Onboard Dinner Sets

[RichardTaylor]

We are not fans of eating off plastic plates or drinking out of plastic mugs, so the question is what do others use?

Melamine or ???

 

[VicS]

We are not fans of eating off plastic plates or drinking out of plastic mugs, so the question is what do others use?

Melamine or ???

Plastic... bad choice but it will see me out!

Melamine is fine IMHO but dont you count that as plastic ? Cups tend to stain.

 

[boguing]

Never anything but porcelain or glass for me. Yes it breaks, and yes it cools faster, but is just so much better.

I hate stained stuff, and have probably spent less on breakages than I would have on bleach. All the plastic stuff that I bought in my yoof now lives in the coolbox. And almost never gets used.

 

[Hoolie]

I looked all over, especially in France, for toughened glass plates etc.

Eventually found the Tesco budget range, which is thin (and lightweight) and very robust - no breakages after 5 years or so - and very low cost. Much better than plastic.

Actually they're made in France ... ... ...

 

[Fire99]

I use stainless for my tea mugs and melamine for the rest. Works for me!

 

[philip_stevens]

All china - plates, bowls, wide and narrow base mugs (sea and harbour). Glasses are glass. Two small sandwich sized plates for when sailing.

Meant to say, that the china was the cheap stuff from either Tesco or Homebase (not sure which it was from - maybe both).

 

[prv]

We have melamine cos me mum went out and bought it before I got something better. The "something better" I had in mind was Corelle, which is opaque toughened glass. So it looks like china but is much tougher. No personal experience (see above-mentioned melamine-bearing mothers) but seems like a good idea.

EDIT: Or just use ordinary china. I can't remember ever dropping any of the plastic plates and bowls.

Pete

 

[dylanwinter]

china

buy cheap china and glass

live with the breakages

the life expectancy of a glass on my boat is about six weeks

a mug a bit more

Dylan

 

[chinita]

Crystal and china for us; decanters and ivory handled cutlery - and that is on a MAB.

Nothing snobbish as there are probably just the two of us on board for 90% of the time.

It is just 'nice'.

Life is too short to eat and drink off plastic in our opinion.

 

[tudorsailor]

I have been through this process and found plates made by Corningware. The product line for plates etc is Corelle. There are loads of patterns. They are unbreakable but so much nicer than plastic

In the States corningware is a household name for dishes that go in and out of the oven. Nowadays Corningware are more famous for making Gorilla-Glass

I bought all my stuff from a suppler in Ealing

Here is a link to an online source

I cannot recommend Corelle highly enough

TudorSailor

 

[rotrax]

Our current boat came with melamine "Galleyware". It has small rubber buttons inserted into the bases to stop them moving about. The current Galleyware has an annular groove cast in with a rubber ring fitted to do the same job. We do have nice china mugs and reasonable glass on board. I think its fair to say that the best dinner service which we use at home would not last long sailing.

 

[vital_spark]

China and class. Tea out of plastic feels like camping, as does a nice meal of a stained and scratched plate. Have a few pastic bits and pieces for the bad weather when they are bound to fall at some point.

 

[Ex-SolentBoy]

Riedel crystal glasses, china plates and mugs.

Don't break anything at home normally. Why would it be different on a boat?

For bad weather we have plastic glasses and wooden bowls, but most of the time they are not needed.

 

[Oldhairy]

I have been through this process and found plates made by Corningware. The product line for plates etc is Corelle. There are loads of patterns. They are unbreakable but so much nicer than plastic

I cannot recommend Corelle highly enough

TudorSailor

+1
And Duralex glasses.

 

[Tricia]

China and glass for me. I hate eating and drinking off plastic and anyway I live aboard, I am not camping.

Have stainless steel bowls for rough weather but, to be honest, if it's that rough I'm probably not cooking.

 

[little_roundtop]

We use Plastimo Schooner tableware and glasses. We've have six of the large and small plates, bowls, mugs and wine glasses for the last 5 years and we use them regularly. So far we've broken only one glass. They really are very tough and they're not plastic.

 

[lustyd]

We are not fans of eating off plastic plates or drinking out of plastic mugs, so the question is what do others use?

Melamine or ???

I bought a full set in ASDA for under a tenner. If a plate ever breaks I will buy another. In 2 years I have not broken any plates, bowls etc and only one mug has broken which was due to being left on a worktop while underway. It was spectacular to watch as I tacked...

 

[david_bagshaw]

Wedgewood.

My Fil was in the industry and had an employee discount card, so the real thing seconds was cheaper than a market traders grade! Unfortunatelt when he died, the privilidge did not continue to my Mil. (bought a good stock of the pattern just in case)

 

[RichardTaylor]

Thanks for the replies, we currently fall into the "old dinner set" relegated from the kitchen (no breakages in 5+ years), but SWIMBO wants to "upgrade".

I would go down the replace with cheap china idea but I think SWIMBO will prefer Tudorsalor's suggestions

 

[AngusMcDoon]

Good stuff for boat use is Arcopal toughened opaque glassware. You may not be aware that it is actually glass. It is very tough and the items are lighter, thinner and stronger than china. The Plastimo Schooner range mentioned above is this and not too expensive, but there are others, for example...

http://www.awn.de/Technik/Pantry+Ku...are.html?listtype=search&searchparam=navigare