Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Paper

I can't even imagine using the same (cloth) napkin for a week. Is that sanitary?

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Define sanitary? I mean, if you were using the napkin to wipe up raw chicken juice, probably not, but a little dried pasta sauce isn't going to kill anyone. And if the napkin got a little dirty, just throw it in the wash. My napkin basically sits in my lap, so maybe it gets some crumbs which I can brush off.

I guess I define sanitary as... clean? There's certainly nothing wrong with using cloth napkins. I would just probably wash them after each use. Maybe I'm the only one who thinks like that! Maybe because I wipe my mouth? Guess I'm in the minority here!

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Paper

I can't even imagine using the same (cloth) napkin for a week. Is that sanitary?

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Define sanitary? I mean, if you were using the napkin to wipe up raw chicken juice, probably not, but a little dried pasta sauce isn't going to kill anyone. And if the napkin got a little dirty, just throw it in the wash. My napkin basically sits in my lap, so maybe it gets some crumbs which I can brush off.

Anonymous wrote:Paper

I can't even imagine using the same (cloth) napkin for a week. Is that sanitary?

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Just switching to cloth tonight! Grew up using paper but DH grew up using cloth, and I didn't realize MIL had bought us so many cloth napkins until I cleaned out a drawer today and found stacks of them! I figure they need to get used. Great idea to have a linen basket somewhere in the kitchen. Will do.

Cloth.

Cloth all the way. So much nicer.

Anonymous wrote:Paper napkin, paper plates. I don't feel guilty. DH and I had one car for ten years. We don't travel excessively by air. This is more significant in terms of environment than some napkins.

Paper plates? Good God.

Paper

I can't even imagine using the same (cloth) napkin for a week. Is that sanitary?

I use a dish towel does that count as cloth?

Anonymous wrote:I use the pick a size paper towel. When we finish, I use the clean ones to wipe the table and counters. We do use real plates, cloth placemats, and stainless utensils.

We do this too.

Our placemats, however, are the ones that the kids made in school, thst would be contact paper/plastic.

Cloth

Cloth, but not for environmental reasons (or at least not primarily for that reason). I just find them much more effective as napkins--much easier to wipe messy hands and faces. We have accumulated many of them over the years (probably have 40 in a basket) so we tend to use them for a couple of meals. I hate using paper napkins now.

Paper napkin, paper plates. I don't feel guilty. DH and I had one car for ten years. We don't travel excessively by air. This is more significant in terms of environment than some napkins.

Anonymous wrote:Paper but I just put a pile in the middle of the table. Most nights no one seems to need one. We are neat/ill mannered/quasi environmentalists?

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When the kids were little we used a stack of washcloths that were easy to scrub them with.