The service is a set of dishes, made in the same style. It can be coffee, tea or dining, pay for 6, 12 or more people. The article will discuss the dinner service for six people.
Equipment
Sets for six persons have different equipment and purpose. Most often they are used for daily use with family or informal meetings with friends. For these purposes, you can purchase a minimum set consisting only of plates. Sometimes this service is taken for solemn occasions when there are few guests, but beautiful table setting on etiquette is very important. Sets for the holiday, even for six people, are able to acquire a large number of additional items. The expanded service includes quite a few dishes, the completeness is thought out to the smallest detail.
The dishes, equipped for six people, sooner or later begin to beat, the number of plates and additional thematic devices decreases. To worry about this is not worth it. Today, the industry produces voluminous collections that have a large number of dining items, which allows not only to replenish lost dishes, but also to form the service itself at its own discretion. Consider different sets of services and their purpose.
Minimum
It consists of a set of dining and dessert plates for six people. In this set can be soup and shallow plates for main dishes. Such sets are used in daily use.
Standard
The standard set includes the following plates:
- for first courses;
- for the second;
- dessert.
This set has proven itself in daily use. It is acquired for guests, if it is not the habit to shape the table according to the rules of etiquette, to overload it with caviar, saucepans, herring.
Advanced
Extended equipment may include all items that are released within the same collection, or most of them. We will start the acquaintance with the volumetric service from the plates, namely:
- for first courses (soup or soup bowls) with flat base plates;
- for second courses;
- dessert;
- for snacks, flat, about 20 cm in diameter;
- pastry, under baking;
- large flat dish.
Expanded sets are also actively completed with such cutlery for a specific purpose, such as:
- soup bowl for first courses;
- salad bowls - the number and size are chosen individually;
- herringfish has an oval shape, repeating the appearance of the fish;
- sauceboat;
- sour cream;
- set under mustard, vinegar, salt and spices;
- oiler;
- ikornitsa;
- cake box - a flat round plate, can be on the stem or with rotational capabilities; This plate can be used for pizza;
- napkin holder.
Extended sets acquire large aesthetes who like to set the table according to etiquette. Each dish has its own cutlery, the food on them is laid out in the form of curly slices, decorated with greens.
Sometimes the sets are equipped with vases for flowers.
Targeted
Services also have a purpose. Most often this is due to ethnicity. For example, you can purchase special kits for serving sushi or Kazakh pilaf. Target sets define a narrow focus and are in low demand. They are purchased by people who often use national dishes in their diets.
Combined
Such sets are in demand among housewives who want to see dishes in the same style in their kitchen, not only for serving the first and second courses, but also for tea and coffee gatherings. Large extended collections allow you to do this. Choosing a combo set, You can purchase as much as possible, and a minimum of the necessary items of dishes, for example, six bouillas, plates for main dishes, tea and coffee cups with saucers, the device in salt, mustard and pepper. Even for everyday use, it's nice to eat food from a harmonious whole set, not to mention the banquet options.
Combined sets of advanced equipment are purchased for a new or updated kitchen in order to effectively emphasize its design. A service in the same style with all-inclusive features will help maintain harmony and order in the dining room. A beautiful one-piece multifunctional set looks favorably on the festive table. In addition, it can be a good gift for a wedding or housewarming.
Material
On sale you can find different types of services, from refined and sophisticated to rustic, coarse, but durable options. Price and front view depends on the material of the product.
- Porcelain. This beautiful and popular material has long been used for the production of dishes. Such sets can be found in the sideboards of our grandmothers and great-grandmothers. In the Soviet period, Czech sets were especially valued. If the saucer was brought to the light, the drawing on the back of the product shone through the thin layer of porcelain.
Services from this material and today are expensive, especially if painted by hand.
- Faience. This is a great material for wide consumption. The services look rougher, but they have a loyal price that any hostess and public catering can afford. In our time, pottery can decorate with stylish painting, perforation, stucco. The surface is often glazed to remove the porosity of the structure.
- Ceramics. Ceramic dishes look even rougher, but it keeps warm well. From it make daily and country options of services. They are cheaper than earthenware, but also poorly tolerate temperature fluctuations, are easily chipped and cracked.
- Glass. The glass service looks light and airy. If you put such dishes on a small table, it does not seem cluttered. The glass can be monochromatic - smoky, milky, bright or with a pattern. The service is good for family use and as a guest option. The quality of the glass is judged by the sound: like porcelain, the dishes sound loud from tapping with a spoon, and the earthenware and ceramics are dull.
- Glass ceramics. This is a relatively new material that combines the properties of glass and ceramics. Thanks to the first, the dishes are devoid of porosity, it does not need to be coated with glaze, it is easy to care for it. The property of ceramics increases the strength of glass products. This material is quite resistant to temperature changes.
- Metal. To create the sets use silver and stainless steel. Especially beautiful look silverware in oriental style. They are elegant and carved. The disadvantages of such sets include the heating of the walls, which are difficult to touch if the dish is served hot.
Design
Beautifully decorated dishes look like a work of art. Drawing, color, shape - all affect the final perception of the service. The shape of the plates does not always have to repeat the perfect circle. They can be oval, square, in the form of a petal or a flower. Unusual look coffee cups, repeating the buds of roses, or small salad bowls in the image of tulips.
The kits most often contain geometric and floral patterns. Very popular with consumers enjoy the plot images. These include sets "Madonna", "Hunting", "Geese", "Sonata".
Services can be selected for any stylistic direction of the kitchen, namely:
- for rooms made in the style of modern, minimalism, high-tech monochromatic dishes made of glass, porcelain, glass ceramics; the color may coincide with the dominant shade of the dining room or be accent;
- kitchens in ethnic style or in any country style can be decorated with clay, ceramic sets, bone set is possible;
- classical dishes contain clear geometric shapes, simple but stylish design;
- Western styles prefer a white background color, decorated with landscape or floral motifs;
- dishes in the oriental style are most often made of silver with a chased pattern or of porcelain with red, black and brown ornaments.
How to choose?
Before choosing a service, you should indicate the purpose of the purchase, the equipment, material and cost of the product will depend on it. A family of 3-4 people for everyday use may well cost the service for 6 people. Products made of glass, earthenware, ceramics are budget options. If the family welcomes minimalism, the set can consist of 6 deep and shallow plates, a set for spices and salt, several salad bowls. For lovers of a varied menu items dishes can increase from 35 to 100 pieces.
Buying a set of new or updated kitchen, should take into account the style of the room. In this case, it is convenient to buy a combined set of dishes: table, tea and coffee in one version. Guest, banquet collections are purchased from more expensive materials - porcelain or high-quality glass. The service can be supplemented with many target items. When the guests come, the set will be dishes for all occasions. But it should be borne in mind that the expanded service takes up a lot of storage space, some of the dishes will be rarely used, and some items may never be needed.
When buying a service, especially a banquet, you should pay attention to the manufacturer. High-quality cookware is produced. in Germany, Japan, the Czech Republic, England, France. Popular are some domestic manufacturers. Well-proven brand products Luminarc or Weimar Porzellan.
It is better to choose dishes in large specialized stores, where extended versions of collections are provided, and it is also possible to buy additional devices for the main service, gradually increasing it to 19, 32, 57 and more items, as necessary.
In the next video you will find a review of the Narumi Amherst dinner service from 33 items for 6 persons.