Bad day for my kitchen

[thyme4change]

Nov 14, 2015 18:35:16 GMT -5 @bamafan1954 said:

Nov 10, 2015 12:38:29 GMT -5 giramomma said:

I have had very bad luck with Corelle.

Our set is 8 years old. Many of our bowls and plates have chips. The coffee mugs are still nice..

We can't blame the kids, because the kids don't use the bowls..

That's interesting. I have never seen Corelle chip. It shatters, sometimes breaks in half, shows occasional utensil marks, etc. But I haven't seen it chip.

Are you certain that you don't have some sort of stoneware made by the same manufacturer? You'd know because Corelle has the weight of a glass paper plate if there was such a thing.  It is incredibly thin, too.

I can't imagine what a chip would look like since it doesn't really have layers.

One of my mother's plates has a small chip in it - on the edge.  She has owned the set since the early 70's, and the chip has been there since the 90's.  Daily use - forty-plus years.  

[justme]

I still remember my drama teacher bringing in corelle saying that it won't break. The scene it was needed for was throwing it against a wall! I was in charge of props for the play and got into an argument with her over it saying it would shatter. She pulls out a plate, holds it over her head and said "see? It won't break!" as she dropped it. Her face was priceless as it shattered to a million pieces and I was rolling on the floor laughing.