....to not heat our dinnerplates?

[LaContessaDiPlumpOnSea]

MIL does. I don't.

Please discuss.

My mum does, I cba. And we get lots of PA sighing and ostentatious plate-side tapping of our plates "just checking they're not going to burn my hand" when she eats at ours.

Grrrr.

Yes, I do.

But it's not exactly tricky to pop them in the oven for a minute at the end of cooking time is it? Out comes pasta bake or whatever, piping hot, oven off, plates in for 30 seconds.

I have a dilemma when salad and hot food is involved!

I probably need to get out more

no need to buy the Lakeland discs , just sprinkle a few drops of water inbetween your plates and put inthe microwave for 30 secs, take them out with a tea towel and wipe any excess away .. (weve been doing this for years never had any problem, )

CBA'd

please discuss

DH does this and yes, sometimes the food goes cold while he warms the plates!

Heat. She is right.

Definately a generational thing. My MIL has a hostess trolley and you need asbestos gloves to touch both the food and the plates.

Maybe something to do with cold houses in olden days

Navy, of course you're right but it's something which he doesn't do if I collect a takeaway.

We only warm plates if getting a takeaway, it's never as warm as anything I cook and serve straight away.

I only do it when we are having a proper bigger meal with guests, not just for every day meals. For every day meals I serve straight on to plates and we eat immediately. So no need.

I think it's a good idea and with certain foods it certainly makes a difference but I usually forget.

My mum always does, in fact she has a warming oven. It's one if the things I love about being at my mum's, like always having a tablecloth and tea from teacups and saucers not a mug. Feels homely.

Hot food - hot plates and serving dishes (if using them).

Hot food put into or onto cold receptacles - absolute no.

Putting hot food on cold plates defies logic. The mother in law is right. She is correct. She is not stupid and illogical.

I don't. I can't be bothered.

I loathe eating from cold plates. REally hate it. What's the problem if the oven is on anyway to shove them in for 2 minutes. Even if I have soup lunchtime, I heat my bowl

I don't heat them up other than on the odd occasion for a roast dinner. Don't know why only for roasts though

Two minutes is all it takes. The plates will not be burning hot to the touch. Please rest assured.

depends what we are having, but on the whole I am a plate warmer.

like today....pesto salmon and mash...mash cools really fast so into a warm plate

roast dinner where everyone is serving themselves....again hot plates because some people have manners and take a while to serve themselves. sunday roast is carnage here normally, do not accept the invite if you are bloody shy

casserole/stew/pasta affair.... normally the temperature of lava so plates right out the cupboard!

I have never warmed a plate. I don't get cold food but perhaps I'm eating too fast! My mil in law also warms the plates!