....to not heat our dinnerplates?

[LaContessaDiPlumpOnSea]

MIL does. I don't.

Please discuss.

My mum is obsessed with hot plates, if we eat out and the plates aren't hot she goes on and on and on about it. At her house the plates are so hot you can't touch them and food sizzles. When she eats here she starts heating my plates.

I just eat really quickly, stops the food from going cold.

Mil liked to warm the plates, we don't bother.

Our plate cupboard is on an outside wall, and I keep the heating fairly low, so our plates are very cold and definitely need warming except in summer, it might be different if your kitchen is warmer.

I only heat plates if cooking for MIL as she would be outraged.
I actually don't mind cold food anyway. Maybe I've just become used to it due to baby.

Always do unless it's a cold meal obviously. Keeps the food warm.

The other thing is I am a fan of a side salad on the plate with most things so don't want the plate warm.

If I'm using the oven I put the plates in for 5 mins after I turn the oven off. Or if I've used saucepans, I use a plate a s a lid to keep contents warm and heating plate at the same time and put one plate under the saucepan after heat id off. There is no faff at all. It's comforting to have a warm plate rather than a stone cold one.

Side salad with toad in the hole, or a roast dinner??

On a related note, an Australian friend was unimpressed that British pubs don't chill the glasses before filling them with lager.

My parents do. It's better but I also cba

Theo that make sense in tropical climates but not in chilly Britain.

I always warm the plates
I maybe a bit old and can't be changed but I like my plates hot

are all of you plate warmers storing your plates in the freezer between use or something? How are they getting to be so cold?????

I get my plates out of the cupboard at normal room temperature and that's how I use them.

Theoretician I would LOVE to see the look on the face of your average British publican if asked to chill the pint glasses prior to serving

I was in a bar in Spain and had sherry in a chilled glass and it was lovely 😊
Now , the Spanish brandy in a warmed glass was superb ❤️️❤️️❤️️❤️️❤️️

Never thought it made much difference until I was given a plate warmer last Xmas ( ) and now I am CONVERTED.

It's a generational thing. I don't warm plates but my mum puts them in the microwave. I don't really like a warm plate, not sure why but it makes me feel a bit sick.

Don't bother, food doesn't hang around long enough in this house.

I love a chilled glass.

I don't want hot food served on cold or room temperature plates, I like it on a warm/hot plate thanks. It's not some herculean task to warm plates especially if the oven is already on.

Life is too short to warm a plate...........

Definitely warm the plates up. If I remember in good time they go in the warming drawer. If I forget they go in the oven when the timer's gone ping and I lay the last bits of the table.

Someone did mention salad.
Answer: use a different plate for salad.

I had no idea this was a thing! Another thing I don't do We usually eat it straight away so it stays hot though.

I prefer to. Either the plates go in the microwave with whatever food is cooking in there, usually veg, or I pour a bit of boiling water from the kettle on them.

Do you plate warmers also plate things for everybody? Because I can understand things getting cold if you're dishing out all the portions - we don't though, everybody serves themselves so food does not sit around waiting