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kfp673
Explorer II
May 13, 2020

Do you use glass plates ?

Hello all,

After many many years (decades) of using old camping pates and silverware, we are updating our pots and pans and dishes. I am curious how many people use "home style" ceramic dishes, mugs, etc. We currently use old plastic plates but we have a complete dish set in our home doing nothing at all. My only concern is them breaking during travel. Any thoughts?
  • We lucked out at the local thrift store and found a set of really nice Vitacraft pans just like we have at home. We use 2 cast iron frying pans that are over 100 years old. We carry a couple of few nice glass wine glasses because drinking wine out a plastic cup just doesn't taste the same. Our plates are melamine. Good quality sharp knives and eating utensils feel nice to eat with.
  • No, they won't break on the road. There's something just not right about eating a New York steak on a paper plate.
  • More Corelle users here. I like Melamine, but it cannot be used in the microwave. Almost five years of full-timing and we've never broken a Corelle piece. Corelle is also very compact when stacked.

    Rob
  • Community Alumni's avatar
    Community Alumni
    What ever you get make sure it is microwavable, mine is not so I still use paper at times to heat or prep food.

    JimR
  • We either use Correlle or paper plates. Wife is concerned about plastic plates and ingesting plastic that got cut with knives. We usually use paper plates for dinner, then use the discarded plates to start the campfire after dinner.
  • We set up for the summer in one location at our favorite lake so it is as much like home as the stick house. We have some plastic that we use for when visitors come over for dinner but also have some Corelleware for the FW and myself.
  • rhagfo's avatar
    rhagfo
    Explorer III
    We full time and have Corelle for most of out dishes, we also have some glass wine glasses.
  • We have used Corelle ware for the last 15 years. Haven't broken a plateor bowl yet.
  • JoeH's avatar
    JoeH
    Explorer III
    We have Corelle ware for the last 7 yrs... also have a dishwasher , so all is good.
  • In our home I used Corelle ware. When we started fulltiming I bought a good quality melamine by Pfalzgraff. I still use those daily after 15 years. We recently bought a house in Florida. I can't find a Corelle pattern I like and the other stoneware is much too heavy for me to lift into the cupboards. I found a good quality melamine at a home store and bought 8 place settings. Still looking for Corelle that I like, but I really do like the melamine i bought.

    Dale

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