Screw your zodiac sign, tell me...
Screw your zodiac sign, tell me...
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Are those from the US? Never seen any of them. My sauerkraut got served on this badboy growing up:
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Yeah, unfortunately even the fediverse suffers from a heavy dose of US defaultism.
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I've got more people assuming I'm an American here than I ever did on Reddit. I think a specific of type of online leftists just assumes you're from the US if you don't agree with them, because of course there's the countries they support and then there's the US and nobody else lol
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Honestly I don't even notice it. Virtually every online space I've ever been a part of has been like this. Originally the Yanks never asked for everyone to learn English and use their platforms either so it's kinda fair enough as far as I'm concerned.
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I think delftware isn't as popular in the US, which is unfortunate because I love how they look.
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Yea, Corelle is glass dish ware made in Corning, New York. The same place they make Pyrex and Gorilla Glass phone screens.
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My stamppot zuurkool met rookworst as well, on Delfts blauw.
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It was just a dominant brand of dishware in the U.S.
Corning, one of the world leaders in glass manufacturing and materials science, figured out how to make thin tempered glass that was lightweight, very durable, resistant to thermal shock, and safe to use in microwaves, dishwashers, and up to medium temperature ovens (350°F/175°C is the manufacturer recommended max). It became the dominant dishware brand in the U.S. as a result, for "everyday" use.
Personally I don't like the heat transfer characteristics (poor insulator which means hot food makes the dish hot to the touch) and don't mind thicker plates/bowls for most situations. But I can see why they became immensely popular, especially for families with kids.
Side note, Corning spun off its consumer products division in 1991, so the company that makes the Gorilla Glass in basically everyone's cell phones is now technically different from the company that made all these kitchen dishes, even if they were once part of the same corporation.
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8, and boy does that bring back memories!
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With Oneida Twin Star silverware. I'm 53 and still have a few pieces from my parents set floating around for the nostalgia lol.
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Yeah, I still have a few pieces of my mom‘s silverware from when I was growing up. I love using them!
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7
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9
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Nobody else got the lil heart flowers?
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I had the ring bowls!!!
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My parents still have these! Lots of nostalgia there
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This one right here.
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This but the hearts were mauve.
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For real. I'm not joking.
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These are Called "Winter Frost White", no pattern at all. This is what I grew up with and use everyday currently.
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My mom got 7,8,9 but my grandma has this, which is actually my favorite
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None of the above.
ARABIA POTTERY, Finland. 1960s RUSKA
Absolutely indestructible. Drop it on the tiles, cracks the tiles.
You can have it in any colour, as long as it's Brown.
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Drop it on your foot, it breaks your foot, but the food remains intact!
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Throw it in a volcano, the volcano erupts, but the plate is fine and the food is slightly warmer
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Yup.
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just a PSA for those of you unaware; these plates up until 2004 contained lead paint. If you're using these plates, uh. dont. Use them as decorations or get rid of them immediately.
Source (check the FAQ for the question about lead)
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Came here to say this. I only recently found out and got rid of all my #7's immediately. I don't think I'll accept hand-me-down plates anymore after that.
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Do you have a different or specific source? I found an daqnabout lead but it only said that they are in compliance and always have been. I recognize the weasel word but only because you brought it up
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There are other sources but the reason I linked corelle directly is because they admit that pre-2000s plates have trace lead amounts. They use weasel wording sure, but it says it.
Are Corelle® products lead-free?
... Corelle was first introduced by Corning over 50 years ago and in 2000 started to be manufactured by the company known today as Instant Brands.
... Before 2000, and before tighter lead content safety regulations, a small amount of lead was an ingredient in the decorating process of many household products.
There are other sources, but most of them are websites ive never heard of. Figured corelle was the easiest source to link. Ill point you towards this one because its closer to what I stated and remembered happening I almost wonder if corell has changed their FAQ because i remember it being more specific at one point in time.
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#4
I forgot my mom even had those dishes.
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9 through the 80s & 90s, then my parents graduated to 8 after the remaining 9s broke one by one
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7, and my “little” brother still has it 40 years later because he doesn’t want to spend money on dishes
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One of them with lead paint.
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Lucky number 7.
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8 at home, 7 at grandparents. 4 is also super familiar, but I don’t have a firm memory.
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8
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7 all the way
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Seven!
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Patternless. Plain white. Which works well, because if you break a plate you don’t have to worry about whether they still make that pattern.
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something in-between 5 and 9, don't remember exactly
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One grandma had 4 and the other had 7. My parents kept a chaotic mix of whatever was on sale.
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9 and I still have them
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5
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I've never seen any of these dishes before.
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7
Still have them. Parents gifted a bunch when I moved out
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7 & 8, who could afford a matching set?
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My parents had #5; my grandmother had #1, I think. Why were these so ubiquitous?
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My folks still have 9. I have a set that's just blank.
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6 and 7
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9 gang represent.
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9 gang rise up
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Never seen any of those. Here were mine:
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Where's the category for WinnDixie paper plate patterns?
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Damn, I’m a #4, #7 rising and I never knew it
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Ha! These look so old. I don't rememb- fuck. 4.
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plain white
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- Still have a couple that I swiped from my parents.
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7
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My grandmother had a set of baking dishes with #4, but my family's main set was a pattern not listed here.
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7 was my cereal bowl and toast plate.
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Allegedly the decorated ones from before 2005 have Lead & Cadmium in the paint and Corelle advises that you don't use those any longer.
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4
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- Still have a few plates.
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7 and 9
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Steel plates
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Lol 7&8. Nothing broke like those plates.
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9 and I love it!
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IIRC number 8 had lead or cadmium in the ink
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oh shit! i better uh.... look into that
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Whos mom didn't have a #4 dish in their cabinets somewhere?
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Blue and white Jingdezhen Dragon Rice Bowls.
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Is it weird that I have no memory of what tableware we used? Most of my childhood is missing from my memory actually.
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7
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7
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I don't think I remember my family having anything like those, but 7 looks like familiar and a little nostalgic in a way it shouldn't.
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9 5
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I had "Country Cornflower".
I also saw a bunch of #4 somewhere. It was either at one set of grandparents', or one of my friends' houses.
Mom actually still has the pictured kind, still being used to this day. I was there just last week and there was some of it still drying in the dishwasher. I stole a few plates and bowls when I left, and it's still the only glassware I've ever really used more than a couple times. I'm not particularly find of it, but I have these pieces and I don't give a fuck what it looks like if it works.
At least it doesn't have Jesus on it or something. I would draw the line at that.
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4 here too
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Grandparents had #8, we had #9.
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We had Lace Bouquet:
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9, but we had some saucers with 8, I think.
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You were trusted with fancy ceramics? We just got mass produced plain stuff.
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Holy shit! #6 unlocked some memories that have been hidden away deep in my subconscious for at least 20 years.
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Pattern: 7, but I swear they were a different color.
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A bit more coppery coloured, I think.
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Gram had #4
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One of my grandparents had 7, I even took them to college
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#5 for me, i wish I could find a set for my home
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I grew up with #4
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Never had any correlle until I was in my 40s and none of those patterns were it
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Indian here! We have steel.
But given how common crockery or similarly decorated plastic is for serving guests (at parties and wherever-not), I've seen all of them. -
See I say I'm a Virgo as an excuse for my behaviour, but maybe it's just that I grew up with 5.
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7 and my great gma had 5.
Edit: so a ton of ya"ll had 7? Who knew...
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I have one 7 plate in the kitchen right now, I barely ever use it. Just like having it around…
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7 as well. Super nostalgia seeing that patern again.. i wonder if they still sell it.
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#8 And as a sidenote I took them as hand-me-downs and only stopped using them this year.
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Several, my mother hits garage sales like Jager at a frat party
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You should see that person with the chicken feet pattern.
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I had a great aunt that worked for Syracuse China, which during the mid-20th century was one of the largest suppliers of fine China to hotels and restaurants. Whenever someone in the family got married, they got a full set of fine expensive Syracuse China. Most family members also bought a cheaper set for daily use. So I never had Corelle as a kid.
Today, after all these years, the grandkids all have their own set, passed down from older generations, and my mom still has about 4 full sets she's inherited over the years. Anytime someone visits by car, she tries to convince them to take a set. They are beautiful antique china, but who needs fine China these days?
Before anyone suggests selling it, nobody is buying, and even the china brokers are backing off and buying much much less. The fine china market is glutted, and pretty much dead, even for excellent collections like ours.
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We had mostly 8s, but somehow a few 4s got added in. Here I am now, 30-ish years later, and my roommate has 4s in her kitchen, too.
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Mine were somewhere between 1 and 5. They had like orangey flowers but blue decoration lines I think?
Edit: it was this set!
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In the 80s and 90s my parents had #9 Old Town Blue, and my grandparents had #6 Woodland Brown. I still do, actually, I have a cupboard full of both and Butterfly Gold (#7) as well. Best dishes.
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None of the above. We had Geometric.
No I don't know why my parents chose it.
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Sklour
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So, instead of the unique astrological profile, nor even the mere sun sign for a mere 1 in 12 division, we're now to discern more about us each, from just 10 different patterns on plates? Oh yes, that'll be much better. My whole family are exactly alike. The plates don't lie. :3
Poor kid checking in...I don't see my Hercules plate on this chart...
Did yours also get fucked up in the microwave but still used for food anyway? That thing’s gotta be at least 50% of the microplastics in my brain.
Herc and Megara went through college with me, moved back into my mom's with me, through a couple apartments and into my first home before they finally split in half in the dishwasher.
Wait... Was I a poor kid?
I still have the Pegasus plate that says "Hold your horses, dinner's coming!"
I had a shirt tales plate that probably had lead paint
I’m a meat and potatoes kind of guy!