Do You Use the Good Dishes, etc

Jules

Jules

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Do you bring out the good dishes, silverware, stemware? This was always done for company and often on Sunday when I was a kid.

Although I have it in the cupboards, I’m not motivated to pull it out, especially the silverware that can’t go in the dishwasher.

I do use the crystal glasses every evening. They go in the dishwasher, even if in theory, they shouldn’t.

Basically, it’s the white Corelle for every meal.
 
I gave all the good dishes and silverware away years ago, I'm no longer entertaining so no sense holding on to the fancy dinnerware.

I also gave away most of my everyday stuff, living by myself and washing up after every meal I only need a serving set for one.
 
I have a Corelle set I use most of the time.
Lately I have been using my better items, why have it if you can not use it.

A dishwasher and especially microwaving will make your dishes brittle.

I have some items that I love but they have gold leaf on them. Can not microwave them.
 
I finally screwed up my courage and let go of my grandmother’s good china, my mother’s Portmeirion as well as the crystal , cutlery, etc…

I felt bad but I never used it and none of the family was interested in it.

I donated it to a small charity shop that my mother used to support, proceeds go to the local historical society.

I’m more than content with my odd little collection of flea market and thrift shop finds slowly collected over the years.

I don’t miss any of it and hope that someone is enjoying it.

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Coconut said:
I have a 12 serving set of "Spring Bloosom" China made by Salem with gold leaf on it.
It is beautiful.
It is old, probably worth some money.
I never use it. Thinking about it... ;)
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Coconut said:
I have a 12 serving set of "Spring Bloosom" China made by Salem with gold leaf on it.
It is beautiful.
It is old, probably worth some money.
I never use it. Thinking about it... ;)
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Very pretty set of china, I really like the simple pattern.
 
I gave away my "good dishes" and now have just white every-day stuff. It fits any occasion and, frankly, I don't care anymore.

I can remember my grandma setting out the "good china" for holidays. The table had to be perfect....china, crystal, and the real silverware.

I've had nice china, just not really expensive china. Ditto for the tableware. Good stainless but not silver. I never wanted to have to polish it.
 
The finer dinnerware - china - other glassware - whatever it all should be called, is in a hutch with glass doors. When company came, we used things out of there every time. Since my wife passed on, I do not prepare meals for guests, so those pieces haven't been used for a long time.

I could get some of them out and use them for myself, but that wouldn't do anything for me, so I don't ever do that. I could sell them, but then I'd have an empty hutch. I could then sell the hutch too, which would leave an empty space in the room to fill with something (who knows what). So, one thing leads to another, and I'm not interested in going through all that bother.
 
When my ship came home from Vietnam, we always stopped in Japan. On one of those stops, I bought a complete 12 place setting of Noritake China for the lady in my life at the time. It came in two huge boxes. As far as I know, she still has it but I don't have any idea if it gets used.

I had to buy beer for a whole night's liberty for the shipmate who helped me get it back to the ship.
 
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I don't entertain, except casually sometimes when my grandchildren stop by. I only have one set of dishes and hardly any glasses. The ones I have are mismatched, except for the stemware I inherited from my grandmother, which I've only used once. I inherited my mothers silverware. Too much of a PITA to clean, so the utensils are sitting in a box somewhere. I highly doubt my son and his wife would want to tackle the job either, so who knows where they'll end up. My sister told me her daughter said she didn't want her silverware for the same reason.
 
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It’s a sad that our mothers or grandmothers thought so highly of what they collected. It’s just not our style, at least for many of us. And we’re old (speaking for myself). It’s probably good that our granddaughters have no desire to do the same. It saves them money in the long run.
 
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