So...whats for dinner?

Susan, I think your leftovers problem is not the size of your plates, it's you (me too) lol! It seems my motto when feeding others is "Excess is Never Enough"

Monica, yes I've gotten some pieces of the pfaltzgraff on replacements. Also some on eBay. I don't really need any pieces of the Japan yet because I have 18 place settings. I entertain a lot but not usually that many at once. But thank you for the info, I may look just to see if I can come up with a name of the pattern.

Doing egg plant right now. Dipping in egg wash and coating with Italian bread crumbs the putting in the oven.

Since this game is kind of fun. Here is my "every day" china that I gave to the kid. Who knew it was selling for so much? She wants to keep it though. For her, these dishes are her childhood.

is this it?

My DMIL had 3 sets of beautiful china but she had two girls and three boys and the boys got none of the dishes. We do have a lovely old fashioned set of silver that was dH's grandmother's. I love it with my china.

Chabba, that's a lovely pattern.

Yay Carrie!!!

So glad you got your house in New Bern! When do you move?

We pass through New Bern on 17/70 on our way to the beach each year and that harbor area is just breathtaking! We hope one day to retire to that area! Not sure if it will be in the New Bern area or further south but look forward to hearing what a fellow Ny'er thinks of living in the south! So excited for you!

carrie, looks like you'll have visitors down there, LOL! Chabba pretty china. Memories. Susan at least your daughter likes them. Some kids dont like the ones they grew up with. The ones my kids grew up with I bought from the outlet store in Syracruse NY. We lived in Rochester NY at that time and I bought their restaurant wear for my home use, I figured if it lasted in restaurants it would last at home. Yeah it did. It actually lasted until the last one went to college. Then I was sick of it. That just reminded of my mom. When she got sick of a pattern we would see her accidentally drop pieces every week. Soon enough she'd complain there wasnt enough to set the table for all 10 of us and off theyd go to buy a new box of cheap ones. PS, its much harder to break melamine then you think..... LOL

So you are giving up NY weather for NC? Not a bad idea Carrie! Congrats on the new house.

Carrie, how exciting! Such a beautiful house and setting! Congratulations!

Luv, we Boston folk are more than happy about the two games our (football, then baseball) teams pulled off yesterday.....each at the "eleventh hour". Finally, Big Papi prevailed!

Interesting china photos. I still have no idea how to post a photo and I understand it just got easier! Tho I think it is a no go on my ipad.....

My first everyday dishes were given to me by my mother when we married in 1973, Franciscan pottery Hacienda pattern in gold.....started chipping after about ten or twelve years, (kids stacking dishwasher?), bought a set of Wedgewood Midwinter White, which I loved until the glaze crackled in unflattering ways on some of the dinner plates, from heat of dishwasher. Over the years, I picked up odd plate pairs that I was attracted to, but now realize that I truly like a white or cream palate for my food, so have a Noritake blue (on underside) with a cream face plate. For china, I used some plain white pieces (no idea who made them) for many years and finally got a nice Lenox set of cream with white design around the edge. about eight years ago I will check the name of the pattern when I get home. You can tell how often I use them!

Also when we married, my father wanted to buy us a set of sterling silver. We didn't even have a dining room in our Beacon St. apt. then, (and figured if we got robbed it would be gone) but did need a sleeper couch, so instead asked him to buy us a nice butcher block sofa. I later got some nice stainless to use with our china, and have also inherited my mother's sterling set. The behemoth couch has followed us to every home and now lives here in our NH finished basement/playroom/guestroom. It will go with this house if we ever sell it!

Remembering a lovely evening we spent up here with Michelle and Rick last summer. Hoping she is comfortable.

Sounds yummy Nancy. Please share if you can. I always have to make goodies for Bible study or prayer group. I think next week I'm making pumpkin scones if I can do them the night before. Or zucchini bread with instant vanilla pudding in the mix (from the local cooking column).

Hi all. I just saw this topic and wanted to chime in, since I've taken over the kitchen in this house :P

Doing chicken piccata, pasta and italian bread sticks tonight. Dessert is homemade chess pie and no store bought pie shell either. This is REAL southern chess pie, too - no milk in it.

Gone from about a 0.5 to a solid 7 on the cooking scale since the turn of the year. My sweetie laughs her butt off at me taping cooking shows, but she's not complaining about the results I am happy to say. I'm really enjoying it. It's weird lol.

carberry - congrats on the house! Having spent four winters in Rome, NY I am sure you will enjoy the NC coast - you are trading snow for hurricanes though - that was an adjustment for me in coming to FL - don't like the wind/rain combo and the waiting for the storm!

keith - welcome!

Also enjoying the parade of china patterns! My BIL/SIL were here for the weekend so have a bunch of leftovers to eat up - I made roasted shrimp enchiladas with green sauce, chicken enchiladas with green chilies and red sauce, yellow rice, and a combined black/pinto beans with corn and tomatoes with habanero. Their fridge/freezer went on the blink so they brought us lobster tails that had thawed - excellent gift!

Carberry - congratulations on the house!! Hope you love it. We'll be moving into ours over the next two weeks. Bought almost all of our appliances last night (still need a fridge). I cannot tell you how much I'm looking forward to getting settled in!

What is for dinner? Apple pies! I bought 20 pounds of different kinds of apples at an orchard, the woman said they would make 4 pies. Not!

I'm cooking away.

Because I have only what I call my "disposable " computer bought for $263 I will post a pic of my plates from a site. I like the Paul Revere's ride one, and others that don't depict battles, but rather historical sites like Bunker Hill

http://ancientpoint.com/inf/80583-antique_historical_blue_plate__battle_of_bunker_hill__rm_co___c___1893___1900.html

I also have the "Christmas Plates" from Spode.

Went on a wonderful walk with a friend yesterday by the ocean, and lighthouses. Went inside a lighthouse, there are so many ones here, and even one where I was the "lighthouse Keeper" for a weekend, the Rose Lighthouse. I had to raise and lower the flag and record weather conditions. So pretty. So much responsibility! Ooooooh! I also had to drink wine and chase the gulls.

Hello Keith!

Speaking of wine, I may have to eat up those apples with wine and cheese. The village where I'm going is dry, in order to preserve the culture, and in order to buy some to have shipped to the Distribution Center, you have to be fingerprinted to assure no domestic violence or other crimes, then pay the bush pilot an outrageous amount of money to fly some in from Fairbanks and show your alcohol card.

My friend got a gift basket from a friend with sausage, crackers, cheese, and bottle of wine. An empty spot, actually where the wine had been and a note. "The contraband has been confiscated" Ahahhahaha! I thought she'd stamp through the floor like Rumpilstilskin! (sp)