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I'm actually intrested.........

In how many people here have Corelle. I've been looking at it in the stores and I really like all the new patterns. My roommate said "OH GOD!!. you buy that stuff for your new place and I'll never come eat there!!" Why do some people have an oversion to this stuff??
 
I have a few pieces of Corelle,

but just a few. My aversion, and it IS an aversion, comes from 20 unrelenting years of Butterfly Gold. Ma bought service for 8 in Butterfly Gold right after the change to hook handle cups.....and many of the accessory pieces. I do miss the 1 quart and 2 quart serving bowls, but not enough to pay secondary market prices for them.

This pattern with dolphins, I could like.

Lawrence/Maytagbear
 
We have Corelle's Callaway pattern, and I like it.  But, for everyday we use my late in-laws Stetson dinnerware, pattern STT9.  It was their "good" set.  We have a few pieces from Mount Clemens Pottery with the same pattern on them.  Mount Clemens copied some of Stetson's patterns after they went out of business.

 

My mom still uses her Spring Blossom Green Corelle that she bought circa 1977.  Over the years I've found additional pieces for her at auctions & estate/tag sales. 
 
I've got some new Corelle.. Love it. it's light weight. doesn't get marks for the utensils. I have a full set of pots pans and casseroles as well. Love them as well they clean up so easy.
 
LOVE Corelle

I was insulted once by a guest that I had Corelle. Ok, maybe I shouldn't have served a guest with it, but it was a very casual dinner, and I was a poor young homeowner. At least daddy wasn't paying my rent like his was. Anyhow, I ditched the Corelle (it was my mom's don't know the pattern name, but it was brown floral pattern from the early 80's) and then subsequently went through the constant chipping, breaking, and cracking of 3 SETS of stoneware. I worked in restaurants in high school and college, so I guess I'm a bit brutal on dishes.....

Sick of it not holding up, I went to freakin' Walmart and got a starter set of Corelle in plain white. Have added extra pieces to it. I love the stuff. Indestructible, and I like the lids you can get for cereal bowels. Makes storage a cinch. Dishwasher safe, fridge, freeze, store, and I use it in a toaster oven and regular oven (but not too hot). Never had an issues. As far as I'm concerned, its the perfect everyday dinnerware. Oh, and the other great thing is that if you have limited cabinet space, it all stacks very compactly.

"I'm actually intrested.........

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In how many people here have Corelle. I've been looking at it in the stores and I really like all the new patterns. My roommate said "OH GOD!!. you buy that stuff for your new place and I'll never come eat there!!" Why do some people have an oversion to this stuff??"
 
I LOVE Corelle, I have currently a complete service for 8 in Butterfly Gold(my favorite pattern) including the platter and serving bowls, I also have the Pyrex mixing bowl set, baking pans, and the Libbey drinking glasses

I love that Corelle is lightweight, chip resistant, stacks neatly, and that I can warm stuff on it in the oven
 
I have 3 small bowls.  I once one almost every day.

 

They have some other interesting patterns.

 

We had the yellow corn flower design when I was growing up.  blah, blah.

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Corelle confession

When we first got Corelle at the store, they kept telling us it was virtually unbreakable. In showing it to customers, I had tried hitting it against the top of the store fixture several times trying to demonstrate how unbreakable it was. One night I decided to really go for broke and see what it would take. I brought a bowl down hard and boy oh boy did it break, and loudly, too. It flew into splinters. People came over to look, the accident gawker crowd, and then walked on when there was not some huge disaster to see. I was more restrained in future demos, but for its weight, it is amazingly strong. I think the heft of Centura gives it more respectability as dinnerware and it should since it was sold as such, not in the housewares dept, but in the china dept. One thing I learned about Corelle was that its thinness transmitted heat very efficiently and insulating placemats were recommended when you used it on a wood table where the finish could be damaged by the heat, like if you remember when pads were placed under hot serving dishes. I found out about this through friends who moved to a townhouse without tablespace in the kitchen, had Corelle because of the wife's shoulder problems and had to eat all of their meals on the good dining table.
 
I suppose I can be added to the list of people with an avers

to Corelle. A set of plain white Corelle featured in a chapter of my life that I'd as soon forget. I ended up having that set when that chapter closed, and I dumped almost the entire set on Goodwill, even though it could well be the last chance I have at having a matching set of china.

On practical grounds, I like Corelle for durability (only one bowl broke during the years I lived with it, and that was probably a freak accident). Plus it appears that it's still made in the US. Maybe in time memories of the past will fade enough that I could get a set.
 

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