Chipped china

dandy-candy

My mother used to say you should throw away a cup or plate if it gets chipped as it can harbour bacteria. I do have a few items of chipped china I still use, but I do always think about what she said. Is there any truth in it? Do you keep using chipped items?

whitewing

I was always always told that cracked china haboured bacteria. I can't bear cracked crockery but have always continued to use chipped. I'm still here!

-taff

I would throw it away just because it can be sharp, and i don't fancy cutting myself on it.

[Deleted User]

I do bin chipped china as I think it just looks horrible anyway.I have some very old and much loved dining plates though which although not chipped, have lost the pattern on them over the years ,rarely used though so its not a problem.My eldest DD says she wants them one day when I have shuffled off :) as they remind her of her childhood.As I now live alone I have been using slightly smaller plates for my dinner (helps with portion control as well ) and they are fine but definitely chipped mugs are a no no

camelot1001

As my Mother used to say 'chipped china harbours disease'. My daughter now says this too!
I always throw away anything chipped even though I'm sure the dishwasher keeps it clean, it looks horrible, is sharp and may just hold on to that deadly disease!!

DigForVictory

The only reason I'm allowed to hang onto a cracked plate is that it's been repaired, hangs on a wall & I adore it.
My husband is very strictly of the "chip or crack? Sling!" school & has a NEBOSH (H&S) certificate to back up what might feel like a prejudice. That it will probably be him soothing a distressed child if anything goes wrong reinforces his position.

thriftwizard

Hmmm - I've been using chipped mugs etc. for years & I'm not dead yet, nor are any of my 5 now-grown-up kids! Admittedly, I throw mugs/cups out if the chip is on the mouth side or might clip your nose, but it had simply never occurred to me that there was a risk from germs.

Mind you, they'd probably be out-competed by the other germs that live here full-time. In a house full of pets & a garden full of livestock & compost, we're not short of "little helpers"...

luxor4t

If the chip is not in an area that goes in or near your mouth or is unlikely to cut it stays.
If it is cracked, it's out.

CH27

I bin chipped mugs & cups but not plates or bowls.

dandy-candy

Thanks all, I really didn't realise how much other people stick to this rule. Off to throw away the offending articles now!

paulwellerfan

or use the plates for under house plants...