What kind of plate do you eat off of?

I don’t know if I should answer. I’m in a dangerous mood.

Just a regular dinner plate.

It depends on what it is I am eating. It also depends on the size. If it’s bread or sandwich or bagel or small quantity of something, it will be a small plate (dessert plate or saucer). If it’s a few things, like a meat and a vegetable, it will probably be a larger plate.

Lunch: small (8”)

Dinner: dinner plate (11–12”)

Clean.

It’d not the size of that plate that’s important… it’s what you put on it, Size doesn’t matter.

It does make a difference, @elbanditoroso. If you fill up a dessert plate with chicken and mashed potatoes, you’re going to have smaller portions than if you fill up a dinner plate with the same thing.

I usually eat off of an 8 inch diameter plate and think it is called a salad plate. It helps to control portions to use a smaller plate and it helps to fool your eyes and your brain, into thinking that you are eating more.

Yep. Exactly @prairierose.

Paper plates or bowls often, just for convenience’s sake. I’m a bachelor who hates to do dishes.

A dinner plate is for dinner. A dessert plate is for dessert. There is no rule that you have to heap any plate to its maximum capacity. I know, I know, I’m talking to Americans…

There is no rule that says you can only have dinner on a dinner plate, either. Even if you don’t heap it to capacity, you’re still taking smaller portions when you use a smaller plate. And, as @prairierose said, ” it helps to fool your eyes and your brain, into thinking that you are eating more. It’s a good diet trick, although I despise diets.

A regular size plate. I portion out my food instead of filling up the plate, so I’d have the same amount of food on my plate regardless of its size.

That whole “fooling your mind” thing only works for those that can convince themselves of things that aren’t true (like “oh, I LOVE eating salads with no dressing for dinner while you eat steak, pasta, and burgers”). I know how much food I ate, and I’ll be hungry afterward if it wasn’t enough, even if my tiny plate was filled to the max. Which is why being aware of my portions instead of tricking myself is my preference.

For a main meal, I use a regular dinner plate but I don’t overfill it. For lunch, if I had a sandwich say, I’d use a small plate.

Totally agree with @livelaughlove21, the issue is portion size not plate size.

@Dutchess_III It really is contradictory to (a) say you “fool” yourself into thinking portions are larger than they are, and (b) be self-congratulatory about it.

You’re not fooling anyone. You’re simply choosing to use a small plate. I just don’t see the point.

Actually I don’t see the point in arguing about the size of a dinner plate, or what plate should or should not be used, nor do I see any harm in using a smaller plate to help with portion control. I am not overweight, it works for me.

A pure blooded German plate.

I’m not overweight either. I took off those pounds 27 years ago, and they’ve stayed off.

Tectonic

LOL! Wait!! There goes my fooooood!

I usually cut a loaf of bread on my tectonic plate, easier to shift the crust.

U funny 2day!

I just googled it and it’s called The Small Plate Movement.

There’s lots of info on the benefits of using smaller plates for your food. There is also info on that some say smaller plates do not help with portion control. I guess it’s a matter of whatever works for you.

I don’t remember when I ate enough food at one setting to bother with a dinner plate at home. I tend toward using a flat soup or pasta bowl. It’s rare that I eat two food items at a time at home, so I often just grab a small bowl.

I use normal sized plates, but I dislike using paper plates.
I also only use small forks, since my wife decided to take a bunch of large forks from a local restaurant. I refuse to eat with them.

I prefer bowls to plates. I eat a lot of home made soups and also toss in all kinds of snackie things in a bowl. Maybe a sliced apple, cheese, a slice of french bread. A bowl of yogurt with chopped up fruits, walnuts & mandarin oranges which are in season now here in CA.

I use bowls for pasta, salads, baked potatoes and rarely use a dinner plate,
Okay…now for the confession, I just used a paper plate to have a slice of home made peach pie AND a cupcake. Party leftovers. I will use a plate for multiple desserts. haha

I’m trying to gain weight so you’d think I’d be doing the reverse of what you’re doing but no…to be honest at school I rarely make myself a large or nice enough meal to need a big plate. I’m hoping to change that in the new year.

I use a dinner plate. My mind knows how much food my body can handle.

I almost always use a bowl. It’s just much more convenient to me.

I like food with lots of sauce, juice or gravy so a bowl makes more sense and less spillage than a flat plate.

If I’m at a buffet, I’ll use the smaller desert size plates for everything.

I use an average size plate but I sometimes fill it twice.

Corelle by Corning – in the pure white pattern. I also have the white with blue design around the edges. In general I use the medium size 8½ inch plate for most meals. They take up less space in the dishwasher so I can load it neatly. I will use the large plates for a big meal like Thanksgiving or a “fancy” meal where I am having many small dishes and want to keep portions separated. I sprinkle some spice are drizzle a little sauce in the empty space.

This question reminds me of Alan Partridge…one for the clued up Brits

I have a collection of Corelle platters. They are perfect plates for BBQ ribs.
Ribs are one of my specialties.

@ibstubro Corelle is amazing stuff. Strong, light, clean, stackable. Perfect.
All the other stuff I had is now in the basement. Pfaltzgraff? Pfft. Pfossils. I gave it all away.

It’s “phossils.”

@LuckyGuy; Great play on spelling.

We used to think Corelle was unbreakable until we dropped a plate on the floor. We found out we were wrong! I do love Corelle, though. Classic and simple, and does not take up much room.

The plates I use now at home are plain white, made in Mexico (My people!). My mom uses Corelle for the every day.

@jca The earlier Corelle, 30–40 years old, was made differently from the more recent. The outer skin was under tension with the inner under some compressive force. If the edge got damaged the dishes could explode into shards of tiny pieces. The next generation Corelle does not do that.

I shot an old one outdoors. It was spectacular.

^^^^ Didn’t know that!

I use Corelle for everyday. I have Calloway – scalloped with the green ivy. I love it.

However, Corelle platters are almost uniquely suited to large entree meals. They have a large flat surface with a steep short edge. Perfect for ½ half rack of ribs or ½ roasted/BBQ chicken plus sides. Crab legs. Foods that take up a lot of room before, during and after eating.

Oh, and yeah, @LuckyGuy, I remember the exploding Corelle. Mom had the ‘Spring Green/Crazy Daisy and my sister the Woodland Brown. Like all glassware it was sensitive to water and tapping it just right in the sink could cause it to shatter. Those old original patterns are now collectable.

But not like Pfaltzgraff, that I sell the heck out of in the blue and grey.

I eat off the plates we inherited from his parents in the dinner plate size. They are called , “Portmeirion( Botanic Garden pattern.)

Well, we don’t have any time of formal dinners any more, so we just use whatever plates are in the cupboard. In fact, it’s probably time to re-home my more formal dinner ware.

@ibstubro This is the pattern of my first Corelle. I think It was from ~1975.
I like the look of food on white plates so I tend to not use the patterned Corelle.

The Pfaltzgraff I got as a gift was so heavy and took up so much space I gave it away.

My current plan is to have a mixture of plates that aren’t identical but look nice together / are in the same color scheme. Getting that first apartment soon; scheming a lot lately.

Here’s my Corelle.

I love these plates.

^^^So reminds me of home!

We seem to have morphed into a broader discussion of plates. @Mariah, your approach is very sensible. It won’t matter when plates, bowls get broken. I now only buy white dinner sets for day to day use so they’ll always match. Doesn’t matter if something is broken, I can always find white replacements to fill the gap.

This thread reminds me so much of people I know that think that their grandmother’s china that they inherited is so valuable. The fact is that now, with more casual dinnerware that people choose to match their decor or their moods, many young people are not interested in old fancy china any more.