I'd use those giant cups for soup and chili AND giant cups of coffee!!

More caffeine, more beans, more happiness!

(coffee is the secret ingredient in my chili. Making chicken chili in the crock pot right now. Will have to eat it from my mystery-content bowls for now, though.)

Carpaltunnel - there's a link back a few posts for a home self-testing kit for lead. Maybe you can test your Mikasa dishes?