Personally, I despise paper plates, even the "chinette" ones that are supposed to handle hot foods.
If you are worried about breakages, there are enamel, aluminium or plastic plates. We use "Correlle" plates in the van that are resistant to chipping and breaking.
No! paper plates are messy, wasteful and just indicate laziness.
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If I have been to gathering & there is moist food paper plates are hopeless.
We also use Corelle plates & bowls, the basic white colour. Lightweight, tough as nails, a surface easy to clean (often lick to reduce water usage for cleaning).
If you need a replacement they are easy to get & still the same profile since I can remember. One plate is about the thickness of 3 or 4 paper plates, & they stack tightly.
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Definitely a big no no on paper plates (or plastic or the like for that matter) for us. yuk!
Always use good quality china crockery in our caravan. Just the standard we prefer. Water not a problem for us "off grid" fortunately we have plenty of storage.
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Corelle plates are so easy to clean. When we are remote & we only have a car, we each manage with 2.5 litres per day. Including cleaning. You don't need a bowl full of water to clean glass.
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Another vote for Corelle, but we have definitely broke one or 2 pieces (they don't like tiled floors) and when they do break they shatter into 1,000 pieces .
Cupie, whats the difference. Still using disposables. And maybe just as environmentally unfriendly.
I have china plates that are ordinary cheap KMart that have been in the cupboard for 10yrs now and are still the original set.
You may like china plates but I absolutely hate washing up and as the boss of my van what I says goes.
The less washing up the better, the less water use the better and the less work the better for me. No washing, wiping and putting away either, Just screw up and put in the bin.
Also going for Corelle plates and bowls. They stack neatly, wash easily, make minimal noise, are robust and are not too expensive.
While we are a twosome, we carry a set of four settings. But we get all of that in just one of the shown rack spaces. We do use some non-slip mat underneath the stacks.
We also have some china mugs from the K place. In our previous van they fell out a couple of times due to cupboard/door design. Never damaged though, so they moved to the new van.
Paper plates go soggy, fold at the wrong time, still require storage space due to the need to carry a supply and take up space in the garbage bag. And they a open to get damaged while in storage.
Another disadvantage is that theye are a bit smaller than a regular plate. No decoration around the edge either.
Cupie, whats the difference. Still using disposables. And maybe just as environmentally unfriendly.
I have china plates that are ordinary cheap KMart that have been in the cupboard for 10yrs now and are still the original set.
You may like china plates but I absolutely hate washing up and as the boss of my van what I says goes.
The less washing up the better, the less water use the better and the less work the better for me. No washing, wiping and putting away either, Just screw up and put in the bin.
Actually we don't often use kitchen paper for cleaning plates, preferring just to utilize our used eating utensils or perhaps a spatula. In any case, the sink strainer catches most stuff. Any scrapings & left overs go into the plastic rubbish bin liner bag ... more pollution!!! but we save water by not having to wash out the bin as often. LOL.
With respect to the number of plates & bowls that we carry (sets for 4 even though there is only the two of us) ... as I mentioned, I think that we carry too many but that's what my Wife prefers and in our situation She has a say as well and might just have the last word in relation to the kitchen.
+1 for Corelle, but only two of each plate/bowl/cup. Visitors can BYO. We also wipe dishes with paper towel to limit what goes into the grey water tank.
Corelle for us too.
Marvellous stuff and comparatively light.
We probably carry too much of it but I also stay out of kitchen affairs.
The War Office deals with that and I don't interfere.
We are using my mother's beautiful rose patterned plastic plates, she probably purchased them from the local charity shop and we inherited them and they don't live in our home kitchen because they are not dishwasher friendly. These el cheapos have been enjoying the caravan touring life for 12 years now and they will be around for some time yet. We do carry a couple of pasta dishes for our one pot wonders nights.
I wouldn't call Corelle Ware Microwave safe as it gets to hot to handle without a tea towel handy. Best to get a couple of different sized Sistema red microwave safe containers.
