I threw out my dishes! :)

Yes, these Corelle porcelain mugs are heavy and think. But, made in China. I decided to get them out of my kitchen.

My Corelle design mugs are actually Pyrex. I have Spring Blossom pattern which I purchased in 1979 as it was being discontinued. I bought 12 place setting new. I now have something like 28 plates, mugs, salt & pepper, sugar & creamer, platter, pie plates and more bowls than I've counted (maybe double the 28 plates) from garage sales and auctions. I got so many cups and saucers that I gave a box to Goodwill.

I've broken one cereal bowl that literally exploded, chipped a sliver from a plate (dh ground it down so it wasn't sharp) and maybe one other piece that got dropped in the sink. This stuff has lasted and remained attractive. Its survived 8 teenagers!!!

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My wife won't let me throw out her good china.

I've had a set of Pfaltzgraff china for 25 years now. My pattern is Heritage. When we built the vacation house, I found a set of the same stuff in the paper (50 pieces for $100) and got it for that house too, which serves as a rental.

Both sets are made in America, have held up to a power-pack family for all this time and keeps on looking great. I never get tired of it.

Pfalzgraff is made in Pennsylvania.
Every so often the PCN (Pennsylvania Cable Network) will run a feature on their production. Very interesting.

I wonder if my paper plates are made in china?

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I have Pfaltzgraff Folk Art and since it's now only sold in the By Request line on a limited basis, I've kept up with the company to see what's new.

Unfortunately they sold the company a while back and some of the last pieces I got were made in China. If I add anything else, it will be from ebay and be old stock. They sold the existing stock at a great discount when they changed hands since they were changing the logo on the bottom of the dishes and I loaded up.

To be fair, they started the China made stuff before selling out but not on this scale and not usually pieces that were used for food...mostly just display pieces. They got a ton of negative feedback for it for what it's worth.

My antique dishes that I collect is my "good china". It was made by Homer Laughlin right here in the USA.

Our every day dishes are the white Corelle. When I moved in with hubby nine years ago I was pleasantly surprised to discover that HIS dishes matched mine. We have a LOT of white Corelle dishes now.

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Another Correlle fan here. I've had one pattern or another since 1978. I have shattered a very few pieces, chipped a few others, but all in all, it's held up better than stoneware ever did! I have been trying to remember the name of the pattern I have so I can look for it on e-bay, etc. It's off-white, with blue ribbons and flowers, and a bilevel rim, more like china. The rim is trimmed in a blue band.

I did buy some new white Correlle at Christmas time this year - just to have on hand for that unexpected wedding gift or what have you.