TammyM wrote:

> My mother got one of the big alumininum roasting pans at the dollar store
> for the T-Day turkey. She decided that, this year, she wants dinner to be
> as easy for HER as possible, and I say good on her! She also went with
> paper plates this year. I told her I'd gladly, if nervously, do the
> dishes just to use the 'ancestral' china, but she was adamant.
> 30-people, oi!

I see your mom's point, yet I can't bring myself
to spend money on disposables that will not only
fill the overly stressed landfills but...and are
just depressing (to me) to eat off. I'd rather
wash dishes. The real question is-how did you seat
that many?? lol
Goomba