Corelle Ware

A friend of mine mentioned that no one should buy Corelle ware as they are expensive but more so because they last and last and last.

I accidentally tested out their durability today. A cereal bowl was wedged with an ordinary plate which was misplaced on the dish dryer. As I was replacing that plate, the bowl slipped from the dish dryer, hit the tiled floor a little more than 1 metre from where it was, bounced and rolled a few times, making some interesting tinkling sounds, and finally stopping.

Corelle ware is light in weight, ceramic-like and they boast to be break resistant and chip free. I picked up the cereal bowl, whole, ran a finger around the edges to see if it was chipped, turned it around in the light to look for fine cracks... nothing. A normal ceramic or glass bowl would have shattered! Especially since it fell straight from that height without anything buffering the fall before it touched the floor.

My Corelle ware has passed it guarantee year of 10. I can't believe it didn't break or chip *grin*