best way to warm plates.

pollypenny

Half a minute in the microwave. I don't like cold plates, but neither do I like plates that are too hot to handle. 

ElephantBoy57

clive0510 said:

I can not abide hot food on cold plate. so for years I have allways warmed the plate for 2 mins in the microwave.

I use various methods depending on what I am using, but I would be fearful of cracking the plates if left in there for two minutes. Thirty seconds would be my maximum, but I don't think that you can damage the microwave itself. It could just be a coincidence that your microwave stopped working after a few years of use.

Put a cup of water in there too, if you think it can cause damage.

Ectophile

Half a minute in the microwave, with water in the plates, works well for me.

Or sticking the plates in the oven at the end of cooking, if there's already something in the oven.

Or pouring hot water into the plates, then tipping it off again if I was already boiling the kettle for something else.

Or standing the plates on top of a saucepan, instead of a lid, at the end of cooking veg.

Or filling the washing bowl with hot water and sticking a stack of plates in, if I am doing lots of plates.

stragglebod

My mum's oven only has one compartment so she can't heat plates while oven cooking on high heat so I got her this

https://www.amazon.co.uk/VonShef-Electric-Insulated-Removable-Christmas/dp/B07YN1ZSV5/

She loves it.

knightstyle

You can get stone/granite slabs to heat in the microwave and use under your plate.  They are called "Keep it Hot" My MIL used to use on all the time.

matty_hunt

I put boiled or cold water on plate, stack them in microwave, 30 seconds or so per plate when I start cooking. Every now and then I put on for extra 30 seconds to top up heat. By doing it this way, over time, the heat penetrates into the plate better. Being stacked heats top and bottom of plate. Rather than just heating up before serving.

neilmcl

ElephantBoy57 said:

clive0510 said:

I can not abide hot food on cold plate. so for years I have allways warmed the plate for 2 mins in the microwave.

I use various methods depending on what I am using, but I would be fearful of cracking the plates if left in there for two minutes. Thirty seconds would be my maximum, but I don't think that you can damage the microwave itself. It could just be a coincidence that your microwave stopped working after a few years of use.

Put a cup of water in there too, if you think it can cause damage.

2 minutes or more for me, never cracked a plate yet.

clive0510

ok so i think in future i will put plates in micro wave with water in a container

Wanderingpomm

You can microwave plates, just put a small glass of water on top of them first 

clive0510

Wanderingpomm said:

You can microwave plates, just put a small glass of water on top of them first 

Thankyou. maybe that way I wont risk blasting my microwave into the middle of next week. thanks.

thankyou. maybe that way I