Paper or Plastic?

[overlander63]

Originally Posted by Larry71

When we bought our 1971 Safari we found some old Melmac dishes, cups, glasses and serving dishes.
Larry

Melmac? Isn't that where Alf is from?

[eubank]

We used to stick strictly to paper ... but then my wife was down in a second-hand store in Taos when the property person for the film Off the Map (filmed near Taos) came in with silverware and plates. Cool, vintage-looking stuff! Now it's in our Airstream ...

Lynn

[InsideOut]

Melmac...

Shari

[Foiled Again]

I bought a set of Corelle, white with a blue stripe to coordinate with the blue streak CCD decor, and some disposable plastic plates. I use the Corelle more than the plastic and don't plan to replace the disposables once they run out, except for parties where you need more than 4 place settings.

I always use real silverware (stainless), because even the best plastic stuff is mediocre.

Now, If you really want to be "green" you can buy your frozen foods in the boiling/microwave bags, get a good oven mitt, and when the food is hot, use scissors to take the top off the bag and holding the bag in the oven mitt, use a fork or spoon to eat directly from the bag.....


Tin Lizzie

[wheel interested]

I had forgotten all about boil in bags. Great idea. Have to put that on my list, that and the brown in bags. I still have my Seal-a-Meal! (see, I am vintage!)Used to cook in large quantities then package in individual serving sizes. One pot of hot water and everyone could choose a different entree. Gee wish I had thought of that before, many dish washings ago! The homemade meals freeze and stack in a fraction of the space frozen meals and their boxes do. When space is tight we toss the boxes in the AS anyway.

[wheel interested]

Hubby came home today saying Corelle has a new square pattern. This is named stoneware so I don't know if this is actually stoneware or looks like stonewear but isn't this a great pattern for the CCD blue streak? It comes in lots of colors and white as well. All twotone. Found with a google search of Square Corelle and this was up at Amazon.