Herc and Megara went through college with me, moved back into my mom's with me, through a couple apartments and into my first home before they finally split in half in the dishwasher.
I've got more people assuming I'm an American here than I ever did on Reddit. I think a specific of type of online leftists just assumes you're from the US if you don't agree with them, because of course there's the countries they support and then there's the US and nobody else lol
Honestly I don't even notice it. Virtually every online space I've ever been a part of has been like this. Originally the Yanks never asked for everyone to learn English and use their platforms either so it's kinda fair enough as far as I'm concerned.
It was just a dominant brand of dishware in the U.S.
Corning, one of the world leaders in glass manufacturing and materials science, figured out how to make thin tempered glass that was lightweight, very durable, resistant to thermal shock, and safe to use in microwaves, dishwashers, and up to medium temperature ovens (350°F/175°C is the manufacturer recommended max). It became the dominant dishware brand in the U.S. as a result, for "everyday" use.
Personally I don't like the heat transfer characteristics (poor insulator which means hot food makes the dish hot to the touch) and don't mind thicker plates/bowls for most situations. But I can see why they became immensely popular, especially for families with kids.
Side note, Corning spun off its consumer products division in 1991, so the company that makes the Gorilla Glass in basically everyone's cell phones is now technically different from the company that made all these kitchen dishes, even if they were once part of the same corporation.
Came here to say this. I only recently found out and got rid of all my #7's immediately. I don't think I'll accept hand-me-down plates anymore after that.
Do you have a different or specific source? I found an daqnabout lead but it only said that they are in compliance and always have been. I recognize the weasel word but only because you brought it up
My dad has this one and lives in SW VA. He complains about never finding any matching items in thrift stores to replace some broken ones, but finds plenty of my grandparents (9)
I’m a sucker for blue; 9 might be my favorite. 6 was yet more brown in a house full of brown and yellow. I’m an early 80s baby but my parents held on to the 70s as hard as they could, decor-wise.
I also saw a bunch of #4 somewhere. It was either at one set of grandparents', or one of my friends' houses.
Mom actually still has the pictured kind, still being used to this day. I was there just last week and there was some of it still drying in the dishwasher. I stole a few plates and bowls when I left, and it's still the only glassware I've ever really used more than a couple times. I'm not particularly find of it, but I have these pieces and I don't give a fuck what it looks like if it works.
At least it doesn't have Jesus on it or something. I would draw the line at that.
Indian here! We have steel.
But given how common crockery or similarly decorated plastic is for serving guests (at parties and wherever-not), I've seen all of them.
I had a great aunt that worked for Syracuse China, which during the mid-20th century was one of the largest suppliers of fine China to hotels and restaurants. Whenever someone in the family got married, they got a full set of fine expensive Syracuse China. Most family members also bought a cheaper set for daily use. So I never had Corelle as a kid.
Today, after all these years, the grandkids all have their own set, passed down from older generations, and my mom still has about 4 full sets she's inherited over the years. Anytime someone visits by car, she tries to convince them to take a set. They are beautiful antique china, but who needs fine China these days?
Before anyone suggests selling it, nobody is buying, and even the china brokers are backing off and buying much much less. The fine china market is glutted, and pretty much dead, even for excellent collections like ours.
In the 80s and 90s my parents had #9 Old Town Blue, and my grandparents had #6 Woodland Brown. I still do, actually, I have a cupboard full of both and Butterfly Gold (#7) as well. Best dishes.
So, instead of the unique astrological profile, nor even the mere sun sign for a mere 1 in 12 division, we're now to discern more about us each, from just 10 different patterns on plates? Oh yes, that'll be much better. My whole family are exactly alike. The plates don't lie. :3
124 Comments
sc2pirate@lemmy.world · 50 pts · 311d
Poor kid checking in...I don't see my Hercules plate on this chart...
Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone · 26 pts · 311d
Did yours also get fucked up in the microwave but still used for food anyway? That thing’s gotta be at least 50% of the microplastics in my brain.
kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 311d
Herc and Megara went through college with me, moved back into my mom's with me, through a couple apartments and into my first home before they finally split in half in the dishwasher.
Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 311d
Wait... Was I a poor kid?
LaserTurboShark69@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 311d
I still have the Pegasus plate that says "Hold your horses, dinner's coming!"
BimEggy@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 311d
ThePantser@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 311d
I had a shirt tales plate that probably had lead paint
Nusm@peachpie.theatl.social · 27 pts · 311d
8, and boy does that bring back memories!
Duranie@leminal.space · 7 pts · 311d
With Oneida Twin Star silverware. I'm 53 and still have a few pieces from my parents set floating around for the nostalgia lol.
Nusm@peachpie.theatl.social · 1 pts · 311d
Yeah, I still have a few pieces of my mom‘s silverware from when I was growing up. I love using them!
Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org · 27 pts · 311d
Are those from the US? Never seen any of them. My sauerkraut got served on this badboy growing up:
Rothe@piefed.social · 10 pts · 311d
Yeah, unfortunately even the fediverse suffers from a heavy dose of US defaultism.
RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz · 5 pts · 311d
I've got more people assuming I'm an American here than I ever did on Reddit. I think a specific of type of online leftists just assumes you're from the US if you don't agree with them, because of course there's the countries they support and then there's the US and nobody else lol
Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org · 2 pts · 311d
Honestly I don't even notice it. Virtually every online space I've ever been a part of has been like this. Originally the Yanks never asked for everyone to learn English and use their platforms either so it's kinda fair enough as far as I'm concerned.
JargonWagon@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 311d
I think delftware isn't as popular in the US, which is unfortunate because I love how they look.
ayyy@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 311d
Yea, Corelle is glass dish ware made in Corning, New York. The same place they make Pyrex and Gorilla Glass phone screens.
kindenough@kbin.earth · 3 pts · 311d
My stamppot zuurkool met rookworst as well, on Delfts blauw.
exasperation@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 311d
It was just a dominant brand of dishware in the U.S.
Corning, one of the world leaders in glass manufacturing and materials science, figured out how to make thin tempered glass that was lightweight, very durable, resistant to thermal shock, and safe to use in microwaves, dishwashers, and up to medium temperature ovens (350°F/175°C is the manufacturer recommended max). It became the dominant dishware brand in the U.S. as a result, for "everyday" use.
Personally I don't like the heat transfer characteristics (poor insulator which means hot food makes the dish hot to the touch) and don't mind thicker plates/bowls for most situations. But I can see why they became immensely popular, especially for families with kids.
Side note, Corning spun off its consumer products division in 1991, so the company that makes the Gorilla Glass in basically everyone's cell phones is now technically different from the company that made all these kitchen dishes, even if they were once part of the same corporation.
Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net · 21 pts · 311d
7
yaroto98@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 311d
9
garbagebagel@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 311d
Nobody else got the lil heart flowers?
tgxn@lemmy.tgxn.net · 5 pts · 311d
I had the ring bowls!!!
Thebular@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 311d
My parents still have these! Lots of nostalgia there
rustyricotta@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 311d
This one right here.
Pandantic@midwest.social · 1 pts · 311d
This but the hearts were mauve.
fin@sh.itjust.works · 16 pts · 311d
For real. I'm not joking.
Zier@fedia.io · 7 pts · 311d
These are Called "Winter Frost White", no pattern at all. This is what I grew up with and use everyday currently.
xx3rawr@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 311d
My mom got 7,8,9 but my grandma has this, which is actually my favorite
vk6flab@lemmy.radio · 13 pts · 311d
None of the above.
ARABIA POTTERY, Finland. 1960s RUSKA
Absolutely indestructible. Drop it on the tiles, cracks the tiles.
You can have it in any colour, as long as it's Brown.
Lemminary@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 311d
Drop it on your foot, it breaks your foot, but the food remains intact!
Honytawk@feddit.nl · 5 pts · 311d
Throw it in a volcano, the volcano erupts, but the plate is fine and the food is slightly warmer
vk6flab@lemmy.radio · 3 pts · 311d
Yup.
ccunning@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 311d
8
Turret3857@infosec.pub · 12 pts · 311d
SpraynardKruger@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 311d
Came here to say this. I only recently found out and got rid of all my #7's immediately. I don't think I'll accept hand-me-down plates anymore after that.
AA5B@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 311d
Do you have a different or specific source? I found an daqnabout lead but it only said that they are in compliance and always have been. I recognize the weasel word but only because you brought it up
Turret3857@infosec.pub · 3 pts · 310d
AA5B@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 310d
Thanks. I actually hadn’t found that faq. There’s another one about multiple toxic metals, but might not be for Corelle
proudblond@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 311d
6! No one else?
starman2112@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 311d
6! Is it regional? Do you live in kansas?
proudblond@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 311d
No but my mom is originally from Nebraska! Scary close lol
Dohnuthut@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 311d
My dad has this one and lives in SW VA. He complains about never finding any matching items in thrift stores to replace some broken ones, but finds plenty of my grandparents (9)
proudblond@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 311d
I’m a sucker for blue; 9 might be my favorite. 6 was yet more brown in a house full of brown and yellow. I’m an early 80s baby but my parents held on to the 70s as hard as they could, decor-wise.
Seleni@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 311d
5 & 6. Wonder if 6 followed my great-grandmother over from Minnesota?
jubilationtcornpone@sh.itjust.works · 8 pts · 311d
#4
I forgot my mom even had those dishes.
jared@mander.xyz · 6 pts · 311d
One of them with lead paint.
GenesisClimber@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 311d
9 through the 80s & 90s, then my parents graduated to 8 after the remaining 9s broke one by one
Soapbox@lemmy.zip · 6 pts · 311d
Lucky number 7.
mirisgaiss@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 311d
8
AA5B@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 311d
7, and my “little” brother still has it 40 years later because he doesn’t want to spend money on dishes
dovahking@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 310d
Not American but we used these bad boys:
RagingRobot@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 310d
Solid looking plate where are you from?
dovahking@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 309d
From India. I'm from a Buddhist region and here we use brass plates. the old ones can weigh more than half kg.
pyre@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 310d
the army
KeenFlame@feddit.nu · 1 pts · 310d
Battlefield born are always so whiney
JaymesRS@piefed.world · 5 pts · 311d
8 at home, 7 at grandparents. 4 is also super familiar, but I don’t have a firm memory.
braxy29@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 311d
8
sploder@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 310d
7 all the way
Greddan@feddit.org · 4 pts · 310d
OmnislashIsACloudApp@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 311d
7
Pat_Riot@lemmy.today · 4 pts · 311d
9 and I still have them
ThePantser@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 311d
7 & 8, who could afford a matching set?
QuinnyCoded@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 311d
something in-between 5 and 9, don't remember exactly
Branch_Ranch@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 311d
Seven!
digger@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 311d
My folks still have 9. I have a set that's just blank.
cymor@midwest.social · 4 pts · 311d
5
KoboldCoterie@pawb.social · 4 pts · 311d
My parents had #5; my grandmother had #1, I think. Why were these so ubiquitous?
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 311d
I've never seen any of these dishes before.
RickyRigatoni@retrolemmy.com · 4 pts · 311d
6 and 7
Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone · 4 pts · 311d
One grandma had 4 and the other had 7. My parents kept a chaotic mix of whatever was on sale.
TheRealKuni@piefed.social · 4 pts · 311d
Patternless. Plain white. Which works well, because if you break a plate you don’t have to worry about whether they still make that pattern.
dave881@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 311d
7
Still have them. Parents gifted a bunch when I moved out
tacosanonymous@mander.xyz · 4 pts · 311d
These like from the movie The Bird Cage
FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 311d
7
Bongo_Stryker@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 310d
9 gang represent.
funkajunk@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 310d
9 gang rise up
AlligatorBlizzard@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 311d
My grandmother had a set of baking dishes with #4, but my family's main set was a pattern not listed here.
oopsgodisdeadmybad@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 311d
I had "Country Cornflower".
I also saw a bunch of #4 somewhere. It was either at one set of grandparents', or one of my friends' houses.
Mom actually still has the pictured kind, still being used to this day. I was there just last week and there was some of it still drying in the dishwasher. I stole a few plates and bowls when I left, and it's still the only glassware I've ever really used more than a couple times. I'm not particularly find of it, but I have these pieces and I don't give a fuck what it looks like if it works.
At least it doesn't have Jesus on it or something. I would draw the line at that.
RagnarokOnline@programming.dev · 3 pts · 311d
Damn, I’m a #4, #7 rising and I never knew it
phaedrus@piefed.world · 3 pts · 311d
Where's the category for WinnDixie paper plate patterns?
klemptor@startrek.website · 3 pts · 311d
We had Lace Bouquet:
rbos@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 311d
Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 310d
7 was my cereal bowl and toast plate.
Zier@fedia.io · 3 pts · 311d
Allegedly the decorated ones from before 2005 have Lead & Cadmium in the paint and Corelle advises that you don't use those any longer.
RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 311d
ApatheticCactus@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 310d
Ha! These look so old. I don't rememb- fuck. 4.
Zachariah@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 311d
plain white
Brahvim@lemmy.kde.social · 2 pts · 310d
Indian here! We have steel.
But given how common crockery or similarly decorated plastic is for serving guests (at parties and wherever-not), I've seen all of them.
kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 311d
9, but we had some saucers with 8, I think.
Zomg@piefed.world · 2 pts · 311d
Whos mom didn't have a #4 dish in their cabinets somewhere?
BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 311d
I had a great aunt that worked for Syracuse China, which during the mid-20th century was one of the largest suppliers of fine China to hotels and restaurants. Whenever someone in the family got married, they got a full set of fine expensive Syracuse China. Most family members also bought a cheaper set for daily use. So I never had Corelle as a kid.
Today, after all these years, the grandkids all have their own set, passed down from older generations, and my mom still has about 4 full sets she's inherited over the years. Anytime someone visits by car, she tries to convince them to take a set. They are beautiful antique china, but who needs fine China these days?
Before anyone suggests selling it, nobody is buying, and even the china brokers are backing off and buying much much less. The fine china market is glutted, and pretty much dead, even for excellent collections like ours.
SeptugenarianSenate@leminal.space · 2 pts · 311d
4
Archer@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 311d
IIRC number 8 had lead or cadmium in the ink
braxy29@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 311d
oh shit! i better uh.... look into that
HikingVet@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 311d
7 and 9
AceFuzzLord@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 311d
I don't think I remember my family having anything like those, but 7 looks like familiar and a little nostalgic in a way it shouldn't.
bruhduh@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 311d
9 5
ApathyTree@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 311d
Is it weird that I have no memory of what tableware we used? Most of my childhood is missing from my memory actually.
roserose56@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 311d
9 and I love it!
oppy1984@lemdro.id · 2 pts · 311d
Grandparents had #8, we had #9.
lazycouchpotato@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 311d
None of the above. We had Geometric.
No I don't know why my parents chose it.
regedit@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 310d
7
quinkin@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 310d
Blue and white Jingdezhen Dragon Rice Bowls.
TheBat@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 311d
pentastarm@piefed.ca · 2 pts · 311d
4 here too
BotsRuinedEverything@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 311d
Lol 7&8. Nothing broke like those plates.
Sarcasmo220@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 310d
I grew up with #4
snausagesinablanket@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 310d
Chozo@fedia.io · 1 pts · 311d
We had mostly 8s, but somehow a few 4s got added in. Here I am now, 30-ish years later, and my roommate has 4s in her kitchen, too.
Sho@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 310d
7 and my great gma had 5.
Edit: so a ton of ya"ll had 7? Who knew...
A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 310d
7 as well. Super nostalgia seeing that patern again.. i wonder if they still sell it.
mostNONheinous@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 310d
I have one 7 plate in the kitchen right now, I barely ever use it. Just like having it around…
ryathal@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 311d
One of my grandparents had 7, I even took them to college
Broadfern@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 311d
Mine were somewhere between 1 and 5. They had like orangey flowers but blue decoration lines I think?
Edit: it was this set!
But_my_mom_says_im_cool@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 310d
#5 for me, i wish I could find a set for my home
PissingIntoTheWind@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 310d
Gram had #4
krooklochurm@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 311d
Sklour
Sam_Bass@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 310d
Never had any correlle until I was in my 40s and none of those patterns were it
P1k1e@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 311d
3
Rhaedas@fedia.io · 1 pts · 311d
Pattern: 7, but I swear they were a different color.
Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net · 1 pts · 311d
A bit more coppery coloured, I think.
padook@feddit.nl · 1 pts · 310d
#8 And as a sidenote I took them as hand-me-downs and only stopped using them this year.
cheeseburger@piefed.ca · 1 pts · 311d
In the 80s and 90s my parents had #9 Old Town Blue, and my grandparents had #6 Woodland Brown. I still do, actually, I have a cupboard full of both and Butterfly Gold (#7) as well. Best dishes.
Kaliax@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 310d
You should see that person with the chicken feet pattern.
grrgyle@slrpnk.net · 1 pts · 311d
See I say I'm a Virgo as an excuse for my behaviour, but maybe it's just that I grew up with 5.
BigBenis@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 310d
Holy shit! #6 unlocked some memories that have been hidden away deep in my subconscious for at least 20 years.
Korhaka@sopuli.xyz · 1 pts · 311d
You were trusted with fancy ceramics? We just got mass produced plain stuff.
londos@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 311d
Diner plates https://i.etsystatic.com/37320477/r/il/730712/4112154016/il_1080xN.4112154016_1pxw.jpg
ThunderclapSasquatch@startrek.website · 1 pts · 311d
Several, my mother hits garage sales like Jager at a frat party
Digit@lemmy.wtf · -1 pts · 311d
So, instead of the unique astrological profile, nor even the mere sun sign for a mere 1 in 12 division, we're now to discern more about us each, from just 10 different patterns on plates? Oh yes, that'll be much better. My whole family are exactly alike. The plates don't lie. :3