Microwaving Bowls and Plates

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My hubby always serves food on a hot plate. It can be as little as a round of toast or even a hot milk, and I can guarantee you that the ceramic vessel containing the food/drink will be hot. If the oven has been on, then often he will use the oven to warm the plates, but when it is something cooked in a saucepan, frying pan or even the toaster, then he will literally microwave them for 30 seconds or a minute to warm them up.

Does anyone else do this?

(PS I hate it because I see it as a waste of a natural resource - namely how the electricity was created in the first place.)
 
It sounds like he's concerned that putting hot food on a cold (room temp) plate will cool down the food faster than he wants. I haven't heard of preheating the plate separately from the food, but it's not uncommon to bake a plate with food on it as part of the finishing process. You just need to be careful as to not touch the plate.
 
He used to put them in hot water instead, but since moving to Australia he has started microwaving them.
Even cold food? :laugh:
Lol. But it does feel like that. Mind you the fridge was warmer than outside for most of yesterday. It never got above 4C all day!
 
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