I was a young wife and stay-at-home-mom in the early 1970s. Like many women I collected Betty Crocker box tops from products I prepared and saved them to buy flatware. I still have come of those pieces, but 45 years of wear, garbage disposals, and moves means that there are a few key pieces left and our family went on to have a couple of other sets of flatware.
Twice I've purchased flatware with purple handles only to have them begin to break. They had been hand washed and well cared for and were disappointing. I have determined not to get any sort of plastic handled flatware again. A white handled set we had held up well, but the white discolored in the hard water of Gig Harbor and the handles were so heavy that they fell off plates being carried to the table or the family room. Yes, we ought not to eat before the television, but it happens.
Betty's offerings were made by Onieda, who also made silver-plated flatware. It really was stainless, unlike the set I bought a couple of years ago at Costco. The forks weren't huge which I suppose is a commentary on Americans' eating habits. I only use the salad/dessert forks.
Now that we are preparing to move to a "new" home after 25 years in one space I feel a bit like a bride, collecting things I'd like to have to start the new chapter of our lives. I got on eBay to see if there was any Betty Crocker flatware available. There is and depending on the pattern it's rather spendy! The Brahms is ridiculous, with a single knife going for as much as $15 so that patter, of which I may have a few pieces from Goodwill, is out.
I'd like to find a complete set of something that serves 8 and be done with it without having to get pieces thither and yon which I did for my hard-to-find Corelle wisteria. What I won't do is go to Costco or Ross or any other store and buy flatware that is either too flimsy or two massive.
Twice I've purchased flatware with purple handles only to have them begin to break. They had been hand washed and well cared for and were disappointing. I have determined not to get any sort of plastic handled flatware again. A white handled set we had held up well, but the white discolored in the hard water of Gig Harbor and the handles were so heavy that they fell off plates being carried to the table or the family room. Yes, we ought not to eat before the television, but it happens.
Betty's offerings were made by Onieda, who also made silver-plated flatware. It really was stainless, unlike the set I bought a couple of years ago at Costco. The forks weren't huge which I suppose is a commentary on Americans' eating habits. I only use the salad/dessert forks.
Now that we are preparing to move to a "new" home after 25 years in one space I feel a bit like a bride, collecting things I'd like to have to start the new chapter of our lives. I got on eBay to see if there was any Betty Crocker flatware available. There is and depending on the pattern it's rather spendy! The Brahms is ridiculous, with a single knife going for as much as $15 so that patter, of which I may have a few pieces from Goodwill, is out.
I'd like to find a complete set of something that serves 8 and be done with it without having to get pieces thither and yon which I did for my hard-to-find Corelle wisteria. What I won't do is go to Costco or Ross or any other store and buy flatware that is either too flimsy or two massive.
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