what are the pros and cons of using enamel plates etc

angeltreats

Lakeland have nice enamel cookware that's plain white with a blue border (and it's currently on 3 for 2). They don't have flat plates but they do have pie plates that are shallow enough that you could use them as dinner plates. I think they're rather nice

I have some of the oblong pie dishes which are great for cooking pastry, no soggy bottoms here.

-taff

They can stain as well, depending on what you're doing.

I've got an enamel colander, it stains when i used it to strain apples or quince, and i dropped it last week, a chip the size of a 2p came off and is rusting merrily now. It did last about 7 years though....Stainless steel for me next time.

I'd just shop for stuff in charity shops until they left home

AlisonHarrison

Enamel chips just as much as crockery and I have the same problem. I think it is the dishwasher. If you don't stack it properly, (which we don't probably) I think it chips.

My solution is to get two sets from the supermarket. That means that if one plate gets chipped then you have not ruined a whole set. Seems to last more than twice as long this way. I treat crockery as almost disposable as we are so careless.

I too have a "posh" set, which I am more careful with. I make sure it is me who empties the dishwasher and puts them away. I got it in white so that I can add serving dishes in white when I find them in charity shops.

AnnieO1234

I've gone for all white, starting with a six setting one from seven hams for £150 and then adding to it with different things that still match; espresso cups/saucers, tea service, square plates, mugs etc.

When things need replacing I've bought in sixes or eights. There's three of us, so once two of something has broken I just set about replacing them.

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