Slate or plate?

Goodness it's done it again. I mean every time.

Sorry, everything. Sometimes I hate this tablet!

Everything is sterilised in the dishwasher. I wouldn't worry about it!

Plate for me everything.

I've just found wewantplates on FB and Twitter!

I like my food on a plate too. Bad enough using cheap cutlery without fighting my food in small space.

I love Gransnet!

Plates can be sterilised in a dishwasher (hot wash). I agree they are best for serving fiod. I use a smooth glass chopping board.

Well Im amazed W11 girl : I remember an episode of Dr Finlays casebook where everyone got food poisoning as Janet had been chopping food on a wooden table and they showed her how bacteria had got in the cracks. She was mortified. Ive never used wooden chopping boards since then.

There was a recent article on the One Show (I think) which proved that wood is the most hygenic surface for food, something to do with the properties of wood and its barrier against bacteria I was always a bit iffy about it until this article.

It seems trendy to serve the better class of burger on a board. I ask for a plate. I get one.

Plate, I do not like the use of wood even more than slate. How is wood hygenic?

Why do some restaurants want to divide everything you order?

Chips in tin cans, beans in pots etc.

We went to one restaurant and even had a jacket potato served on an upright skewer, lord knows what that was all about.

Oh goodness! Thank you for the link. Is this a kind of madness? Shouldn't we be focusing on the food not the way it is served. How more outrageous can you get than the sanitary towel dessert?
Maybe I'm old fashioned. What would Victor Meldrew say?

We were with friends and I didn't like to make a fuss, but if it had just been the two of us I would have mentioned it. I agree that wooden platters are even worse for harbouring germs.
Sorry if there has been another thread on this subject. I did a search before I posted and nothing came up.

Did you tell them how you felt Digging?

This trend will continue if we continue to accept it. They're not mind readers , so speak up and turn the tide I say !

If threads weren't occasionally duplicated there'd be nothing to say !

I definitely want my food on a plate - I once had a pizza on a wooden platter - yuk!

Apologies for treading on anyone's toes, but didn't we have quite a thread on this last year?

I was sorely tempted to say ' take it away and put it on a plate!'

You will find like-minded people at We Want Plates, DiggingDoris. wewantplates.com

I also like plates and while we're at it, I want my drink in a glass, not a jam jar or mason jar!