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Originally Posted by tempest@de
People eating at home using paper plates, I’ve seen it several times, and today I came across it in a book where they where eating pizza in paper plates at home, mind you the plates didn’t come with the pizza, the character went to a cabinet to grab them. Is this a common thing in the US?
I don’t know anyone that eats on paper plates, here this is the kind of thing that we buy for a party or a picnic, so it easy to clean when you have a lot of people eating, but I don’t get using it to eat dinner at home, it seems to wasteful.
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Agreed. Here in the UK pizza eaten at home is effectively finger-food. We eat ours off china plates but with fingers (I had to put a stop to my partner decanting the pizza onto a dinner plate for cutting because it damaged the glaze). If I ordered pizza in, it would remain in the box and be eaten with fingers. I only eat pizza on a proper plate with knife and fork if I am eating at a restaurant.
I use paper plates when we're eating in the garden (mostly because china doesn't bounce very well and my pattern is discontinued) or on a picnic (along with plastic cutlery). I also use disposables if I'm in self-catering holiday accommodation; and I have a stash of plastic cutlery for when I'm in the office (digestive issues mean it's best to bring my own lunch in).