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Being a bachelor, I use a lot of paper plates. Recently they had foam
plates on sale, so I thought I'd give them a try. Well, they are
horrible. Yesterday I fried some eggs, put them on the plate and they
melted right thru. Today I made pancakes, put them on the foam plate
and they melted thru, pouring syrup all down my clothing. Tomorrow I
will return these plates to the store. Not only are they useless for
hot foods, but I tend to wonder what harm that melted foam does when I
eat it. I will never buy these again.

Has anyone else had this problem, or are these just lousy plates?


I think you just got some really poor quality foam plates. I buy foam plates
for twice-monthly dinner meetings at a club I belong to. We use about
90/month and have never had any problem. We use the Hefty brand heavy duty
,10 1/4 inch divided plates and buy them in packs of 175 at Costco. Actually
though, even when I have used cheaper quality foam plates in the past, I
never had a meltdown like what you are describing.

Sam D. wrote:
wrote in message
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Being a bachelor, I use a lot of paper plates. Recently they had
foam plates on sale, so I thought I'd give them a try. Well, they
are horrible. Yesterday I fried some eggs, put them on the plate
and they melted right thru. Today I made pancakes, put them on the
foam plate
and they melted thru, pouring syrup all down my clothing. Tomorrow I
will return these plates to the store. Not only are they useless for
hot foods, but I tend to wonder what harm that melted foam does when
I eat it. I will never buy these again.

Has anyone else had this problem, or are these just lousy plates?


I think you just got some really poor quality foam plates. I buy foam
plates for twice-monthly dinner meetings at a club I belong to. We
use about 90/month and have never had any problem. We use the Hefty
brand heavy duty ,10 1/4 inch divided plates and buy them in packs of
175 at Costco. Actually though, even when I have used cheaper quality
foam plates in the past, I never had a meltdown like what you are
describing.

I wonder if he put them in the microwave... they are not meant for
re-heating.

Jill

"jmcquown" wrote in
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I wonder if he put them in the microwave... they are not meant for
re-heating.

Jill




In the coffee break part of my Dept. (at work) before the Company started
it's no toaster policy, we used foam plates for the hot buttered
toast,bagels etc... It wasn't uncommon to have the melted butter that
dripped off, melt thru the foam plates. Foam plates are make for cold foods
as far as I can figure.

--
And the beet goes on! (or under)
-me just a while ago

wrote:

Being a bachelor, I use a lot of paper plates. Recently they had foam
plates on sale, so I thought I'd give them a try.

How hard is it to wash one plate? Think of the savings, think of the
improved dining experience? Think of the world less more waste in the
landfills? Geesh....

in article , at
wrote on 12/6/03 3:08 AM:

Being a bachelor, I use a lot of paper plates. Recently they had foam
plates on sale, so I thought I'd give them a try. Well, they are
horrible. Yesterday I fried some eggs, put them on the plate and they
melted right thru. Today I made pancakes, put them on the foam plate
and they melted thru, pouring syrup all down my clothing. Tomorrow I
will return these plates to the store. Not only are they useless for
hot foods, but I tend to wonder what harm that melted foam does when I
eat it. I will never buy these again.

Has anyone else had this problem, or are these just lousy plates?


Any hot greasy substance will melt the styrofoam plates. Fat retains heat
longer, so while the egg cools down enough to eat it between the pan and the
plate, the oil on the egg is still hot enough to melt the plate.

Not sure about the pancakes, but it's probably similar.

What does being a bachelor have to do with anything? If you're gonna prepare
yourself a meal, no matter how simple or elaborate it may be, why can't you
eat on a real plate? How long does it take to wash one plate and one fork
and knife?

They don't have to be expensive dishes. If you don't have dishes, run over
to a thrift store and pick up a couple plates, they don't even have to
match--you could get 4 dinner plates that will last you for years for the
cost of 2 packages of paper plates! You will save a lot of money, because
you won't have to keep buying disposable plates, plus it's much kinder to
the environment. And if those aren't good enough reasons, food tastes SO
much better on a real plate.

Just because you're a bachelor doesn't mean you can't treat yourself well.
You DESERVE to eat on real plates!!!! Please don't shortchange yourself just
because you don't have a partner!

Sheryl Rosen wrote in
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in article , at
wrote on 12/6/03 3:08 AM:

Being a bachelor, I use a lot of paper plates. Recently they had
foam plates on sale, so I thought I'd give them a try. Well, they
are horrible. Yesterday I fried some eggs, put them on the plate and
they melted right thru. Today I made pancakes, put them on the foam
plate and they melted thru, pouring syrup all down my clothing.
Tomorrow I will return these plates to the store. Not only are they
useless for hot foods, but I tend to wonder what harm that melted
foam does when I eat it. I will never buy these again.

Has anyone else had this problem, or are these just lousy plates?


Any hot greasy substance will melt the styrofoam plates. Fat retains
heat longer, so while the egg cools down enough to eat it between the
pan and the plate, the oil on the egg is still hot enough to melt the
plate.

Not sure about the pancakes, but it's probably similar.

What does being a bachelor have to do with anything? If you're gonna
prepare yourself a meal, no matter how simple or elaborate it may be,
why can't you eat on a real plate? How long does it take to wash one
plate and one fork and knife?

They don't have to be expensive dishes. If you don't have dishes, run
over to a thrift store and pick up a couple plates, they don't even
have to match--you could get 4 dinner plates that will last you for
years for the cost of 2 packages of paper plates! You will save a lot
of money, because you won't have to keep buying disposable plates,
plus it's much kinder to the environment. And if those aren't good
enough reasons, food tastes SO much better on a real plate.

Just because you're a bachelor doesn't mean you can't treat yourself
well. You DESERVE to eat on real plates!!!! Please don't shortchange
yourself just because you don't have a partner!



Sheryl, I agree completely, and I would never want to eat my daily meals
on styrofoam plates. The OP, however, may just not want to wash dishes.
IIRC, they did not state the reason for using styrofoam. Styrofoam is
probably the cheapest, but heavyweight paper plates, plain or
plasticized, would be a far better choice.

Cheers,
Wayne

) writes:
Being a bachelor, I use a lot of paper plates. Recently they had foam
plates on sale, so I thought I'd give them a try. Well, they are
horrible. Yesterday I fried some eggs, put them on the plate and they
melted right thru. Today I made pancakes, put them on the foam plate
and they melted thru, pouring syrup all down my clothing. Tomorrow I
will return these plates to the store. Not only are they useless for
hot foods, but I tend to wonder what harm that melted foam does when I
eat it. I will never buy these again.

Has anyone else had this problem, or are these just lousy plates?

Huh? People living alone don't wash dishes? What happens if you get
married, will you wash dishes then? Or do you expect the woman to
do the dishes, and since you don't have one of those, you use paper plates?

You want to save money? Buy some real plates, and wash them after each
meal.

Michael

In article in
misc.consumers, wrote:
Yesterday I fried some eggs, put them on the plate and they
melted right thru. Today I made pancakes, put them on the foam plate
and they melted thru, pouring syrup all down my clothing.
Not only are they useless for hot foods, but I tend to wonder what
harm that melted foam does when I eat it.

Hopefully they made you sterile; the next generation needs all the
culling it can get.

--
Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Cortland County, New York, USA
http://OakRoadSystems.com
Fortunately, I live in the United States of America, where we are
gradually coming to understand that nothing we do is ever our
fault, especially if it is really stupid. --Dave Barry

wrote:

Being a bachelor, I use a lot of paper plates.

Don't they scratch your dick, try a kleenex.

So why does your being a bachelor necessitate your living like an uncouth
*******, I mean el cheapo disposable plates are fine for a sammiche but not for
a hot meal, so what's so friggin' difficult about washing one stupid dish...
hey, you don't even have to use soap, just save em up and bring em into the
shower with you for your monthly abolutions.


---= BOYCOTT FRENCH--GERMAN (belgium) =---
---= Move UNITED NATIONS To Paris =---
Sheldon
````````````
"Life would be devoid of all meaning were it without tribulation."

On Sat, 06 Dec 2003 07:24:55 -0500, Goomba38 wrote:

wrote:

Being a bachelor, I use a lot of paper plates. Recently they had foam
plates on sale, so I thought I'd give them a try.

How hard is it to wash one plate? Think of the savings, think of the
improved dining experience? Think of the world less more waste in the
landfills? Geesh....

There is no such thing as no impact. Washing a plate takes energy to heat
the water, the sewage from washing (and the detergent) need to be processed
out at a plant, which produces pollutants and takes energy... Guess
it's just a question of which impacts you want to make.

--
Siobhan Perricone
"Who would have thought that a bad Austrian artist who's obsessed with the human physical ideal could assemble such a rabid political following?"
- www.theonion.com

Wayne Boatwright wrote:
Sheryl Rosen wrote in
:

in article , at
wrote on 12/6/03 3:08 AM:

Being a bachelor, I use a lot of paper plates. Recently they had
foam plates on sale, so I thought I'd give them a try.
(snip)
Any hot greasy substance will melt the styrofoam plates. Fat retains
heat longer, so while the egg cools down enough to eat it between the
pan and the plate, the oil on the egg is still hot enough to melt the
plate.
(snip)
(snip)

Sheryl, I agree completely, and I would never want to eat my daily
meals on styrofoam plates. The OP, however, may just not want to
wash dishes. IIRC, they did not state the reason for using styrofoam.
Styrofoam is probably the cheapest, but heavyweight paper plates,
plain or plasticized, would be a far better choice.

Cheers,
Wayne

That's exactly why he's using 'paper' plates (or, in this case, styrofoam);
he doesn't want to do dishes. There's nothing wrong with that, except you
can't put really hot food on foam plates. So in this instance, he didn't
know they aren't the same as paper or even heavy duty plasticized ones.

Jill (uses paper plates often, but not the foam ones)

in article , jmcquown at
wrote on 12/6/03 12:17 PM:

Wayne Boatwright wrote:
Sheryl Rosen wrote in
:

in article , at
wrote on 12/6/03 3:08 AM:

Being a bachelor, I use a lot of paper plates. Recently they had
foam plates on sale, so I thought I'd give them a try.
(snip)
Any hot greasy substance will melt the styrofoam plates. Fat retains
heat longer, so while the egg cools down enough to eat it between the
pan and the plate, the oil on the egg is still hot enough to melt the
plate.
(snip)
(snip)

Sheryl, I agree completely, and I would never want to eat my daily
meals on styrofoam plates. The OP, however, may just not want to
wash dishes. IIRC, they did not state the reason for using styrofoam.
Styrofoam is probably the cheapest, but heavyweight paper plates,
plain or plasticized, would be a far better choice.

Cheers,
Wayne

That's exactly why he's using 'paper' plates (or, in this case, styrofoam);
he doesn't want to do dishes. There's nothing wrong with that, except you
can't put really hot food on foam plates. So in this instance, he didn't
know they aren't the same as paper or even heavy duty plasticized ones.

Did he say he didn't want to do dishes?
Because I don't remember reading that.
He may have alluded to that, with the comment "Being a bachelor", but
nowhere did he say he didn't want to wash dishes.

We all assumed that.

But nowhere is there any indication that of "exactly why he's using" them.

Siobhan Perricone wrote:

There is no such thing as no impact. Washing a plate takes energy to heat
the water, the sewage from washing (and the detergent) need to be processed
out at a plant, which produces pollutants and takes energy... Guess
it's just a question of which impacts you want to make.


And he isn't already washing the glass, cookware, silverware....? Adding one plate shouldn't take it over the edge. Heck, he could live it up and
have enough dishes to use them and load into the dishwasher and only run it when it's full. And that's only dealing with the cost/energy/waste
issue. I just can't fathom enjoying a meal off of a styrofoam plate....

jmcquown wrote:

That's exactly why he's using 'paper' plates (or, in this case, styrofoam);
he doesn't want to do dishes. There's nothing wrong with that, except you
can't put really hot food on foam plates. So in this instance, he didn't
know they aren't the same as paper or even heavy duty plasticized ones.

I didn't really get the paper plate/bachelor connection, but I must
confess, when I'm alone, it's not unheard of that I will make a
sandwich right there on the paper I'm reading. Maybe even eat cold
chinese food out of the container. But buy paper plates? Not on
your life, except for tailgating, and then I get the Solo plastic (?)
ones. Eating from paper or styrofoam plates would give me the
willies. You know, like the feeling you get when eating ice cream
with those wooden sticks. Sends a shiver up my spine.

nancy

Sheryl Rosen wrote:
in article , jmcquown at
wrote on 12/6/03 12:17 PM:

Wayne Boatwright wrote:
Sheryl Rosen wrote in
:

in article , at
wrote on 12/6/03 3:08 AM:

Being a bachelor, I use a lot of paper plates. Recently they had
foam plates on sale, so I thought I'd give them a try.
(snip)
Any hot greasy substance will melt the styrofoam plates. Fat
retains heat longer, so while the egg cools down enough to eat it
between the pan and the plate, the oil on the egg is still hot
enough to melt the plate.
(snip)
(snip)

Sheryl, I agree completely, and I would never want to eat my daily
meals on styrofoam plates. The OP, however, may just not want to
wash dishes. IIRC, they did not state the reason for using
styrofoam. Styrofoam is probably the cheapest, but heavyweight
paper plates,
plain or plasticized, would be a far better choice.

Cheers,
Wayne

That's exactly why he's using 'paper' plates (or, in this case,
styrofoam); he doesn't want to do dishes. There's nothing wrong
with that, except you can't put really hot food on foam plates. So
in this instance, he didn't know they aren't the same as paper or
even heavy duty plasticized ones.

Did he say he didn't want to do dishes?
Because I don't remember reading that.
He may have alluded to that, with the comment "Being a bachelor", but
nowhere did he say he didn't want to wash dishes.

We all assumed that.

But nowhere is there any indication that of "exactly why he's using"
them.

*We all assumed that.*
But you pick on ME for assuming the same thing. I'd say it's a fair
assumption. So get over it. Just because you can't get to Margaret's
doesn't mean you get to nit pick about what I type.

How did the dresser/w/smoke turn out?

Jill