I was just about to reply to your previous post. Square plates are good "canvases" for simple, minimalist foods -- like Japanese or Tapas. I use them when I have a few simple food items on a plate that is just a little too big.
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I was just about to reply to your previous post. Square plates are good "canvases" for simple, minimalist foods -- like Japanese or Tapas. I use them when I have a few simple food items on a plate that is just a little too big.
CD
Yep! Tapas looks good on square plates. Minimalist works with square plates.
Going back a bit I did have a couple of square/rectangular plates. The square one I used for a minimalist dip photo. Once! The rectangular for a salad - I think that can work because the plate acts as a frame for the abstract salad shapes. But I didn't really like these plates and got rid of them.
These photos were taken prior to me getting the Samsung phone - so using a Pentax.
These photos were taken prior to me getting the Samsung phone - so using a Pentax.
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On the way back from supper, maybe a 25-minute drive, we saw probably six or so houses with full-on Christmas displays - stuff in the front yards, outside lights, etc, but a lot more houses than that with Christmas deccies and/or tree up inside. By this time next week, it'll be in full swing.
A week from today, we get our tree.
It is a dining area, not an actual room - two walls, not four or even three. My dining area is on the other side of the peninsula that houses my sink and such. When I have company (2 or more) we eat out there. When I am home alone, I typically eat at the end of the peninsula, but often I;ll be eating outoors - well, maybe not so much now that it is usually below 40 F out there.
The table itself is hardly formal at all. I gave the formal dining set Dad made sure I had, to someone who was helping me clean out the old house, since he said his mother in law would want it. Good.
Regards my parentally sourced GOOD China.. it is a lovely set, and I really really want to find a good home for it. I have no idea if I'd ever personally use this set again. You can't microwave it, you can't throw it through the dishwasher - gold leaf. My parents loved it. I simply find it something I really can't use, that takes up space here.
I used to have some gold rimmed white plates - very elegant but totally impractical, as you say! The gold rim eventually wore off.
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Cup and saucer from our daily plate ware - Corelle Abundance. I like it because it has a rustic countryish feel.
Our Royal Daulton had gold rims, and so did the crystal. PITA. We went with very nice formal stainless for the utensils. Neither of us wanted to polish silver. It had gold tone accents, but they were not real gold, so they could go in the dishwasher.
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When my grandfather could not live alone anymore, I brought a lot of family heirlooms home. Most are in my house. There was a demitasse cup and saucer in the mix. Nobody knew where it came from -- even my grandfather. It was White Star Lines China, and was the same china used in first class on the Titanic.
When my grandparents came to America, it may have been on a White Star Lines, but no possible way they were even near first class dining rooms. They were poor -- probably bunking in the cargo hold. So, we had no idea where it came from.
Just for grins, I listed it on eBay, and the darned thing sold for $375 American. One little cup, and one little saucer.
CD
When my grandparents came to America, it may have been on a White Star Lines, but no possible way they were even near first class dining rooms. They were poor -- probably bunking in the cargo hold. So, we had no idea where it came from.
Just for grins, I listed it on eBay, and the darned thing sold for $375 American. One little cup, and one little saucer.
CD
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When my grandfather could not live alone anymore, I brought a lot of family heirlooms home. Most are in my house. There was a demitasse cup and saucer in the mix. Nobody knew where it came from -- even my grandfather. It was White Star Lines China, and was the same china used in first class on the Titanic.
When my grandparents came to America, it may have been on a White Star Lines, but no possible way they were even near first class dining rooms. They were poor -- probably bunking in the cargo hold. So, we had no idea where it came from.
Just for grins, I listed it on eBay, and the darned thing sold for $375 American. One little cup, and one little saucer.
CD
Light fingers lmao?
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Just for grins, I listed it on eBay, and the darned thing sold for $375 American. One little cup, and one little saucer.
Brilliant!
This is a White Star Lines 3rd Class repo:
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An Indian restaurant in Bangsar, Kuala Lumpur served their dishes on banana leaves. I gave it a go once.
[Edit: the image is not the restaurant's offering - it's my curry (chicken with yellow rice, Bombay potatoes, long bean bhaji and roti) on one of our banana leaves].
[Edit: the image is not the restaurant's offering - it's my curry (chicken with yellow rice, Bombay potatoes, long bean bhaji and roti) on one of our banana leaves].
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Saves on washing up!