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Disposible foam plates
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:
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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.
>> (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
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