what dinner set & glassware

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hi.
being as I can not stand the thought of plastic cups, glasses and plates...
what stands up to the abuse and being bounced around in a boat at 30 plus knots..
I have been advised melamine, but is this just plastic, with a plastic feel etc...

any brands you recommend... arcoroc... luminarc.... etc etc
any advice welcome...
 
Robg71 said:
hi.
being as I can not stand the thought of plastic cups, glasses and plates...
what stands up to the abuse and being bounced around in a boat at 30 plus knots..
I have been advised melamine, but is this just plastic, with a plastic feel etc...

any brands you recommend... arcoroc... luminarc.... etc etc
any advice welcome...
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We have Arcoroc plates, which are nice and tough and can go in the oven. Glassware is more of a problem, so we use crystal to make the wine taste nicer, and accept a few breakages. Obviously choose glasses with a thicker rim.
 
Dunelm or Argos etc for crockery - cheap enough to bin it when it breaks. We've yet to get our glass situation sorted out yet - still using a mixture of left-overs and disposable plastic cups.:eek:
 
In terms of other cost items on a boat, I worked out that even if I replaced everything for a pack of Tesco Finest Crockery every year (at around £25), I'm not going to worry unduly.
 
Robg71 said:
Great stuff...
Normal ish stuff it is then....
And a few whisky and brandy glasses...
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What we did was to buy sets of glasses that came in boxes and after use we just pop them back into the boxes and have not had a breakage in many years

May
Xx
 
I wanted to have melamime (? sp) on the boat as it is lighter and unbreakable . The skipper refused to eat off or drink from plastic so glass and pottery it was . we had a very lumpy ride for 5 hours , leaving the water on a number of occasions. Below in the galley , I could hear the smashing going on and was secretly looking forward to the "I told you so " conversation that we married men so enjoy but happen so rarely.
After we finally reached home, I was disappointed to discover it was the metal tray in the microwave bouncing up and down, everything had survived intact.
But buy British, fine bone china from Stoke on Trent and crystal from Brierley Hill :D
Rob
 
We use cheap, but stylish, white china, plus the nicest polycarbonate "glasses" we can find. We just seem to break too many real glasses and the stuff gets everywhere.
 
Used Argos finest on our last boat. Never broke, then came out of Aracashon (French Atlantic Coast) at the wrong time to a HUGE sea over the bar and broke the lot. Given the boat was still floating I considered that I came off quite lightly!
 
maybh1 said:
What we did was to buy sets of glasses that came in boxes and after use we just pop them back into the boxes and have not had a breakage in many years

May
Xx
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+1 we bought M&S came in boxes, that we still keep them in, and the one and only breakage was easily replaced with a similar glass.
 
Villeroy & Boch. Is there anyone else?
































Although just for the moment we're using a rather nice square porcelain set from Tescos ;)

We too gave up on plastic stuff ages ago and touch wood I can't thing of the last time be broke a plate or mug.


Henry :)
 
Chef & Sommelier from ARC International

Agree that broken glasses/crystal etc can be replaced - but it's still a pain when they shatter. So have a look at the 'Chef & Sommelier' range from Arc International (ie same company as makes Arcoroc, Luminarc etc etc) - it's the glassware that many hotels/restaurants use. And you can buy them online.

They say it's made from something they call Kwarx, which they say is unbreakable. Well - I don't know about that, but I do know that the nice saleslady in the nice glassware shop in Antibes picked one up in front of me and hit it hard (really hard) against a metal shelf in her shop the other day and no, it didn't break! have a look at this 2006-dated article about its launch : http://www.decanter.com/news/wine-news/487160/unbreakable-glass-launched

The other nice thing about them IMHO is there are 2 or 3 different ranges with nice thin rims (personally I really don't like drinking glasses with thicker rims)

But the less nice thing about them IMHO is the thought that they will rob me of future shopping opportunities... :(
 
carlton said:
Then you're obviously not drinking enough!

We use Tesco/Sainsbury stuff, the reason being it's cheap enough to replace.
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Me buy cheap - never:eek:

When onboard and soaking in my bathtub up to my neck in bubbles the champagne to hand HAS to be in a crystal glass:p

May
Xx
 
I seem to recall that in Guernsey and Jersey there are very good "kitchen shops"

If I remember correctly they had a splendid range of glassware

May
Xx
 
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