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Soup bowls - help me find soup bowls!

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BlurMeUp · 27/08/2023 17:26

I absolutely hate searching the internet, but need these delivered...

My mother would like some soup bowls. White or beige - with a beige or brown coloured rim.

And....square, deep shape / type. They like a chunky soup.

But not so big they won't fit in the cupboard space (small kitchen cupboards).

Anyone seen anything like this?? Not too cheap (they are a gift) but under £100/£150 for 4 ideally. Could spend more if lovely.

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SM4713 · 27/08/2023 21:12

White or beige - with a beige or brown coloured rim.

And definitely not white...

Plain white as I'm entirely white a definite no.

Am I the only one utterly confused by your various descriptions of white, not white???

Do you mean all beige, but if white- it must have a beige rim??? 😕

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BlurMeUp · 27/08/2023 22:17

In an ideal world:

The bowls must be white or beige. There must be a trim. The trim can be beige or brown.

So could be beige on beige but with different type of beige (oatmeal v linen v sand etc).

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PriamFarrl · 27/08/2023 23:18

It’s the square bit that is tricky. Can they be persuaded away from the square?

ShadyCat · 27/08/2023 23:32

Square as in this sort of shape?

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Soup bowls - help me find soup bowls!
ShinyPikachu · 27/08/2023 23:33

Thinking a bit out of the box. Could you buy white ones in the right shape then paint them? I had a quick google and there are a few sites mentioning painting with glass paint on glazed plates then baking them to set the colour/make them dishwasher safe etc but it would just be if you could get the right colour for the paint then I guess. Or maybe if there's a local pottery painting place they might be able to help.

It's a bit more of a faff which is the only thing. I'm almost as picky as your DM. It took me 2 years to find pasta bowls I like and I'm still using a basic dinner set I hate because I haven't found the perfect one to replace it with yet and I don't like the one that matches the pasta bowls.

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BlurMeUp · 27/08/2023 23:52

Yes - @ShadyCat - exactly that!

I think she'd be persuaded against the square by beautiful (and definitely beige) ones....

I keep coming back to the Denby ones...

And I've checked size with her tonight - definitely 600ml and not the 1200ml ramen style...

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BlurMeUp · 27/08/2023 23:53

@ShinyPikachu I love the thinking but I'm the least crafty person I know. I do wonder if a local potter option is worth exploring but suspect not in terms of time and cost...

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Mirabai · 28/08/2023 00:00

BlurMeUp · 27/08/2023 22:17

In an ideal world:

The bowls must be white or beige. There must be a trim. The trim can be beige or brown.

So could be beige on beige but with different type of beige (oatmeal v linen v sand etc).

She’s not going to find anything that specific OP, she must know that. Rather than conceiving somethjng in her head that may not exist, why not get her to look at the available options and choose from that.

She needs to be the one to decide what she will compromise on. Shape/trim/colour.

OnTheRunWithMannyMontana · 28/08/2023 00:03

Argh! You have just reminded me of my nanas soup bowls when I was a child and forced (yes forced) me to buy these in a moment of pure nostalgia.

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coodawoodashooda · 28/08/2023 00:14

PriamFarrl · 27/08/2023 17:58

You can’t put soup in square bowls. Soup is round.

Hahahaha!!!

ShadyCat · 28/08/2023 00:16

BlurMeUp · 27/08/2023 23:52

Yes - @ShadyCat - exactly that!

I think she'd be persuaded against the square by beautiful (and definitely beige) ones....

I keep coming back to the Denby ones...

And I've checked size with her tonight - definitely 600ml and not the 1200ml ramen style...

Shame they don't have a trim as I bloody hate them GrinBlush stupid shape bowls

determinedtomakethiswork · 28/08/2023 00:24

Sainsbury's has deep square white bowls.

determinedtomakethiswork · 28/08/2023 00:27

determinedtomakethiswork · 28/08/2023 00:24

Sainsbury's has deep square white bowls.

Sorry, I have just seen these are out of stock.

Turquoisa80 · 28/08/2023 00:28

Theres some nice corelle square bowls on Amazon

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BlurMeUp · 28/08/2023 08:58

Those eBay ones are possibly the worst yet @ManyATrueWord !

I know she should compromise but we tend to come up trumps with her odd requests. But this one may be the limit.

The Corelle ones are great but I can't find a beige trim - the website has black, blue, red, green - but no type of brown.

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BlurMeUp · 28/08/2023 09:00

@OnTheRunWithMannyMontana Enjoy your soup - in amazing bowls!

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StrictlyJowita · 28/08/2023 09:04

I keep coming back to the Denby ones...

I live right next to Denby and you can definitely paint your own stuff there and I wouldn't be that surprised if they wouldn't just whip you up some square ones. Grin

I think the denby ones are the best despite their lack of squareness.

QuillBill · 28/08/2023 09:07

The Corelle ones are great but I can't find a beige trim - the website has black, blue, red, green - but no type of brown.

Get her some of those coloured glasses that dyslexics wear, she will never know.

OnTheRunWithMannyMontana · 28/08/2023 09:38

BlurMeUp · 28/08/2023 09:00

@OnTheRunWithMannyMontana Enjoy your soup - in amazing bowls!

I love how retro they are! £15 on eBay for the set!

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PriamFarrl · 28/08/2023 10:16

They are glass, will glass be ok. I remember white glass crockery from the 70s, I loved it.

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BlurMeUp · 28/08/2023 11:06

I'm going to email pictures and talk her through them. Will explain the glass (the blurb says they are like Pyrex?!)

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