Opinion on my new bowls

[thyme4change]

I won't get a new husband, so I'm gonna get some new bowls.  The first and foremost requirement is that they have to fit into my dishwasher and they can't be plastic.

These are cute:



These would be funny, because there are no crabs where I live, and nothing blue in my house:
www.overstock.com/Home-Garden/Certified-International-Blue-Crab-6-inch-Bowls-Set-of-6/7856882/product.html?refccid=LKAWF3B7V6EKUKKBBASSI4KK7U&searchidx=84

Can't go more boring than this:

[Peace Of Mind]

Ha!  You are just wanting an excuse to buy new bowls, aren't you.  

Why don't they fit?  Too deep?  The white ones look thin enough and they look modern.  Do they come in other colors or is your dish set white too?  I like white but I also like colors. 

[thyme4change]

My dishes are that really heavy stoneware that was "in" when I got married in the 90's.  So the bowl is thicker than the spikes in the dishwasher.  The dishes are tan with little dabs of color all around the outside.  I could just get non-matching dishes for breakfast cereal, and then when we want to use the matching bowls, we can.  It will reduce the annoyance from daily down to whenever we use the matching bowls.  So, I definitely need a thinner one - like the white ones.  

[Angel!]

Well I would go white out of those 3 options.  I picture it being awkward trying to eat from a bowl with a square flat bottom with corners.  Maybe it is fine, but in my head it is weird and I hate it.  And I once had glass bowls about 10 years back and I seem to remember they would get really hot in the microwave and take forever to cool down.

[milee]

I just have the Corelle ones I've had for 20 years.  They're plain white and virtually indestructible. 

Something like this:  www.walmart.com/ip/Corelle-Livingware-Winter-Frost-White-18-Ounce-Soup-Bowl-6-Pack/15065052

[chiver78]

what about Corelle stuff? it fits in my dishwasher just fine.

my plates are all a patterned outer ring with a white food contact area, with the same pattern around the outer ring of the coffee cups. I filled in pieces with basic "winter frost white" from Corelle - serving bowls, a couple platters, etc. relatively cheap and pretty near indestructible. they have a lot of color options too, you can probably complement your stoneware pretty nicely.

link

ETA: apparently milee and I have the same excellent taste.

[Peace Of Mind]

 I think I know which ones you have and I loved them!  I had the green ones but I had to return them for the reason you stated.  Plus the plates where so deep they didn't fit in my cabinets.  The bowls and coffee mugs were really great too.   I should have at least kept the mugs.   

Can you buy a new dishwasher where they could fit?    I'm kidding.  I like the style of the white ones.  They can do double duty for taco nights or for dips, etc. at parties. 

[Phoenix84]

I first read the topic of this thread to be "Opinion on my new bowels."

[thyme4change]

My mom has Corelle and they are amazing.  I once saw a bowl bounce off our Saltio tile floor.  

Can you just buy bowls?  Or do I have to buy the whole set?

[chiver78]

I have an outlet store near me that sells things a la carte. is there a store locator on that website I linked? my outlet is in the Tanger family, if you have one of those near you...?

[Jaguar]

Jul 24, 2013 16:17:55 GMT -5 thyme4change said:

My mom has Corelle and they are amazing.  I once saw a bowl bounce off our Saltio tile floor.  

Can you just buy bowls?  Or do I have to buy the whole set?

They sell individual pieces of Corelle at Walmart.

[milee]

Jul 24, 2013 16:17:55 GMT -5 thyme4change said:

My mom has Corelle and they are amazing.  I once saw a bowl bounce off our Saltio tile floor.  

Can you just buy bowls?  Or do I have to buy the whole set?

Walmart sells them individually.  And you don't need to go to the 44th and Thomas store unless you feel adventurous. 

[Sum Dum Gai]

We use Noritake bowls.  Freezer, microwave, and dishwasher safe.  We've had them for a while and none are chipped or cracked, so they're reasonably hardy.  I wouldn't try bouncing them off the tile floor though.


These ones.  I think I bought them at Bed Bath and Beyond for whatever anniversary is traditionally pottery.  8th or 9th.  Somewhere in there.

[sarcasticgirl]

Jul 24, 2013 16:11:00 GMT -5 Angel! said:

Well I would go white out of those 3 options.  I picture it being awkward trying to eat from a bowl with a square flat bottom with corners.  Maybe it is fine, but in my head it is weird and I hate it.  And I once had glass bowls about 10 years back and I seem to remember they would get really hot in the microwave and take forever to cool down.

I have white square bowls and I love them. it really isn't awkward at all. 

I say go with white. The shape is interesting and the color is classic. Food always looks better on white! 

[thyme4change]

Jul 24, 2013 16:22:44 GMT -5 milee said:

Jul 24, 2013 16:17:55 GMT -5 thyme4change said:

My mom has Corelle and they are amazing.  I once saw a bowl bounce off our Saltio tile floor.  

Can you just buy bowls?  Or do I have to buy the whole set?

Walmart sells them individually.  And you don't need to go to the 44th and Thomas store unless you feel adventurous. 

You mean 38th & Thomas?  That was near our old house, and that place is  .

Now we are closer to Christown, and that place is also  .

I'm not sure I will venture into Walmart for this.  I'm sure I can find something elsewhere.

I say go with white. The shape is interesting and the color is classic. Food always looks better on white!

Excellent point!

[thyme4change]

These are cute.

www.bedbathandbeyond.com/product.asp?SKU=16400068

[milee]

Yes, those Mikasa ones are definitely cute.  Each one costs what the 6 pack of Corelle costs, though.  So don't drop them on the Saltillo.

[thyme4change]

ah - crap, I thought that was a set of 6.  The good news is the Saltillo is in my mom's house, not ours.  I'm installing those rubber pads so we can drop all the dishes (not really.)

[mrsdutt]

You know the bowls are melamine?

[thyme4change]

Jul 24, 2013 16:33:27 GMT -5 mrsdutt said:

You know the bowls are melamine?

Which bowls?  

[Sum Dum Gai]

Oh, I forgot this was on YM... kind of...

So, what you should do is buy 6 tubs of Cool Whip, on sale, with a coupon, so the store actually pays you to take it.  You use that in your "homemade" desserts (buy premade shortcake cups, in canned fruit, top with Cool Whip), and keep the tubs as your new dinnerware.  Just like at grandma's house.  Well my grandma anyway, but she's a hoarder.

[thyme4change]

That breaks one of the two rules that I listed.

Plus, cool whip containers wouldn't hold up so well in the dishwasher.

[Sum Dum Gai]

Plus, cool whip containers wouldn't hold up so well in the dishwasher.

Wash on warm instead of hot.  I swear my grandmother has some that are as old as I am, they have a slightly different font and logo compared to newer ones.

[sarcasticgirl]

now your crab bowls are appearing on my facebook feed:



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[thyme4change]

ha ha!  Sorry about that.

[Jaguar]

Jul 24, 2013 16:36:01 GMT -5 thyme4change said:

Jul 24, 2013 16:33:27 GMT -5 mrsdutt said:

You know the bowls are melamine?

Which bowls?  

The Blue Crab ones in the first post.

[thyme4change]

Ah - I think those are probably too ridiculous, even for me.  Maybe if I lived within 500 miles of an ocean or at least had a nautical theme anywhere in the house.  But, that's not me.  I do love me some crab legs, though.

[justme]

Corelle is good, but they are destructible. I was prop mistress for a play and we needed a dish that could be thrown against the wall every night and not break so it was easy to break up. The drama teacher picked up Corelle and I told her that it wouldn't work. It's just resistant, not proof like plastic. She took a plate out and held it like 4ft in the air and let it drop. That sucker smashed into so many pieces and her face was pretty much . Meanwhile I was on the ground laughing while everyone came in to figure out what the crashing noise was and couldn't get the words out from laughing. After that she took my advice and bought a plastic plate even though it didn't look as "real".



I like the white bowls - I want some like that. And matching white plates that are kinda odd shaped like those. I got green plates way long ago and the big ones don't fit in my cupboard and food just doesn't look as good on them. I watch Food Network and want white plates like everyone plates one.

[Deleted]

I agree with the idea just to get some Corelle bowls.  My cereal bowls are actually patterned to match the rest of my dishes.  However, I found the shallower but same size (contents) in Winter White at a garage sale.  Those are DH's favorite bowls.

They aren't indestructible.  As they age, they do become more brittle.  But they are a much better choice for tile floors than stoneware.

Also, you could try not bouncing your dishes off the floor.  It's not that hard. 

[thyme4change]

Shit happens.  You say that like I'm the only person who dropped a plate as a teenager.  It doesn't help any that my mother keeps her plates as far away from the dishwasher as they can be and still be in the kitchen (and she has a BIG kitchen.)  I was trying to stack all the dishes up so I only had to make one trip, so I could be done faster.