I have a Doulton dinner tea and coffee service which I used to use frequently for family birthdays or when people came for a meal - I stopped using it so much when I became the owner of a dishwasher and the plates habe a gold stripe at the edge. I have a variety of plates of different types and colours (mostly in sets of 4,6 or 8) and I use the ones which I think the meal we are having will look best on - that way we have a variety and I just find it adds a bit of spice to every day cooking! When DGS comes to stay I have to use the blue and white willow pattern ones at least once as he loved them when a small boy and, like me, he loves trips down memory lane!
Washing bio gel or quid in the drum