This is a dinner plate.

[Balmoral Green]

As some of you clearly require a little guidance.



Slates, floor tiles, slices of tree, smoke & mirrors, and other such up yourself poncey nonsense etc

That is all

[Shaw Tarse]

Though there are people who would disagree, the people who do nouvelle cuisine & post pics of their creation on a slab of marble.
Or Cotty who thinks that is a starter plate

[jacobpalmer05]

[Cotty]

Shaw Tarse said:

Or Cotty who thinks that is a starter plate

Starter? I was thinking it should be to left of the fork for the bread

[Mobile Chicane]

Balmoral Green said:

As some of you clearly require a little guidance.



Slates, floor tiles, slices of tree, smoke & mirrors, and other such up yourself poncey nonsense etc

That is all

Why do poncy pubs these days serve your food on a wooden board?

Ugh, how unhygienic.

Such things belong in the Middle Ages, along with bubonic plague and syphilis.

[Noger]

There appears to be a fair amount of scientific evidence for the excellent antibacterial properties of wood. Doesn't make it any less poncey, although in the right circumstances it is fine (i.e. Pub with ham and cheese and pickles and bread).

Slate and other dark things I don't think enhance the look of food (well, 99% of food) that well, unless you are Heston obv. All very 1990s.

Same goes for "garnish" and entirely-out-of-context veg

[21TonyK]

I'd go with that. A good 12" wide rimmed porcelain plate will do me.

[madbadger]

Rubbish.

Nowt wrong with poncey slabs.

[Vanessa B]

Cotty said:

Shaw Tarse said:

Or Cotty who thinks that is a starter plate

Starter? I was thinking it should be to left of the fork for the bread

[Bob the Planner]

This is on my wish list at present as I need some 'day' white plates rather than the black ones.

[mattdaniels]

Where do you get that oversized cutlery from?

[Simpo Two]

Mobile Chicane said:

Why do poncy pubs these days serve your food on a wooden board?

Ugh, how unhygienic.

You are my old boss AICMFP!

At a sales conference in a hotel long ago he shovelled his buffet food onto a wooden board - and returned to the table. Only then did he realise that everyone else had spotted the PLATES and put these ON the wooden board BEFORE loading up with food...

Good old 'shorty' Harrison; wonder what became of the motormouthed twit?

[PJ S]

Balmoral Green said:

As some of you clearly require a little guidance.



Slates, floor tiles, slices of tree, smoke & mirrors, and other such up yourself poncey nonsense etc

That is all

WTF's been eating at you BG? (And don't say your worms!)
Where'd this outburst come from?

[escargot]

bks. Eating a slab of meat off a piece of wood is possibly the most macho activity in the world. 10x more macho than fighting lions. At least.

[bomb]

I agree entirely.

The problem with using a 'slate' is when you pour the gravy over your pie, it all runs off the edge. No good to man nor beast.

Give me a 'dinner plate' any day.

[Balmoral Green]

Bob the Plonker said:

[shirt]

Balmoral Green said:

Bob the Plonker said:

+

a plate wish list! - really?

i'll eat a wing rib from a wooden chopping board and i own a very expensive set of japanese porcelain but daren't use it.

[Cotty]

shirt said:

i own a very expensive set of japanese porcelain but daren't use it.

No point having it. Its like having a nice car and not driving it in case you damage it. I don't have really nice plates as im lazy and use a dishwasher and they shouldn't go in it.

[shirt]

they were a present from a relative. i already broke one bowl and the replacement cost was enough to keep the rest boxed.

i posted here a long while back about treating those 'collectable' plates so they are safe to eat from. i really fancy a comedy dinner set of princess di, elvis, queen mum etc.

[Mr Gearchange]

Agreed. Much more difficult to get a scam going at a traveltavern with a big peice of wood.