Bone china plate

[Malcolm Stewart]

A short time ago I replaced some of my ageing Midwinter "Contrast" crockery with pieces of Thomas Medaillon White bone china, four 17cm sideplates. No metal trim, no decorations - just plain. I've now discovered that they are NOT microwaveable - even in a low power microwave and with food (2 frankfurters) sitting on them.

It would have been cheaper to get the higher cost Medaillon Platinum version - I wouldn't even have thought about putting them in the microwave! (Now after the event, I can't find any useful website relating to Thomas or Rosenthal products.)

[Mark]

"Malcolm Stewart" wrote in message news:46de5b02$0$5914$ [e-mail]...

And your question is?

mark

[Mary Fisher]

"Malcolm Stewart" wrote in message news:46de5b02$0$5914$ [e-mail]...

I put a 1940s china plate under a small dish in the conventional oven recently, to catch drips. These plates have been used daily for sixty years but this one broke in two.

I'm not pleased.

Mary

[Andrew Gabriel]

I broke (or at least cracked) one of my plates in the microwave, doing a piece of bacon on it. The break was caused by the very localised heating from the bacon. The plates have been used in the microwave many times before and since without problems, but not with such localised heating on an otherwise cold plate.

[The Medway Handyman]

Serves you right for being a philistine and cooking bacon in a microwave :-)

[Malcolm Stewart]

Hmmm. I'm beginning to think that localised heating might have been my problem. All I know is that my old Midwinter crockery lasted much longer - until I dropped them on kitchen floor. Thanks for the ideas.

[Aidan Karley]

I don't know if you're talking about new stuff, or antique stuff. So, what is it? New - you've got a re-claimable problem. Old - toss it. Antique - well, you know better now. Expensive lesson?

[Malcolm Stewart]

The background is that the Midwinter Contrast was a 1960s wedding present, and apart from having a somewhat porous glaze, has served me very well over many decades. As funds permitted I bought expensive metal decorated china, and then a low power microwave oven. This turned out to be so convenient that I decided that all future crockery purchases would be without any metal decoration so that I could warm food on them when necessary in the microwave. Hence my annoyance that the Rosenthal Thomas plain white Medaillon (bought just a few years ago) failed when put to this use; and that I failed to find any product spec on the web. (The Thomas plates' labelling makes no claims as to use in a microwave, as offered by other heavier and less elegant designs, so I wouldn't think of making a claim for replacement.)

[manatbandq]

I broke a glass the other day. I got over it.

MBQ

[The Medway Handyman]

Don't try to deal with this on your own. You could have Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome. You may feel OK now, but this macho hiding of your feelings could reveal itself in other ways.

You probably need councilling.

Hope the glass didnt have any beer in it when it broke :-)