>> Ah, the Chinese are making them in sets of four because they are packing them for american market, and it doesn't pay to do different packaging, right. And then in a posh shop in Belgrade I want to buy a set of shallow plates for the salad, and they come in sets of four. From Germany.
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>Four is a common home plus two guests. I get two sets - this is better then to have only one guest :) Not a bad choice. Only the dishwasher does not fit to those numbers, but htis is a problem anyway..

So your dishwasher is from the 6-12 piece set era? How quaint :).

Mind you, we did get several sets of kitchenware over the years, some in 6 piece, some in 12 piece sets, from Germany. But that was last century.