I hunted for new silverware but couldn't find anything we liked at a price that didn't make me do a double take. We even tried a +100 piece set from an online site we like on the off chance it was the answer to our problem. And, it cost us a rousing $19.99.
Aside from the actual silverware, the cheap set also came with a really nice set of knives. That were worth the 20 dollar price tag. The actual utensils were awful. The silver flecked off of them and they'd bend all the way back in oatmeal. They did not survive one week's use.
Knives, somehow awesome.
Silverware set, horrible.
So I did what any reasonable housewife would do. Tossed out the too-rusted-to-save pieces and set out to make our silverware last until our death. In other words, I gave up. Decided on a lot of meals that could be eaten with one's hands.
Hamburgers, anyone? Then, my mother gave us silverware for Christmas. That was lovely and dishwasher safe and substantial feeling in your hands. Not girlie either, for the husband's sake.
Not bendy silverware. Also, not rusty. Check and check.
Sometimes, Mom knows best after all. How she picked out something I had such trouble choosing is beyond me.
All I know is we can now eat pasta. Rice. Cereal with milk. We can spread butter on things. Poke baked potatoes in the oven. Stir hot chocolate. Make cakes instead of cupcakes because we have forks!
The world is a beautiful place!
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