The Wretched Table: How Dinner in America Became an Ordeal

Re:The Wretched Table: How Dinner in America Became an Ordeal by douche on Sunday October 04, 2015 @10:29PM (#10329672)

Perhaps I'm revealing my ill-breeding, but people actually use placemats on a regular basis?

If you don't feel like doing the dishes every day, you can just stack them up and do them once a week...

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Re:The Wretched Table: How Dinner in America Became an Ordeal by rtpg on Sunday October 04, 2015 @11:00PM (#10329756)

That requires having 7 times the number of plates your need for a meal....

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Re:The Wretched Table: How Dinner in America Became an Ordeal by moron4hire on Sunday October 04, 2015 @11:09PM (#10329775)

Or washing one set of plates immediately before needing them, because you're waiting on the roast to finish roasting.

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Re:The Wretched Table: How Dinner in America Became an Ordeal by pjc50 on Monday October 05, 2015 @02:16AM (#10330197)

I have placemats, because I don't want hot plates on my nice table. But they don't require frequent cleaning. In any case they're plastic fake leather.

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