I seem to be all butterfingers these days and it's really annoying and a little unnerving.
When the kids were little, we always had Melmac (plastic) plates.
I don't think we were comfortable enough to switch to Corelle until they were almost ready for college. After all, kids drop things all the time.
I do recall the kids once asking when we'd switch to grown-up dishes.
We kept a few pieces for grandkids and even brought some of those plastic dishes to Hawaii when we moved from Illinois.
We do have some other nice plates, but we'd bought a bunch of Corelle plates and dishes at the Outlet Mall once we knew we could trust the kids to be careful.
Well...
I'm a little older and find myself with those butterfingers I mentioned before.
The other night, I was putting this Corelle bowl in the dishwasher and it slipped out of my hands, took a flying leap and crashed on the floor.
And...
it didn't shatter.
Art was drying dishes at the time and we both looked up startled because it made a terrible sound.
And there were no chips either.
I know Corelle dishes are only shatter resistant and NOT shatter proof, but this was pretty shocking.
Someday, when we're able to travel again to visit the kids, I'm thinking of buying some Corelle dishes for them.
Not for the kids, but for me.
I just got a message from my friend, Linda in California. She said, “Corelle does shatter. The shards are sharp and bounce far and high. I have ceramic tile flooring in the kitchen.”
Ahhh well... I guess I'm going to have to be more careful in the future.
I like the Corelle dishes for how light they are. And for that shatter resistent feature.
ReplyDeleteWe do drop things more as we get older butterfingers is right.
ReplyDeleteWe own Amazon basic plates and bowls. They are easy to replace and match perfectly as needed, which fortunately for us and our kids, has been a rare occasion.
ReplyDeleteWe had a set of Corelle when I was growing up. Back then the patterns were pretty basic, but last time I looked they had a greater variety.
ReplyDeleteBack in the early 1990s, I saw this set of yellow dishes (with cream interiors) at Macy's--they were expensive, $300.00 for 5 settings. Noritake Colorweave. But I didn't buy them because I feared it would cast suspicion on me, a single guy with nice dishes. After my mom was given 6 months to live in June 2004 (and died 7 months later) I realized life is too short and went after those dishes (which surprisingly are still sold). I love my yellow dishes--The End :)
ReplyDeleteMy Noritake lasted almost 47 years! They became dorm dishes for my son, and I have one bowl left. Linda in Kansas
DeleteThat's awesome, Linda! I do have 1 small chip in one of the mugs, but the rest are almmost 20 years old and perfect. BTW, I misspelled above, I meant 'Colorwave'.
DeleteIs this the one? It’s on sale right now. 😃 https://www.macys.com/shop/product/colorwave-rim-4-piece-place-setting?ID=350296&CategoryID=53629&isDlp=true&swatchColor=Mustard
DeleteAt Macy’s online. It’s really pretty. I can see why you like it.
we have corelle dishes too but once a plate did shatter when my son dropped it but that was a rare occasion...
ReplyDeleteI know the butterfingers experience well. I also have feet that give me surprises when I trip over things. I also have corelle dishes.
ReplyDeleteMy junior high buddy's family had plastic plates. I thought they were cool. (My parents had heavy ones that took two hands to move them.) I had Noritake for years, and wanted plain white Corelle for years. I finally got a set, along with other pieces from WalMart. Not sure how one plate has a chip. When my son was little, we used cheap paper plates on the straw paper plate holders. That way he could get his own servings of food, and it minimized dishwashing. (I'm from the "save water" hippie days...) I still use the paper plates to reheat leftovers and avoid dishwashing. Even my DIL asked why: my son said "she's from the hippie days where they wanted to save water." Linda in Kansas
ReplyDeleteArt is still a “save water hippie.” 😊
DeleteDid not know they were so tough. May have to invest in some Corelle dishes. Sounds like a smart investment.
ReplyDeleteWow...I am so impressed. We use old stuff from the fifties, and I am always so very careful.
ReplyDeleteThat was really lucky! I didn't know they are so resilient, but then again, I only use a few dishes each day. And hubby makes sure I stay away from knives. :-)
ReplyDeleteI have been dropping a lot of things lately, but so far no dishes, and no serious breakage of anything.....yet.
ReplyDeleteMy Mikasa stoneware is mostly intact for about 40 years so far.
I have dropped my Corelle plates several times but have yet to break one. They are more resistant to breakage than many, in my humble opinion.
ReplyDeleteI've dropped my Corelleware and most of the time it doesn't break, but when it does, holy catzaroni, what a mess! Teeny tiny shards of glass as far as the eye (and broom) can reach.
ReplyDeleteI opened the high kitchen cabinet door the other day and a dish flew out of it and hit the floor. It turned out to be my son's plastic "The Count" cereal bowl broken into two pieces. Tom is 35 years old now and a Staff Sergeant in the Air Force. I stood there with The broken Count Bowl in my hand with my eyes getting all teared up. I got a Zip Lock Freezer Bag and put the two pieces into it and stuck it way back further in the high up kitchen cabinet. Our grandson from our daughter got to use it a few times, and I put it back up there when he got too old for it, but Tom's son (if and when he ever has one) won't get to use it. But I can look at it again sometime, and maybe feel up to throwing it away by then.
ReplyDeleteOh gosh, Susie. I’m so sorry. I can really feel your pain. I know one day, you’ll be able to throw it away, but for now… I know.
DeleteOh, no! I dropped a glass the other day. I think a piece of glass is still in my foot! I'm treating it like a sliver.
ReplyDeleteYikes! Please be careful. I have a friend whose son had a glass sliver in his foot. He had to go to the doctor to get it out.
DeleteWe had Corelle dishes until I worked at a high end gift shop here in Caney in the 70's and bought some nice Noritake everyday dishes and also china. I bought it all at cost plus 10% for freight. I have never broken any of it. And I use it all the time. I sold my Corelle to Nancy when her son, David, went away to college. She sent it college with him.
ReplyDeleteI used to have plastic dishes for the kids and ceramic dishes for the adults. Then, I got a dishwasher, my favorite friend in the kitchen and hardly had any plastic. I recently switched out most of my dishes for glass - a pretty Japanese brand that is pressed with a flower pattern that my mother used to have. I find them at Savers and now have matching dessert plates, lunch plates, dinner plates, salad bowls, etc. I like them because they are light, have a slight lip around the circumference and they are easy to use in the microwave and dishwasher.
ReplyDeleteI used to have Corelle. Sometimes they would fall and be fine. Once, my girlfriend from Kauai (my best and worst friend) came over and dropped one of my dishes on the floor. It broke into many pieces. Rather than apologizing and feeling bad, she said, "Oh, I guess Corelle does break." As if she did me a favor by showing me how it can break.
I hope you grow out of your butterfingers. In any case, you will figure out what is best.
When I was a child, we had something called Boontnwear. Nasty green color, literally indestructible. With four kids, my parents appreciated that. They ate off Boontonwear until mom came to live with me, when it was charity bound. One piece broke in fifty years. Two cups were "suctioned" together. Trying to pry them apart, my brother dropped them. The cup on the bottom shattered from the pressure, I suppose. I googled it; it's still around.
ReplyDeleteButterfingers is my middle name at times. But yes, I have broken Corelle ware and at other times gotten very lucky with nary a chip.
ReplyDeleteOh, my goodness! I remember my mother's Melmac. I can see them now.
ReplyDeleteI bought a set of tableware after moving into my present apartment. Four large plates, four small, four bowls, four mugs. That and some dishes and other stuff that survived the fire at the old place. Haven't broken anything yet.
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