Square meal plates?
Andy
I watched a cooking show that served up a meal on square plates.
I've never ate from them. I don't know what if any benefit they have.
Being round plate born and raised I'm thinking, why would you want things to
gather up in a corner, rather than circulate around the plate?? Can't be
easier to clean.
Square is for baking/casserole dishes!?
Your thoughts?
Andy
Gloria P
> Square meal plates?
>
>
> Being round plate born and raised I'm thinking, why would you want things to
> gather up in a corner, rather than circulate around the plate?? Can't be
> easier to clean.
>
> Square is for baking/casserole dishes!?
>
> Your thoughts?
>
It's a matter of style and taste. They have been around for quite a few
years, in more expensive lines but now the discount stores all carry them.
I'm thinking they appeal to people with contemporary homes or those who
eat a lot of Japanese food/sushi. Those plates always seem to be square
or rectangular or even oval.
Not my style, but I don't mind them.
gloria p
notbob
>> Being round plate born.......
Than why do you have an L7 brain?
>> Square is for baking/casserole dishes!?
Do your cookies come out square, too. Could this thread be any lamer?
nb
sf
I was thinking square plates would be easier to store. Modern day
cupboards are only what... 10-11 inches on the inside? As far as
cleaning, they would sit better on the dishwasher rack.
--
I love cooking with wine.
Sometimes I even put it in the food.
notbob
Oops.... sorry Gloria...... I was replying to Andy, not you. :|
nb
Mr. Joseph Littleshoes Esq.
I think this is one of those 'if you have to ask' type questions:)
You have never been to Japan Andy? or to an upscale, elegant &
traditional Japanese restaurant?
There's a place in SF i cant recall the name off right off that serves
sushi on long square mirrors.
In most cases is esthetics but in some Japanese cases its also
convenient packaging.
Bento box meals are very common.
And sometimes a bit whimsical
http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/uimages/kitchen/2008_07_09-bento.jpg
Though mostly just aesthetics.
http://www.silverridgepottery.com/images/productphotos/japaneseitems.jpg
Even that bastion of American middle classs medioctrity, Melamine, gets
into the act.
http://www.melamineproduct.com/MelaminePlates/images/big/melamine_plate_24709-3.jpg
--
Mr. Joseph Littleshoes Esq.
Domine, dirige nos.
Let the games begin!
http://mac.easthouston.net/thehound/19950204/mp3s/start05.mp3
Andy
I have an 8lb head!
What me worry?!!
Andy
Andy
> I was thinking square plates would be easier to store. Modern day
> cupboards are only what... 10-11 inches on the inside? As far as
> cleaning, they would sit better on the dishwasher rack.
sf,
Back in my youth, I was the neighborhood window washer and let me say, the
window corners were the most time consuming.
I started with a fixed price per window by size but I quickly learned to
estimate higher for more corners rather than overall window glass
dimensions alone.
I was eagerly possitive that I'd retire at 14-years-old!
Live and learn! :(
Best,
Andy
Felice
"Andy" <a@b.c> wrote in message news:Xns9C437EC...@216.196.97.131...
Senior Daughter's husband, who does all the cooking, uses these for a
special presentation. He finds he can arrange the foods more attractively on
a square, and I must say it does look smashing.
Come to think of it, "art" is usually framed in a rectangle or square, so
why not arty food? And come to think more of it, I much prefer cornered
shapes than round!
Felice
Andy
> 4709-3.jpg --
> Mr. Joseph Littleshoes Esq.
>
> Domine, dirige nos.
> Let the games begin!
> http://mac.easthouston.net/thehound/19950204/mp3s/start05.mp3
JL,
A little much to browse at the moment.
No, I've never had Japanese food presented like you mention.
Someday we'll meet and you'll let me take you to a real square place.
Jack London Square? :)))
Best,
Andy
Mr. Joseph Littleshoes Esq.
The first image is a pic of a bento box from Yoshis's a very good local
Japanese resturant with great live jazz in the evenings.
--
Mr. Joseph Littleshoes Esq.
Domine, dirige nos.
Let the games begin!
Giusi
"Felice"
> Senior Daughter's husband, who does all the cooking, uses these for a >
> special presentation. He finds he can arrange the foods more attractively
> on > a square, and I must say it does look smashing.
>
> Come to think of it, "art" is usually framed in a rectangle or square, so
> why not arty food? And come to think more of it, I much prefer cornered
> shapes than round!
>
> Felice
It makes it much easier to take good photos, too. There's an angle or a
corner to play sofy food shapes against.
Andy
> The first image is a pic of a bento box from Yoshis's a very good local
> Japanese resturant with great live jazz in the evenings.
JL,
Your URL is too long, even unwrapped without doing text surgery.
www.tinyurl.com or www.shorturl.com are your friends.
Do us a favor?
Best,
Andy
John Kane
Well Joseph L. makes a good case for Japanese square plates. Other
than that, my opinion is that some poxy designers who never had to eat
from or wash such dishes though it would be a good idea to make
plates, bowls coffee cups etc in strange shapes. Have you ever had a
square coffee cup !!!!
John Kane, Kingston ON Canada
Andy
John,
No but I've sipped a cocktail out of this...
http://i25.tinypic.com/2w4mq2r.jpg
Kinda/sorta gives gravity a run for its money. :D
Andy
Mr. Joseph Littleshoes Esq.
Im a Mac user, it compensates all on its own:)
However ..... at your suggestion ....
Its a pretty picture and i can attest to the tastiness of the image
reproduced:)
Nancy2
things to
> gather up in a corner, rather than circulate around the plate?? Can't be
> easier to clean.
>
> Square is for baking/casserole dishes!?
>
> Your thoughts?
>
> Andy
Andy, I think you're the reincarnation of our dear Moosie, lost to the
group a few years ago. Next, I swear, you'll be telling us that
chickens are raised with one leg longer and plumper than the
other ....
N.
Andy
>
>
> Andy wrote:
>> Mr. Joseph Littleshoes Esq. said...
>>
>>
>>>The first image is a pic of a bento box from Yoshis's a very good local
>>>Japanese resturant with great live jazz in the evenings.
>>
>>
>>
>> JL,
>>
>> Your URL is too long, even unwrapped without doing text surgery.
>>
>> www.tinyurl.com or www.shorturl.com are your friends.
>>
>> Do us a favor?
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Andy
>
> Im a Mac user, it compensates all on its own:)
>
> However ..... at your suggestion ....
>
> http://alturl.com/xs8k
>
> Its a pretty picture and i can attest to the tastiness of the image
> reproduced:)
JL,
Thanks!
Very nice!
I like the non-equality of the plate sections! The food looks delicious
too, whatever it is!
If I were a restaurant chef, I could see that as a great presentation to
customers. Doubt I'd do something so fancy in my kitchen, except on super-
holidays, like when we land a man on Mars, this time next week? :D
Best,
Andy
Andy
Nancy,
Heh heh heh heh heh!
I ain't yet been able to get a chicken to cross the road. Why? I dunno! ;)
Andy
Sqwertz
> Square meal plates?
>
> I watched a cooking show that served up a meal on square plates.
>
> I've never ate from them. I don't know what if any benefit they have.
Did you take extra pills this morning?
> Your thoughts?
You're an idiot.
-sw
Mark Thorson
>
> It's a matter of style and taste. They have been around for quite a few
> years, in more expensive lines but now the discount stores all carry them.
>
> I'm thinking they appeal to people with contemporary homes or those who
> eat a lot of Japanese food/sushi. Those plates always seem to be square
> or rectangular or even oval.
>
> Not my style, but I don't mind them.
On the other hand, it is my style. For the last 20 years or so,
I've been using square plates that I buy at one of the local
Asian food stores. I also use Japanese bowls, in fact
I bought three of them earlier this week after I broke my last
one. I use the bowls much more often than I use the plates.
I don't think there's any particular advantage to them,
except that they're smaller. I usually clear a small area
for my dinner, and these plates fit that area much better
than a large round plate.
Jean B.
I have some, but I never think to use them. Maybe I'll give them
to my daughter when she decamps.
--
Jean B.
Jean B.
Except for my antique lacquered with mother of pearl inlaid ones,
the corners are somewhat rounded.
--
Jean B.
Arri London
We have two sets of square plates. They are hardly sharp-cornered and
don't gather anything. We have one triangular plate, but that is
normally used for serving. We have some square bowls too.
Having every plate round is boring to the ultimate :)
Gloria P
>
> Andy, I think you're the reincarnation of our dear Moosie, lost to the
> group a few years ago. Next, I swear, you'll be telling us that
> chickens are raised with one leg longer and plumper than the
> other ....
>
> N.
I forget--is it the one they stand on most of the time or the other one,
the one that rests?
RIP Moosie. You made us smile a lot.
gloria p
Phil..c
Have square round and oval plates
What I like about the square plates as they are large and THICK heavy
things is the heat retention . We put all plates before hot food goes on
them in the sink and soak with scolding water . After a while
dry off and immediately place the hot food onto them .
The thicker plates just keep the food in a better condition IMO .
For some reason Grilled or poached salmon now only go onto the square
plates . From a presentation viewpoint think the salmon looks great
As do the various Rendangs and curries on a bed of rice again the heat
keeping properties just better to eat off IMO
However, if we had not acquired the dinner ware (again at a catering
auction Brand NEW ) Came with other odds and ends and as such were a
steal . We probably would never have specifically gone and made the
purchase
The opposite is of course cooling whack them in the freezer the night
before the oysters arrive. Bed of Sea salt and slices of lemon
and they can fit a Dozen Large Tasmanian or NEW Zealand oysters with
shells on them . Again happy with the presentation . Although nothing
beats eating oysters straight from the ocean sigh
Mr. Joseph Littleshoes Esq.
Mr. Joseph Littleshoes Esq. wrote:
>
>
> In most cases is esthetics but in some Japanese cases its also
> convenient packaging.
And, i remembered, packing.
A goodly part of the Japanese 'esthetic' is a warrior based 'aesthetic.'
Wherein ones 'home' is just a military 'camp' and as efficient and tidy
and utilitarian as only the military can make it:) Even the Shogun's
Palace is little more than a General Headquarters where all the
inhabitants are senior staff and soldiers.
And of course square "China" or even porcelain or clay vessels, bowls as
well as plates, pack more efficiently if square rather than round.
The Emperor in Kyoto would eat off of round and oval or even irregularly
shaped dishes. As would the Chinese mandarins, middle class and
Imperial Court of China.
But the Samurai exalted their military prowess to an esthetic level that
permeated their middle class in a way 'military discipline' never
happened to the middle class in say Europe or America. And the first
porcaline came from China not japan and the plates were round, and
saucers were bowls and tea cups had no handles:) and sat in the bowl
that only latter became, in Europe, a saucer, upon which to sit the now
handle attatched drinking cup that was originaly a no handle serving
container to pour into the bowl that became the saucer to set the cup upon.
One of Queen Victoria's bona fide remarks she was quoted as saying by
several reliable witness's was "I will NOT have my house run with
military discipline!!!" if she had written it down she would have
underlined it thrice:
It was a comment, a public rebuke to one of her younger sons, a serving
officer in Her Army, when she felt the need to publicly rebuke him in
Her own home in front of other people, he was being rude to the
servants! Demanding of them an exactitude and promptness of service he
bragged about getting from "the men under him."
And while amongst certain 'county' gentry of old England a certain
military style, or even atmosphere was kept up for the sake of the Ret.
Major or Colonel it was always with an assumed sense of eccentric
pomposity that just the nature of the beast.
Very few cultures run their homes on 'military lines' some few like the
Japanese have, and many more to a lesser degree in older times even in
the west.
Sparta of course in ancient times. It has become a by word, even a life
style. And not just in certain neighborhoods of San Francisco:)
Even Louis XIV at Versailles which was just as much a General
Headquarters for his military as the Shoguns Palace was for his, Louis
indulged the artists, he wanted "Glory" in stone and gold and precious
gems and fabulous gardens & etc. etc. etc. but left it up to the artists
to actually produce the art. He did not try to impose a military
discipline on them or his family.
In fact he is famous for taking the traditional military role of the
nobles of the sword away from them and giving it to 'new men' and in
many other ways neutering the old aristocracy and putting the new
'middle class' in positions of authority. Instead of freezing the class
structure the way the Shogun did in the late 1500's c.e., making it
almost impossible to move from peasant to Samurai or merchant or artisan
or even priest unless one were either very old or very sick.
--
Mr. Joseph Littleshoes Esq.
Domine, dirige nos.
Let the games begin!
Stan Horwitz
> Square meal plates?
>
> I watched a cooking show that served up a meal on square plates.
>
> I've never ate from them. I don't know what if any benefit they have.
>
> Being round plate born and raised I'm thinking, why would you want things to
> gather up in a corner, rather than circulate around the plate?? Can't be
> easier to clean.
>
> Square is for baking/casserole dishes!?
>
> Your thoughts?
I recently bought some square plates. I bought them from Target, but I
have seen them at Wegman's. My reason for buying them was simple. They
fit in my cupboard more efficiently than round plates.
Christine Dabney
wrote:
Not only that, but depending on your artistic/esthetic tastes..they
can be very pleasing. I have no practical reason for liking them
myself, other than sometimes they can be esthetically pleasing.
Sometimes...
Christine
--
http://nightstirrings.blogspot.com
Andy
> I recently bought some square plates. I bought them from Target, but I
> have seen them at Wegman's. My reason for buying them was simple. They
> fit in my cupboard more efficiently than round plates.
Stan,
Sounds like a square inch fixation to me. LOL!
Best,
Andy
Phil..c
Reckon that is as good a reason we shall see
re this topic . Talk about a square deal
One question what colour ?
PeterL
news:stan-8B803F.0...@news.newsguy.com:
>
> I recently bought some square plates. I bought them from Target, but I
> have seen them at Wegman's. My reason for buying them was simple. They
> fit in my cupboard more efficiently than round plates.
>
I've been using square plates for quite some time.
http://s199.photobucket.com/albums/aa216/PeterL_2007/
They're in there somewhere!!
--
Peter Lucas
Brisbane
Australia
Killfile all Google Groups posters.........
Melba's Jammin'
"Mr. Joseph Littleshoes Esq." <jpst...@isp.com> wrote:
> Though mostly just aesthetics.
>
> http://www.silverridgepottery.com/images/productphotos/japaneseitems.jpg
Those are beautiful. I have pottery pieces (serving pieces, pitcher)
made by Ruthann Maz� � her Iris pattern
(http://www.east-westarts.com/pottery/index.html) and a couple years ago
decided to buy the dinnerware. I have round dinner plates, though they
are the luncheon plate size at 9" diameter and just ordered the square
dessert plates. Kids gave me a couple bowls for Christmas a couple
years ago and Chris ordered a couple more for my birthday; they should
arrive soon.
--
-Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
http://web.me.com/barbschaller - good news 4-6-2009
"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a great battle."
-Philo of Alexandria
Andy
>> Though mostly just aesthetics.
>>
>> http://www.silverridgepottery.com/images/productphotos/japaneseitems.jpg
>
> Those are beautiful.
Yes! Hopefully they're not lead-based painted.
Andy
brooklyn1
>
> Square meal plates?
>
I know all about square meal plates...
http://www.uss-rangerguy.com/AlanThiese.htm
But I gotta think the civilian style square plates hasta be gay dinnerware,
I mean what kinda man is gonna eat a burger and a beer off a froo froo
plate... c'mon... lookit that pink shirt, pink cup... blonde hair on that
don't ask don't tell cutie pie! LOL
Andy
LOLOLOL!!!!!!
Andy
John Kane
Not a glass to have after the second martini!
John Kane Kingston ON Canada
Andy
John,
Ain't that the truth! LOL!!!
Best,
Andy
jmcquown
> Square meal plates?
>
> I watched a cooking show that served up a meal on square plates.
>
> I've never ate from them. I don't know what if any benefit they have.
>
> Being round plate born and raised I'm thinking, why would you want things
> to
> gather up in a corner, rather than circulate around the plate?? Can't be
> easier to clean.
>
> Square is for baking/casserole dishes!?
>
> Your thoughts?
>
> Andy
There's no benefit. They're just a little quirky and different. They don't
have sharp corners you have to scrub free of food. They're like any other
plate except they're square. I find them to be a pleasing change of pace.
My every day dishes are white, lattice patterned and yes, they are round. I
love them, but I've been looking for some different brightly coloured
serving dishes to use with them. Square would fit the bill and make the
table look interesting.
Jill
Andy
> There's no benefit. They're just a little quirky and different. They
> don't have sharp corners you have to scrub free of food. They're like
> any other plate except they're square. I find them to be a pleasing
> change of pace. My every day dishes are white, lattice patterned and
> yes, they are round. I love them, but I've been looking for some
> different brightly coloured serving dishes to use with them. Square
> would fit the bill and make the table look interesting.
>
> Jill
Jill,
I realize it's a "visual matter of taste" more than anything else.
On a round table, a square plate might look a little off and visa versa.
<smootch>
Best,
Andy
maxine
>
> I watched a cooking show that served up a meal on square plates.
>
> I've never ate from them. I don't know what if any benefit they have.
>
> Being round plate born and raised I'm thinking, why would you want things to
> gather up in a corner, rather than circulate around the plate?? Can't be
> easier to clean.
>
> Square is for baking/casserole dishes!?
>
> Your thoughts?
>
> Andy
Dunno about square, but I was in Super 88 the other day and really
liked the idea of an oval plate/platter. That way you could keep the
two end items from running into each other....
maxne in ri
blake murphy
> On 2009-07-09, Gloria P <gpue...@comcast.net> wrote:
>
>>> Being round plate born.......
>
> Than why do you have an L7 brain?
>
>>> Square is for baking/casserole dishes!?
>
> Do your cookies come out square, too. Could this thread be any lamer?
>
> nb
if experience is any guide, andy will come up with something even lamer
tomorrow...
your pal,
blake
Andy
"No legs murphy", really, how weak can you get?
HA!!!
Chemiker
<jrkr...@gmail.com> wrote:
>On Jul 9, 12:29�pm, Andy <a...@b.c> wrote:
>> Square meal plates?
>Well Joseph L. makes a good case for Japanese square plates. Other
>than that, my opinion is that some poxy designers who never had to eat
>from or wash such dishes though it would be a good idea to make
>plates, bowls coffee cups etc in strange shapes. Have you ever had a
>square coffee cup !!!!
Yes, and square water glasses. I like square plates for longish stuff,
like grilled asparagus. I prefer oval ones for some dishes, like
mudbug etouffe on one side and deep-fried MB tails on the other.
Slaw goes in the middle <G>
Square drinking vessels? Products of a sick mind.
Alex
Michael Siemon
Chemiker <prussia...@verizon.net> wrote:
I've been served them occasionally; I didn't see any problem,
other than possible aesthetic over-enthusiasm.
Andy
> Square drinking vessels? Products of a sick mind.
LOL!
Pop had a set of square cocktail glasses. You really had to prepare yourself
to take a sip! Probably explains why Pop didn't drink much.
Andy
Salmon Ella
"Andy" <a@b.c> wrote in message news:Xns9C437EC...@216.196.97.131...
>
>
> Andy
You need to get a life.
Andy
HA!!!
With a name Salmon Ella, you honestly need to get two or more lives!!! And
quick! Asshole!
LOLOL!!!
Andy
--
Ladies and gentlemen, Elvis has left the building. Thank you and good night.
Wayne Boatwright
Brain dead people do not "get a life".
--
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Oh, the tiger will love you. There is no sincerer love than the
love of food. ~George Bernard Shaw, Man and Superman
Andy
cybercat
"Salmon Ella" <phis...@aohell.coma> wrote in message
news:h39tad$5fc$1...@aioe.org...
Andy
> On Sat 11 Jul 2009 04:33:21a, Salmon Ella told us...
>
>>
>> "Andy" <a@b.c> wrote in message
>> news:Xns9C437EC...@216.196.97.131...
>>>
>>> Your thoughts?
>>>
>>> Andy
>>
>> You need to get a life.
>
> Brain dead people do not "get a life".
Wayne... wanna know what I think of you?
Andy
You got a fag tag to protect you now???
Andy
Andy
> Wayne, you turned from a fag into an actual dumb fag.
>
> You got a fag tag to protect you now???
>
> Andy
Tell ya what, Wayne... I subscrite to the "if you don't have anything good to
say, don't say anything" theory. Sometimes you piss me off! Oh well.
You should look yourself in the mirror.
Andy
brooklyn1
> Salmon Ella said...
>> "Andy" wrote
>>>
>>> Your thoughts?
>>>
>>> Andy
>>
>> You need to get a life.
>
>
> HA!!!
>
> With a name Salmon Ella, you honestly need to get two or more lives!!! And
> quick! Asshole!
>
> LOLOL!!!
>
> Andy
>
Um, Andy... with a name like Salmon Ella she needs to get boned! hehe
Andy
Heh heh heh heh heh!
Nods on befalf of myself and the evil twin ;)
Andy
blake murphy
the truth hurts, huh, andy?
blake
blake murphy
because your mom drank it all when she was pregnant with you.
blake
blake murphy
oooh, andy calls a gay man a fag!!! what a brilliant sally!!
blake
maxine
> blake murphy said...
>
>
>
> > On Thu, 09 Jul 2009 18:01:55 GMT, notbob wrote:
>
>
> >>>> Being round plate born.......
>
> >> Than why do you have an L7 brain?
>
> >>>> Square is for baking/casserole dishes!?
>
> >> Do your cookies come out square, too. Could this thread be any lamer?
>
> >> nb
>
> > if experience is any guide, andy will come up with something even lamer
> > tomorrow...
>
> > your pal,
> > blake
>
> "No legs murphy", really, how weak can you get?
>
> HA!!!
Tacky, Andy, tacky.
maxine in ri
Michael Kuettner
Cheers,
Michael Kuettner
Wayne Boatwright
<G>
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artificial flavors and furniture polish is made from real lemons.
~Alfred E. Newman
Wayne Boatwright
Between alcohol and his increasing dimentia, Andy probably won't be with us
much longer anyway.
Hey, do you remember when Andy first started posting here as "Andy", and
soon thereafter someone posted that he sounded familiar? Andy responded
that he used to post here under another name, but wouldn't reveal it
because he had disgraced himself while using the old name. I'd say he's
done it time and time again...
Time for another name change, Andy?
--
Wayne Boatwright
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way a navigator uses stars. ~Charles Kuralt
Wayne Boatwright
> Square meal plates?
>
> I watched a cooking show that served up a meal on square plates.
>
> I've never ate from them. I don't know what if any benefit they have.
>
> Being round plate born and raised I'm thinking, why would you want
> things to gather up in a corner, rather than circulate around the
> plate?? Can't be easier to clean.
>
> Square is for baking/casserole dishes!?
>
> Your thoughts?
>
> Andy
>
My thoughts? I think your fuckin' crazy and getting moreso by the day.
Your brain cells must be in the single digit range now.
--
Wayne Boatwright
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A man is in general better pleased when he has a good dinner upon
his table, than when his wife talks Greek. ~Samuel Johnson
Arri London
"Phil..c" wrote:
>
> Arri London wrote:
> >
> > Andy wrote:
> >> Square meal plates?
> >>
> >> I watched a cooking show that served up a meal on square plates.
> >>
> >> I've never ate from them. I don't know what if any benefit they have.
> >>
> >> Being round plate born and raised I'm thinking, why would you want things to
> >> gather up in a corner, rather than circulate around the plate?? Can't be
> >> easier to clean.
> >>
> >> Square is for baking/casserole dishes!?
> >>
> >> Your thoughts?
> >>
> >> Andy
> >
> >
> > We have two sets of square plates. They are hardly sharp-cornered and
> > don't gather anything. We have one triangular plate, but that is
> > normally used for serving. We have some square bowls too.
> >
> > Having every plate round is boring to the ultimate :)
>
> Have square round and oval plates
>
> What I like about the square plates as they are large and THICK heavy
> things is the heat retention . We put all plates before hot food goes on
> them in the sink and soak with scolding water . After a while
> dry off and immediately place the hot food onto them .
>
> The thicker plates just keep the food in a better condition IMO .
>
>
Why are you upsetting those harmless plates with bad-tempered H2O? LOL
Presumably you meant 'scalding'...
<smip rest>
Arri London
"Phil..c" wrote:
>
> Stan Horwitz wrote:
> > In article <Xns9C437EC...@216.196.97.131>, Andy <a@b.c> wrote:
> >
> >> Square meal plates?
> >>
> >> I watched a cooking show that served up a meal on square plates.
> >>
> >> I've never ate from them. I don't know what if any benefit they have.
> >>
> >> Being round plate born and raised I'm thinking, why would you want things to
> >> gather up in a corner, rather than circulate around the plate?? Can't be
> >> easier to clean.
> >>
> >> Square is for baking/casserole dishes!?
> >>
> >> Your thoughts?
> >
> > I recently bought some square plates. I bought them from Target, but I
> > have seen them at Wegman's. My reason for buying them was simple. They
> > fit in my cupboard more efficiently than round plates.
>
> Reckon that is as good a reason we shall see
> re this topic . Talk about a square deal
>
> One question what colour ?
Depends on what the food is. We like to serve certain things on black
platters cos it looks nice. Other things go on colourless glass plates.
Other things on white or cream coloured.
nospam
>
> I subscrite to the "if you don't have anything good to say, don't say anything" theory.
If that is true then why are you posting hateful drivel - dumb fuck?
ns
D
> On Thu 09 Jul 2009 09:29:26a, Andy told us...
>
>> Square meal plates?
>>
>> I watched a cooking show that served up a meal on square plates.
>>
>> I've never ate from them. I don't know what if any benefit they have.
>>
>> Being round plate born and raised I'm thinking, why would you want
>> things to gather up in a corner, rather than circulate around the
>> plate?? Can't be easier to clean.
>>
>> Square is for baking/casserole dishes!?
>>
>> Your thoughts?
>>
>> Andy
>>
>
> My thoughts? I think your fuckin' crazy and getting moreso by the day.
> Your brain cells must be in the single digit range now.
>
I agree with this post.
d
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Brian Huntley
>
> I watched a cooking show that served up a meal on square plates.
>
> I've never ate from them. I don't know what if any benefit they have.
>
> Being round plate born and raised I'm thinking, why would you want things to
> gather up in a corner, rather than circulate around the plate?? Can't be
> easier to clean.
>
> Square is for baking/casserole dishes!?
We had a Melmac set we used for camping when I was growing up, where
everything was square. They packed well, and were quite practical.
However, the cups were square, too. You had to be careful when
drinking hot chocolate around the fire to be sure and drink from a
corner, or you'd get two streams of hot liquid pouring over you. We
*tried* to remember to warn guests.
blake murphy
his 'subscrition' lapsed.
your pal,
blake
Mr. Joseph Littleshoes Esq.
> Mr. Joseph Littleshoes Esq. said...
>
>
>>
>> Andy wrote:
>>
>>> Mr. Joseph Littleshoes Esq. said...
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> The first image is a pic of a bento box from Yoshis's a very
>>>> good
> local
>>>> Japanese resturant with great live jazz in the evenings.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> JL,
>>>
>>> Your URL is too long, even unwrapped without doing text surgery.
>>>
>>> www.tinyurl.com or www.shorturl.com are your friends.
>>>
>>> Do us a favor?
>>>
>>> Best,
>>>
>>> Andy
>>
>> Im a Mac user, it compensates all on its own:)
>>
>> However ..... at your suggestion ....
>>
>> http://alturl.com/xs8k
>>
>> Its a pretty picture and i can attest to the tastiness of the image
>> reproduced:)
>
>
>
> JL,
>
> Thanks!
>
> Very nice!
>
> I like the non-equality of the plate sections! The food looks
> delicious too, whatever it is!
Lets see if i can deconstruct the image:)
In the upper left hand corner we have the sushi i never eat at Yoshi's
or anywhere else though im told its very good:(
next to it in the little semi circular section is a bit of the green
Japanese horseradish sauce, i cant recall its name right off the top of
my head. And i think the little bit that sort of looks like tomatoes
next to it is actualy some thin sliced salmon.
Next to it in the upper right hand corner is some vegi tempura.
In the lower right corner is a serving of chicken Yakatori. Next to it
on the left is a salad with Yoshi's own peanut salad dressing (the
yellow stuff on top of the salad.) Though it might be one of his tofu
based salad dressings.
>
>
> If I were a restaurant chef, I could see that as a great presentation
> to customers. Doubt I'd do something so fancy in my kitchen, except
> on super- holidays, like when we land a man on Mars, this time next
> week? :D
>
> Best,
>
> Andy
Oy! if i could have my fantasy resturant it would be a modern adaptation
of the central residence block of the palace of Versailles in a very
rural setting, idealy in an ancient forest primevile and near a rageing
river.
Dinner in the hall of mirrors for 500?
There are little places in old houses like that in both northern
California and Oregon. You drive for miles and hours to this out of the
way 'road house' deep in the ancient forest, at some of them the food is
of secondary importance, and the envinronment what one goes for.
--
JL