Paper and Plastic Man Strikes Again!

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Paper and Plastic Man Strikes Again!

The annual visit to the BJ wholesale club:

A large box of plastic knives
A large box of plastic spoons
A large box of plastic forks
Four packs of 10" coated paper plates
A box of 33-gallon trashbags
A 4-pack of gallon zip-loc baggies
A large pack of dinner napkins
A 6-pack of wide box Kleenex tissues
Swiffer pads and cleaniing fluid

I was already flush with 16 oz. plastic cups and paper towels (Select-A-
Size kind)

Good for at least another year.

I hardly ever run the dishwasher. I don't mind kitchen sink duty.

For the record, I DO have a beautiful set of bone china and a gaudy set
of gold plated flatware for formal dining. Both wedding presents. The
gold flatware was a gift from my attorney. I considered it small a
refund, not a gift. And I have a couple ceramic cereal/soup bowls. So
I'm not completely a paper and plastic man, just most of the time!

Andy
 
ImStillMags wrote:

Yes, I agree here totally.

I hate eating off of paper plates and can't imagine how one tolerates
the limitations of plasticware/paper goods when they own perfectly good
dinnerware?
 
merryb wrote:


Don't you own a dishwasher that you could just load up with the dirty
dishes as easily as tossing out paper plates? The dishes can even sit in
the dishwasher for a day or so until enough meals have filled the
appliance and it gets run. I just don't get using paper products for
anything other than an outside picnic or kids type party, especially
since I own plenty of sets of dishes to use instead.
 
On Feb 16, 1:09?pm, Goomba wrote:

Yes, I do have a dishwasher- my husband!!
Actually, I have an electric one also. Just sayin' that I probably
would do it a couple of times a week. My time is too precious to waste
doing dishes every night!
For the record, we use real tableware all the time...
 
merryb wrote:



merryb,

I mentioned elsewhere I usually only have breakfast. It would take a few
weeks to fill the dishwasher and I don't want stuff sitting in there so
long. I'll hand wash bone china anyway.

Paper plates are great for the microwave to cook or to heat up some
leftovers. I wouldn't use the bone china for that!

I use ceramic ramekins to nuke Egg Beaters and use a paper plate as a
cover. When it's done a minute later I just pour the contents onto the
plate.

If I snack on crispbread and garlic hummus, why use a real plate just to
catch crumbs or real knife to spread? Similar with grapes, carrots,
apple slices, etc.

I will reach for a real knife and fork for foods that require a fair
amount of pressure to cut into. The tips of the plastic tines will
easily chip off and often hide in the food. Carving up a slice of pizza
quickly revealed the plastic fork's weakness.

Paper and plastic cleanup only takes seconds.

"I'm not lazy, I'm an efficiency expert."
--Unknown

Best,

Andy
 
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