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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]IKEA plates can be super cheap:

http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/10057067/

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$2.50 x 25 = $62.50 for plates. But actually you need 50 plates, because of dessert, so either $125 for plates, or somebody has to wash and dry 25 plates.  And then OP either has to find a place to store 25 (or 50) plates, or OP has to give 25 (or 50) almost-brand-new plates to a thrift store.[/quote]

Now you have made me intervene to clarify an important issue regarding large scale Thanksgiving entertaining.  Although paper plates may not be used for the main course, it is perfectly acceptable to use paper plates for dessert.  One may buy the festive Thanksgiving themed plates for this purpose.  One usually finds these plates in the same store where your guests will purchase the plain white or cream colored note cards used to write thank you notes. It is all in the spirit of the holiday.

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Why is it ok to use paper plates (with turkeys and cornucopias on them) for dessert, but not for the rest of the meal? Because people would feel bad eating turkey off plates with happy cartoon turkeys on them, but wouldn't feel bad eating pumpkin pie off plates with happy cartoon turkeys on them? Please explain?[/quote]

Oh dear, now you are making my task difficult.  Contrary to myth makers, the turkey ingested by the non-vegans, vegetarians, and Paleoists is not what makes one sleepy after Thanksginving.  It is the devil carbs contained in mashed potates, sweet potatoes crowned with marshmallows, rolls, and the vegetables elevated to edibility with the addition of mushroom soup, canned onions and the controversial addition of bread crumbs.  Those culprits render the host, hostess and any other people they can dragoon into service too sleepy to deal dessert plates.

It is not whether the pumpkin pie slathered with real whipped cream (please do not argue for Cool Whip) can be tossed on a plate with a Turkey cartoon versus a turkey dinner served on the same type of plate, it is the comfort of your guests.  They will be dozing off over dessert and it would be terrible if they dropped a china dessert plate to the floor and it broke.   Dropping a paper plate festooned with a turkey or pumpkin does not have the same effect.  Although I would personally choose a post-Labor Day cream colored plate with a tasteful border of Pilgrims.  The sight of Pilgrims could lead to a stimulating converstion about the Tea Party and rouse your guests from their stupor.[/quote]

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