Disposable plates on Thanksgiving

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm really not a fan, but 25 does seem like a lot.

Inlaws make us eat on disposable when it's just us (their kids and spouses) on Thanksgiving. It's one of my bigger pet peeves about the holiday.

Then you should offer to host and clean up.

[Anonymous]

Are Chinet plates considered high end disposables?

[Anonymous]

Society has really deteriorated if one day out of they year (or three or four) people can't take the time to try to make a very nice presentation for all present to celebrate and be thankful.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Looks like I am an outlier, but I would NEVER EVER ask my Thanksgiving guests to eat off a disposable plate. This is one of a very few big holidays during the year. Most of us have happy childhood memories of Thanksgiving with parents and grandparents no longer with us, and I bet you ate off of a real plate. My saddest Thanksgiving ever was as a 30-something singleton as a guest of extended family who had gone to very little effort and, yes, made me eat off a paper plate. Cutting the turkey with a plastic knife was tricky.

OP, I am really curious, not trying to be snarky. Why would you offer to host 25 people on a holiday if you do not want to do the work of cleaning up? I understand those who do not cook well catering the meal, but please just borrow some extra dishes and cutlery.

You need some perspective.

[Anonymous]

OP, I assume you already own 8-12 dinner and dessert plates. Go to Salvation Army and buy another 10 or whatever dinner plates and use nice disposable dessert plates.

I agree with the pp who said TDay dinners are heavy. No one wants to clean up spilled gravy.

[Anonymous]

Not the end of the world. The guests want to see YOU, not your dishware.

[Anonymous]

My parents have hosted many 20+ Thanksgivings and yes, they used disposables for the main course. They are not poor people and could have afforded to buy extra plates, but why bother? You then have to wash them and store them for the next time you're hosting 20+ people.

Enjoy your Thanksgiving without having to do the dishes OP. People will live and the reasonable ones will not even notice. It's the food people come for. Make sure the food is awesome.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Society has really deteriorated if one day out of they year (or three or four) people can't take the time to try to make a very nice presentation for all present to celebrate and be thankful.

Are you the one cooking for everyone only to then be stuck cleaning it all up? And, yes I've boycotted cooking at all and gone to outsourcing the food, but serving it on china complete with silver and crystal. So now rather than sweating the cooking, I sweat the clean up. The dozen guys in my family,really don't care one way or the other. 20 something DS's girlfriend's opinion doesn't count.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Society has really deteriorated if one day out of they year (or three or four) people can't take the time to try to make a very nice presentation for all present to celebrate and be thankful.

If cooking, washing, ironing, polishing, serving, and cleaning up for a dinner for 25 people makes you feel celebratory and thankful, have at it!

[Anonymous]

If you are kind enough to invite and host 25 people for Thanksgiving, use whatever you like! However, keep in mind that if you are hosting that many people, you should be completely freed from any/all cleanup!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Society has really deteriorated if one day out of they year (or three or four) people can't take the time to try to make a very nice presentation for all present to celebrate and be thankful.

Society's really deteriorated if someone can't handle a hostess feeding 25 people for the love of the company and the holiday using disposables if she doesn't actually own 25 plates.

[Anonymous]

My aunt hosted for 20+ people for many years. She always used paper for the kids (8-10kids) and china for the adults. Now that I host I use my china BUT I use paper napkins (cornucopia etc). The most I have ever hosted was 12. I would NEVER question someone using paper for that many people.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm really not a fan, but 25 does seem like a lot.

Inlaws make us eat on disposable when it's just us (their kids and spouses) on Thanksgiving. It's one of my bigger pet peeves about the holiday.

Then you should offer to host and clean up.

Would LOVE to host. DH and I are excellent cooks and have tables big enough to fit everyone. It's "tradition" that inlaws host sadly and they aren't giving it up.

[Anonymous]

I posted up thread that I host Thanksgiving for 25-30 and use plates. It's not really the dinner plates that make clean up difficult (since that's one or two loads in the dishwasher) - it's the pots, pans, casserole dishes, and platters that are a hassle. So, even if you use paper plates, you'll still have the harder clean-up to deal with. Regardless, and obviously, you should do whatever you want. Thanksgiving is a great holiday!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm really not a fan, but 25 does seem like a lot.

Inlaws make us eat on disposable when it's just us (their kids and spouses) on Thanksgiving. It's one of my bigger pet peeves about the holiday.

Then you should offer to host and clean up.

Would LOVE to host. DH and I are excellent cooks and have tables big enough to fit everyone. It's "tradition" that inlaws host sadly and they aren't giving it up.

I'm in your boat. MIL will not have the holiday pried out of her hands, even though we end up eating off paper plates and getting fast food-type catering, you know, for less hassle. It's cute how PP thinks we're all just a bunch of entitled prisses and aren't offering to help or even take over.