I Always Got The One that Would Prick A Finger And Draw Blood

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themuck@reddit

I had completely forgotten about these until just now.

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Temporary-Library597@reddit

So did everyone else at the table. They ALL draw blood.

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brainfreeze77@reddit

We didn't have a dishwasher and my moment hated dishes sw we used these for 99% of our meals. I thought itnwa normal until I moved out.

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Cozy_Minty@reddit

We had plastic ones with little tabs that held the plate on. A plate for your plate

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hereforthebreakdown@reddit

You only had to use these if you were not a Chinet family. We were not a Chinet family so we had these.

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GreenZebra23@reddit

Exactly. These days you can find structurally sound paper plates for not very much more than the classic flimsy ones, but back in those days they were fancy

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Temporary-Warning883@reddit

If they’re the super cheap plates you still gotta make sure you had 2-3 of them, I never trusted just one

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frolicndetour@reddit

That must be where my trust issues originated 🤔

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elphaba00@reddit

My mom kept a set in the camper for those weekend trips

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The_Best_Yak_Ever@reddit

Whoa… that’s a core memory unlocked. We had these! Summer dinners and picnics…

I miss those days… 80’s and 90’s…

<3

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MarkyGalore@reddit

Im having a hard time finding these in t h e right sizes. I

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Hilsam_Adent@reddit

It's all fun and games until a wicker shard goes under your fingernail.

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imhereforthevotes@reddit

when you get it in the butt cheek from a wicker kitchen chair... or wicker yard furniture.

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just-_-just@reddit

Those chairs always got me in trouble. I'd sit there picking at it and breaking off every loose piece. Slowly disintegrating the furniture. SLAP

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theelephantupstream@reddit

My mother and aunt would yell, “WHO INVITED THE FAA?!” at you. That stood for Furniture Abusers of America ™️. I don’t know who came up with this joke but they got a solid 4 decades out of it.

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ospfpacket@reddit

Better than spaghetti on a paper plate without one, you know how cheap those things were,

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AetheriaInBeing@reddit

My mom had a set of these in plastic when I was a kid. Was always fun to get those out when it was burgers and dogs for dinner.

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musashi-swanson@reddit

Well, do we think a paper plate will support a steaming pile of Hamburger Helper on its own?

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hyjnx@reddit

Pretty sure my parents still have them and use them.

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Coffeewithmyair@reddit

It was this or TV trays. Do they even make TV trays anymore?

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Yes, but they are REALLY hard to find in sets with the stand any more. My parents' set gave up the ghost after like 30 years and they asked for a replacement set and the best I could find at the time were some individual ones, because they only like the ones with metal legs, not wood.

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melissa_fornow@reddit

Absolutely. I've got two of them within arm's reach right now, serving as desk extensions.

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magsli@reddit

Still use them!

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frolicndetour@reddit

My mom got rid of them when she downsized. After she moved into her new place, I was making lunch and was rooting around looking for them and she was like, oh I tossed them. 😮

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Hairy_Ad4969@reddit

Me too. Things must be older than I am

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AppleSeed81@reddit

Likewise, still got a dozen or more stacked up in the pantry at camp. Clutch for eating sandwiches off your lap on the front porch

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jackfaire@reddit

I mean it literally wasn't about making it classy. Paper plates just had shitty structural integrity back then. The wicker was a part of the system so people weren't dumping food everywhere.

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effitalll@reddit

and they were never quite clean. I think these things are the origin of my neurosis about kitchen things being extremely clean.

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Loud-Chicken6046@reddit

More like when your paper plates are so thin you can almost see through them you got to bring these bad boys out.

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KarensHandfulls@reddit

Did these die off because no one uses paper plates anymore? Did people just start using plastic and go full tilt boogie on environmental destruction? Or do we all use real plates because dish washers became more prevalent?

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gerardkimblefarthing@reddit

Probably a combo, also the wicker became tacky and passe, and paper plate technology improved considerably.

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SeaSkimmer2@reddit

Oh god. They used these at my paternal-grandmother’s lesbian house. The fanciest thing we ever ate there when we saw them once a year on Christmas was ham & cheese sandwiches, and they weren’t poor. Their remodeled kitchen for (~1990) was jet-black everything…appliances, cabinets.

Ham & cheese sandwiches on paper plates inside wicker trivets for Christmas with the lesbian grandmother & “roommate”.

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gerardkimblefarthing@reddit

That last one's a brand new sentence.

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16Shells@reddit

these were for eating on my grandparents patio, grandma would make little ham sandwiches in little buns with mustard and relish and sprouts. i miss that.

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GarblingCumfarts@reddit

I loved these lol

I wish I still had them.

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SnooStrawberries9563@reddit

https://a.co/d/0ePdvIW7

What is dead may never die

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brainvheart143@reddit

Hahaha same

We used these on nights we used the fancy corn on the cob holders

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