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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Add your special touch to make it special.  If it is doing dishes for three days afterward, then go for it.  Some of us like to actually talk to guests.  [/quote]

So do I! That's why I do a lot of prep work before guests even arrive (Pioneer Woman has a great recipe for mashed potatoes that can be made the day before), take people up on offers to help (yes, please bring a pie!), set the table the night before (we go out for pizza with overnight guests), am a very clean-as-I-go cook, and let people help with clear-up and cleaning. Working together, it's done in just two hours.

Who takes three days to do dishes? How odd.[/quote]

If I were hosting 25+ people for Thanksgiving, with fine china (which we don't have) and silver (ditto) and crystal (ditto), it would take us three days to do the dishes. We have one kitchen sink and four dishwashers: me, my partner, and our two children. Or I suppose one of us could use the kitchen sink, and the other three could use the powder room sink, the bathroom sink, and the bathtub.[/quote]

If it would take you this much time and effort, then you aren't doing it right, and you probably never will, so use paper plates and don't worry about it.[/quote]

Oh, stop.  You are just trying to be difficult and unlikable.  Mission accomplished.

Different PP here.  We happen to have more than enough place settings of fine china, crystal, and silver.  We don't bother because it has to be hand washed.  We invite over 30 people. It does not take me long, I am well practiced, but I would rather talk to guests and have the clean up over with, than lingering dishes when the guests leave.  I do not make my guests do dishes.  Maybe you do, but that is your issue.

ITA (other PP), have a guest bring one thing *if* they insist (most do). Stop acting like a petulant child.  [/quote]

What do you use your china, crystal and silver for, if not for holiday meals?

That is a real question.[/quote]

The question has been posed again and again in this thread, but the pro-paper posters can't seem to answer it![/quote]

Do the previous 2 pps have enough china and silver for 25+ people? We're not talking about 5-8 guests here. We go to large Thanksgiving gatherings and it's always disposable. Just washing pots, pans, cups, and all other materials used for prep is a ton of work. After preparing all day, you just want some time to enjoy after the meal. And we also don't make our guests help wash up afterwards. [/quote]

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