Variety of plate shapes

Among the whole variety of kitchen cutlery, I would like to talk separately about plates. They are an integral attribute of every kitchen, take part in many processes. All dishes are served on the kitchen table on plates, all of them are eaten, and, of course, some prefer to resolve conflict and controversial situations using this cutlery.

The assortment and choice of plates in the modern market of dishes is quite diverse and large. They may vary in shape, spaciousness, design design. A wide selection makes it possible to purchase many different similar products for the kitchen, because there must be a lot of them a priori. In this article, we will take a closer look at the variety and abundance of plate shapes.

Each kitchen has different containers for food, but not everyone can say exactly what they are called and what they are used for.

So, there are the following types of plates.

• Canteen. Most often, it is oval or round in shape, it serves hot dishes. Such a container can be deep, with a diameter of 20–24 cm, it serves the first dishes, and small, with a diameter of 27–32 cm, it serves the second dishes.
• Salad bowlwhich may be batch or general. It is intended for both salads and pickles and fresh vegetables.
• The diner. It can be large or standard in size. The first, 26–31 cm in diameter, serves meat or sweet dishes with sauces. The standard one is intended for hot appetizers, cheese or sausage slices, its size is not more than 20 cm.
• Dish. The shape of this plate can be very different. It presents fish, meat, game, canapes. The standard size is 40–45 cm.
• Bowl. Presented in the form of a cup without a handle.In this container, you can serve anything.
• Dessert. This dish serves fruits or desserts. It is shallow and deep, and its size does not exceed 20 cm. Most often it is a flat plate on which even a cake can easily fit.
• Bread. The size is 16-18 cm, designed for flour products and butter.
• Fish. This plate has an elongated, oval-like shape. Its length is 33–37 cm, width - 23–26 cm.
• Herring girl. In this utensil, herring, canned fish, and finished fish are served on the table. It is very similar to a fish plate, but larger.
• Soup. A sufficiently capacious capacity is 250–500 cm³. Designed for soups, cereals, granola.
• Broth. This is a bowl with handles for serving broth. It has a sufficiently large capacity - 350-400 cm³.
• Deep bottom. It is used for pasta and various second courses.
• Serving - put under another plate. That is, she takes part in table setting as a stand.

Plates are the element of the kitchen that has always been present. But if earlier in the kitchen only round dishes of various diameters could be observed, today the assortment of forms is really surprising and amazing. A large selection is due to the availability of new materials, technologies, equipment, unlimited possibilities.

The most popular forms are:

• a circle;
• square;
• oval;
• rectangle.

The above configurations are considered standard - you will not surprise anyone. But there are quite original options that definitely will not go unnoticed:

• the cup "Evangilion";
• capacity in the form of an apple-core;
• a dish in the form of a cartoon character;
• pizza dishes;
• keyboard capacity;
• capacity in the form of a shark’s mouth, flower bud, cloud, bottle.

The choice of kitchen utensils should be approached responsibly. It must be taken into account that a plate is a dish that is often used, therefore it must be, first of all, of high quality and harmless.

There are certain criteria for choosing plates that you should adhere to when choosing a container for eating and serving. Determining factors and criteria are presented below.

The raw material from which the dishes are made is the most important. Each material gives products special characteristics and characteristics.

• China. Today, porcelain plates are considered an element of luxury. It is also worth noting that the identification mark for determining porcelain dishes is weight - it is quite weighty. The cost of porcelain dishes is quite high.
• Clay. Ceramic plates are very high quality and durable, but heavy.
• Faience. This is another popular tableware material. Earthenware dishes, compared with porcelain, are not so durable, but quite comfortable and high quality. It’s easy to care for her, and her appearance is very attractive. It is worth remembering that such a plate is fragile.
• Wood. Wooden utensils were used many centuries ago, but remain popular to this day. It is considered the most environmentally friendly and unusual. A large and, perhaps, its main drawback is the tendency to absorb all odors, so it must be washed very carefully.
• Glass. Glass plates are one of the most popular today. They can be seen in every kitchen. They can be of various shapes and sizes. Their great advantage is the ability to use in a microwave oven.

Determining the color of the dishes, today most people focus on the design of the kitchen itself.If a design repair is made in the room and a certain style is present, then you need to choose such dishes that will best suit the general atmosphere.

You also need to consider the effect of color on well-being, the mood of a person who is in contact with the dishes. Bright shades are able to arouse appetite, cheer up. Red dishes are considered to be popular, and white brings calm and harmony.

Choosing a plate by this criterion, they are primarily repelled by the practicality and convenience of using it. Of course, it’s possible to make several unusual containers to cheer up, but in most cases everyone buys standard options. The most popular are square plates, rectangular, oval.

This is also an important selection criterion. There are a huge number of manufacturers of kitchen utensils today. They are distinguished by the quality of manufactured products, which can be judged by looking at the price. Good and durable dishes cannot be cheap, like any other thing.

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