Disposable plates and utensils for Thanksgiving dinner?

[3d]

For large parties and get-togethers like Thanksgiving, Christmas, Birthdays, etc. I prefer to use disposable plates and utensils for ease of cleanup at the end of the night. The fancy thick paper plates with designs

Red Solo cups for drinks. Sharpie marker to write your name on it.

At the end of the party I (as the kind wonderful host) literally bring out a garbage bag and clear the table before dessert and coffee. Coffee in styrofoam cups.

Does anyone else do this? Or is it weird?

[TL]

We use disposable for Christmas. Who keeps a full dish set for 16 on hand, and wants to wash that many dishes after the meal on top of the many pots and pans?

[Kraniac]

You're weird..

[NewtonMP2100]

....Red Solo cups.....??

...'O Solo mio.......

[3d]

TL wrote:
We use disposable for Christmas. Who keeps a full dish set for 16 on hand, and wants to wash that many dishes after the meal on top of the many pots and pans?

When we got married we were gifted a table setting for 8. (8 dinner plates, 8 salad plates, 8 soup bowls, 8 cereal bowls, 8 mugs) So in a pinch we could serve 16, the salad plates are on the large side.

And we've accumulated a whole collection of Corelle plates as well. Silverware for 12. Wine glasses. Champagne flutes.

When we moved, we didn't even unpack half the stuff since we always used disposables for parties.

[Filliam H. Muffman]

Try to get compostable items if you are buying new stuff.

[OWC Jamie]

We used to have an adults' table in the dining room and a kids' table in the back "sun" room and the kids would get the paper or plastic routine.

Now the house is child proofed but they still get in.
Ha!
Now we go to their house and raise hell.
and we get the paper plates.

[Markintosh]

3d wrote:
For large parties and get-togethers like Thanksgiving, Christmas, Birthdays, etc. I prefer to use disposable plates and utensils for ease of cleanup at the end of the night. The fancy thick paper plates with designs

Red Solo cups for drinks. Sharpie marker to write your name on it.

At the end of the party I (as the kind wonderful host) literally bring out a garbage bag and clear the table before dessert and coffee. Coffee in styrofoam cups.

Does anyone else do this? Or is it weird?

And just where do you think all of that %$#$% goes after you put it in the garbage bag?

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[Dennis S]

I prefer real stuff. It's not fancy and lots of it is mixed. Two reasons are paper stuff costs money, plus dogs and wild animals get into the trash when there is food leftovers in it.

[pRICE cUBE]

IMHO If you supply the food and the venue and are cleaning up, you can use whatever utensils you darn well please.

If I were the recipient of this meal I would be grateful for good food I didn't have to cook or wash the pots and pans for.