/r/cooking commits a hecking ableism over paper plates

I don't have enough disposable spoons for this.

oh, great, this classist and ableist conversation. again

I guess I missed it before. I come and go from Reddit because it gets to me sometimes.

But also, if you're cooking at home, who is washing the pots and pans? Who is washing the cooking utensils? Are they able to wash those, but not a plate?

what if that's exactly their circumstance? why should someone have to disclose their disability so you can grant approval of their life choices? have you ever considered that it's none of your concern and maybe you should mind your own fricking business?

You're assuming I'm wanting a lot more out of people than I actually do. It was just an observation. Still don't understand why washing a plate is so much harder than a dirty, greasy skillet.

bc they don't make a disposable skillet so I'll cut the corners that are able to be cut, and you should appreciate that your claim that washing dishes is so easy that it wouldn't make sense to avoid it, is itself a very clear expression of your ableism, classism, and narrow worldview

That's a lot to assume about me from a question about paper plates....

I don't have to assume anything bc you explicitly said you judge paper users as trashy

No. I might be surprised, but the food would taste as good. It wouldn't be standard here (UK) so yes, surprised, but... frankly your question smacks of snobbery and ableism.

The material of the plates also doesn't dictate the garnish. Plenty of street food on paper plates is more vivaciously garnished than home cooked food slopped onto porcelain.

Honestly I think you're trying to get a cooking subreddit to shore up a social prejudice. I hope we collectively get you to rethink.

You're sort of missing the point. Someone who is unable to wash a plate is unable to cook at home as well.

I'm really not. I've lived with a chronic illness for 20+ years. It's not a question of ability but what you prioritise with limited ability. In this case, the food or the washing up? I'd rather prioritise the food.

I'm not white trash or 600 pounds so I don't use paper plates at home.

That was definitely not what I was implying with my question.

Everything tastes better when you know you don't have to do the dishes.

So you don't wash the pots, pans and other cooking accouterments you use?

No, I have offspring for that.

It sounds like you have a lot of time on your hands to be thinking about the vessel other people use to eat food.

The only 100% ecologically friendly way to eat is out of your bare hand (or feet - no judgement).

I just noticed a lot of people on Reddit sharing posts of their delicious home-cooked meals on paper serving ware. Didn't really think about it much, but decided to see if anyone else though this kind of ruined the whole meal vibe for them. Looks pretty evenly divided, but the people that think I'm being judgy are crankier.

Is this an American thing? I've never been served on a paper plate outside of a barbecue

No, it's not an 'American' thing, it's a 'some people prefer paper plates for their own reasons' thing. To each their own, I guess.

It's VERY rare to see people using disposable plates for any kind of regular indoor dining outside of north America. In contrast, loads of Americans use paper bowls and plates for everything.

It absolutely IS an American thing.

"Loads?" I don't know anyone who does.

But if you say so.

Go visit:

A trailer park.

A poor neighborhood.

A church function.

etc.

go visit a church function that's would use paper plates

🙄

Seriously? Wow. Thanks for letting me know you have NO CLUE what you're talking about.

The capital letters were a cute touch lol

But not sure how your comment makes any sense as a reply.

You mention a place that would use paper plate because of the type of setting they're in as an example of how Americans use tons of them and don't see why that's funny 😂

You aren't even able to meaningfully follow what's occurring in this conversation.

Honestly it mostly gives me a "I do all the cooking and cleaning. No one helps me. So I got paper plates so I don't have to wash so many dishes" vibes. Also maybe helpful for people who had ADHD or cannot do dishes due to mobility issues

Paper plates absorb juices and gravies and such. And anything that requires cutting with a knife is a pain on paper plates.

This is why I double up on paper plates when eating something like that. Otherwise you'll saw right through it by accident while cutting a steak

Before anyone says anything about waste, I don't own a car. I figure that more than makes up for my using one paper plate instead of two when I eat a wet dish

I've read that if you serve the same food on a white plate and some other not-white plate, people will tell you the food on the white plate tastes better. So while I personally don't think much about plating, presentation apparently matters to the point it affects how people think the food tastes.

TIL taste is racist

Taste has informed me it is only wearing that white hood to honor its heritage.