On Saturday, May 2, 2020 at 12:12:00 PM UTC-10, graham wrote:
> On 2020-05-02 2:44 p.m., jmcquown wrote:
>
> >>
> > I get what you're saying.Â* I mostly don't use the other dinnerware I
> > have.Â* I honestly don't know why my mother had so many sets of
> > dinnerware.Â* It's not as if she entertained or had big family dinners. I
> > gladly gave my oldest brother the Noritake bamboo pattern china after
> > she died. No one wanted what we grew up with as her everyday Desert Rose
> > Franciscan ware so it's in the kitchen cabinet.Â* Then there is her
> > "good" china that no one ever saw except on holidays.Â* Oh well.Â* I use
> > the stuff I bought.Â* I like the simple lattice pattern.
> >
> > Jill
>
> I have Corelle plates and cereal bowls that are for daily use. Most of
> them are at least 40years old.
> For "best", i.e., for dinner parties, I have a Thomas dinner service
> that my Dad bought for me as a wedding present almost 50 years ago. I
> kept it when dividing property during my divorce.

I like those Corelle plates because they can be used in a microwave oven without getting hot. I hate grabbing hot plates out of the microwave.