Balance in Bowls and Plates

Has this ever happened to you? Maybe you want to go wash plates, and on your way, your elder sibling, clearly seeing you go to wash the plate, then instructs you to go wash the plate like it was his idea?

No, because now I don’t feel like washing it anymore😅

For some reason, dishes have proved to be a source of controversy, at least around people I come into contact with. My friends always express pure and absolute disdain for washing dishes, and sometimes I wonder what the dishes did to them.

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Personally, I don’t mind it, as long as there’s soap, water, and a good sponge.

If I were to use two words to describe my dishware, they would be minimal and simple.

When I was still a student, my dishware literally consisted only of two flat plates, two bowl plates (soup plates), two pots, and two sets of spoons and forks. Oh, and a plastic cup. There was no sense in owning anything beyond that because I was only cooking for myself.

Right now I’m back home with my family, and judging from the number of people at the house currently, I’d say our dishware is minimal as well. When I say dishware, I refer to the plates, cups, and cutlery we keep on standby in the kitchen.

What Impacts my Choice of Minimal Dishware?

Like I said, we only have just about enough dishware to go around to everyone at home. This is due to a plethora of reasons. None of which include finance, by the way.

The major reason is to improve functionality. We are a family of four children and a parent, so we aren’t that many. It will be an unnecessary hassle if we stock our kitchen counter with a lot of dishes we won’t end up using.

Plus, more dishes would mean more piles of dirty plates in the sink since there would be more than enough plates. Nobody is going to want to wash a dirty plate when there is a clean one on the rack.

Another reason is the lack of space in the rack. As you can see from the rack, there isn’t ample space to load dishes onto. Why buy new ones when there’ll be no home for them? Granted, we do have some casserole dishes in storage, but we only use them when entertaining guests.

My mom is not super crazed about having a certain aesthetic in the kitchen, so we literally get new plates only when we absolutely need them. I reckon I’ll follow in her footsteps when I get older and have my own place. It only makes sense.

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The thumbnail is a picture of my favorite dishware; I use these whenever I eat.

Do you feel the same way I do about dishware, or do you have some opposing views? Tell me all about it in the comments.

Thank you for reading, and do have an amazing week ahead!