Do you use your formal china?

[Anonymous]

A few times a year.

[Anonymous]

Maybe 4 or 5 times a year, at most. It was my grams' china though, and I love it, but it does have to be handwashed. I wouldn't have registered for china for our wedding even taking the inherited china out of the equation.

[Anonymous]

Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years, and Easter.

[Anonymous]

We never got any. I would love to have some though.

I use my Villeroy and Boch daily though. No chips!

[Anonymous]

We picked out china that we could use every day, and we do. Even picked up extra pieces for cheap on Craigslist!

[Anonymous]

Everyday. We figured why have it sit in a box to collect dust. We mix it in with our less nice stuff.

[Anonymous]

I use mine almost every day. In-laws got it for us from their country, it's beautiful and unique for this country.

I've broken a few pieces here and there, but that's life! I'd rather enjoy it than keep it on a shelf.

[Anonymous]

If I were starting out on my own again in my 20s, I would've bought china for my everyday. We love it!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Maybe 4 or 5 times a year, at most. It was my grams' china though, and I love it, but it does have to be handwashed. I wouldn't have registered for china for our wedding even taking the inherited china out of the equation.

+1 Me exactly. I love using it, but I knew that when my upper class NY food writer friend told me she never used the china she got for her wedding, there was no reason I should be registering for it.

[Anonymous]

I use my once a month or so. I do put it in the dishwasher. I figure if I make it a big deal with hand washing I won't want to use it, and what is the point of having it if I don't use it. It still looks perfect except the glasses aren't silver rimmed any more.

[Anonymous]

Well in Indian cuisine, traditional western formal china doesn't work, but yes I love to use formal dinnerware and serveware! Ours is a little different and I only bring it out for big festivals like Navaratri and Diwali. The arrangement for each place setting looks like this:



Formal dinnerware is fun and the kids feel more festive and enthusiastic about everything.

[Anonymous]

Yup! I use it!!

[Anonymous]

I use mine everyday. I bought plain white that you can stick in a dishwasher and microwave for just this reason. Love it!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I use mine everyday. I bought plain white that you can stick in a dishwasher and microwave for just this reason. Love it!

+1. Got rid of all my cheap stuff the moment we got married. We use formal china for every meal, every day. A bowl of cheerios isn't so mundane when it's in a super fancy bowl. It even motivates me to put a bunch of fruit in the cereal to make it live up to the bowl that it's in.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I use mine everyday. I bought plain white that you can stick in a dishwasher and microwave for just this reason. Love it!

Where is this magic china that is both durable enough for the dishwasher but still actually looks like fine china?