanksgiving dinners. If you dismiss the idea for environmental concerns, you should probably evaluate the rest of the day as well. Or you could do the best you can in the areas that you can instead of throwing up your hands and saying oh well. I typically agree with this sentiment. But not in this case since Thanksgiving dinner is optional. The ‘best you can” doesn’t really apply when discussing an optional feast that traditionally requires excessive resources and produces a lot of waste.
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Post by maryannscraps on Nov 20, 2019 12:18:31 GMT
I like to use all the china and silver and such to set a fancy Thanksgiving table. I have my mother and MIL's sets, so I can accommodate a lot of people. None of it goes in the dishwasher, but DH and I don't mind the cleanup.
At someone else's house, I am thrilled to eat whatever they cook on whatever plate they serve it. I'm there for the company, not the plate.
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Post by schizo319 on Nov 20, 2019 12:25:54 GMT
Honestly, plates are the LEAST of the mess in my kitchen after Thanksgiving. I bought "special" dishes years ago specifically for Thanksgiving (they're not "themed" or expensive, just more delicate/ornate than our everyday Corelle dishes), of course our Thanksgiving usually only includes 6 people and I wash dishes as I go, so washing a few extra plates isn't a big deal.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 20, 2019 12:26:36 GMT
Why not? Easier cleanup that's for sure. I'm all for easier cleanup. That way the dishwashers (my kids) don't complain too much.
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Post by sweetpeasmom on Nov 20, 2019 12:33:53 GMT
Yep. And for Christmas, Easter, any large gathering. I do have a nice set of china (like every young bride receives) from our wedding (almost 19 years ago). We've never used it.
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Post by SweetieBsMom on Nov 20, 2019 13:36:58 GMT
I'm in the "toss & relax" camp. My MIL's kitchen was so small you could only get 2 people in there at a time and still move around. So the clean-up person was in there for quite awhile. So much so that when it was time for them to relax, people were leaving. So, yeah, paper plates all the way if it means someone isn't stuck in the kitchen missing time with family/friends.
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Post by jenb72 on Nov 20, 2019 13:40:45 GMT
I did heavy-duty paper plates the last two years (for Thanksgiving and Christmas) for the same reason - less cleanup, which meant I could spend more time visiting with family. It's been great!
Jen
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Post by lbp on Nov 20, 2019 13:46:11 GMT
I use china but that is just my preference. If I went to your house and you had paper plates I would be totally fine with it.
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Post by disneypal on Nov 20, 2019 14:00:28 GMT
I wouldn't think of doing paper plates for Thanksgiving. In fact, that is when my mom pulls out the "good china".
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Post by tracyarts on Nov 20, 2019 14:01:13 GMT
It really depends on how formal the meal is.
When I was going to family Thanksgiving meals, they were potluck and served buffet style. It was the "come on in and fix a plate" level of formality. Most of us ate off of TV trays and card tables, a couple of my uncles ate standing up at the pass-through. It was very informal. So, paper plates made sense. We had to consider that my cowboy uncles would be dropping in before or after checking on cattle and riding fence lines.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 20, 2019 14:13:32 GMT
Definitely this year. We're having friends over, we'll have water hookup but not sewer, so washing extra dishes is out!
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Post by workingclassdog on Nov 20, 2019 14:18:10 GMT
I personally don't care.. I don't remember what I eat on... As long as they aren't cheapies or Styrofoam, I am good.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 20, 2019 14:19:52 GMT
Can’t do it.
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Post by iluvpink on Nov 20, 2019 14:21:20 GMT
We don't. But that's because I have a dishwasher and we have a small group. I don't care at all what others do. We used to do Thanksgiving at my parent's house and they do not have a dishwasher. When our kids were younger and we were more tired, my sister and I used to try to convince our mom to use paper plates for holidays, but she refused. Now we don't mind as much.
All I care about is the family and the food. What it's served on doesn't really bother me too much. I use real plates but if someone else invited me and they had paper plates, it would be fine with me. As long as the food and company were good!
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Post by Deleted on Nov 20, 2019 14:26:36 GMT
Absolutely no paper plates anytime, I don't think I've ever bought any in my life.
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Post by workingclassdog on Nov 20, 2019 14:38:22 GMT
Yep. And for Christmas, Easter, any large gathering. I do have a nice set of china (like every young bride receives) from our wedding (almost 19 years ago). We've never used it. Not this young bride 24 years ago.. my mom who is 80 doesn't have any china either. Her mother had some in a cabinet.. When she passed it was so thin you couldn't use it if you wanted. Mom didn't think she needed fancy china and it never entered my mind. Either my SIL or myself will inherit my MIL 'good' china.. neither one of us are going to want her Corelle or whatever that is called.
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Post by Crack-a-lackin on Nov 20, 2019 14:38:49 GMT
Ain't nobody got enough china for our families when they all get together. I was invited to a huge Thanksgiving once where they asked everyone to bring their own plate. It was a tradition in this extended family and they embraced it and some were very creative. One brought a cafeteria-style tray with the divided section (that ended being too big for their spot at the table), someone had a plate with painted frogs because that was their thing. It was neat to see their personalities expressed in their plate. If I recall everyone washed their own plates and took them home at the end of the meal so the host didn’t have to deal with them.
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Post by just PEAchy on Nov 20, 2019 14:45:07 GMT
I would pull out every real plate I own before I would use paper plates. I hate the wastefulness of it. We’ve stopped using almost every type of paper products here. Clean up isn’t that bad, I will even put my good china in the dishwasher.
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Post by Susie_Homemaker on Nov 20, 2019 14:45:39 GMT
We've used paper plates in the past and I would do it again. I don't mind it and it does help the clean up process.
A few years ago I dug my parent's china out of a box and washed it all and put it in my cabinet and that's what we've used for holidays the last few years. I love it, it's so pretty and mom likes that it's getting used and not sitting in a box. They do have to be hand washed but there's only 6 of us for the meal so that's not a big deal.
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Post by peppermintpatty on Nov 20, 2019 14:50:29 GMT
With everyone who hosts and says they don't want to waste time doing the dishes, why aren't others doing the dishes? My mom does the bulk of the cooking but has 3 daughters, 3 sons-in-law, 4 grown grandchildren who can do it.
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