I may have brought this up in past years.
The plates and serving dishes in our house are stored in the cabinets
on the outside wall. Even with good insulation, they tend to be
cooler than the rest of the room when the cold weather comes. This
time of year I like to warm the dishes in the oven for a few minutes.
It sure makes difference, especially for delicate foods like a fried
egg for breakfast.

Our coffee maker has a thermal carafe. If I'm the first one up and
make the coffee, first step is to fill the carafe with hot water, then
one of the mugs. I just let them sit while grinding the coffee and
filling the water. When ready to go, I dump the water and turn on the
coffee maker. (water plants so it is not wasted) I don't drink coffee,
but Gloria appreciates the extra steps so she can enjoy it more.

Take the extra couple of minutes and you will enjoy the meal a little
more.

On 11/3/2013 1:31 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> I may have brought this up in past years.
> The plates and serving dishes in our house are stored in the cabinets
> on the outside wall. Even with good insulation, they tend to be
> cooler than the rest of the room when the cold weather comes. This
> time of year I like to warm the dishes in the oven for a few minutes.
> It sure makes difference, especially for delicate foods like a fried
> egg for breakfast.
>
I see your point. I've been known to warm plates on occasion. However,
it doesn't get really cold (for very long) in the Beaufort, SC area.
The plates and serving dishes are stored in a cabinet in the kitchen
island. Chilly plates aren't really an issue in this house. Then
again, I rarely eat more than a couple of slices of toast for breakfast.

> Our coffee maker has a thermal carafe. If I'm the first one up and
> make the coffee, first step is to fill the carafe with hot water,

That's recommended for thermos bottles, too.

> then
> one of the mugs. I just let them sit while grinding the coffee and
> filling the water. When ready to go, I dump the water and turn on the
> coffee maker. (water plants so it is not wasted) I don't drink coffee,
> but Gloria appreciates the extra steps so she can enjoy it more.
>
How very nice of you!

> Take the extra couple of minutes and you will enjoy the meal a little
> more.
>
Nice post, thanks Ed.

Jill

"Ed Pawlowski" > wrote in message
...
>I may have brought this up in past years.
> The plates and serving dishes in our house are stored in the cabinets
> on the outside wall. Even with good insulation, they tend to be
> cooler than the rest of the room when the cold weather comes. This
> time of year I like to warm the dishes in the oven for a few minutes.
> It sure makes difference, especially for delicate foods like a fried
> egg for breakfast.
>
> Our coffee maker has a thermal carafe. If I'm the first one up and
> make the coffee, first step is to fill the carafe with hot water, then
> one of the mugs. I just let them sit while grinding the coffee and
> filling the water. When ready to go, I dump the water and turn on the
> coffee maker. (water plants so it is not wasted) I don't drink coffee,
> but Gloria appreciates the extra steps so she can enjoy it more.
>
> Take the extra couple of minutes and you will enjoy the meal a little
> more.

My dishes aren't usually cold, but if they are, I will just run them under
hot water then dry them off.

In article >,
says...
>
> I may have brought this up in past years.
> The plates and serving dishes in our house are stored in the cabinets
> on the outside wall. Even with good insulation, they tend to be
> cooler than the rest of the room when the cold weather comes. This
> time of year I like to warm the dishes in the oven for a few minutes.
> It sure makes difference, especially for delicate foods like a fried
> egg for breakfast.
>
> Our coffee maker has a thermal carafe. If I'm the first one up and
> make the coffee, first step is to fill the carafe with hot water, then
> one of the mugs. I just let them sit while grinding the coffee and
> filling the water. When ready to go, I dump the water and turn on the
> coffee maker. (water plants so it is not wasted) I don't drink coffee,
> but Gloria appreciates the extra steps so she can enjoy it more.
>
> Take the extra couple of minutes and you will enjoy the meal a little
> more.

My coffee maker has a thermostatic warmer underneath the glass
carafe/jug. It's warmed the carafe by the time the water in the
reservoir has heated and started perking coffee into it. When it's
finished making coffee, the waterheater goes off but the bottom warmer
stays on to keep the coffee hot.

Janet UK

On Sun, 3 Nov 2013 10:11:18 -0000, Janet > wrote:



> My coffee maker has a thermostatic warmer underneath the glass
>carafe/jug. It's warmed the carafe by the time the water in the
>reservoir has heated and started perking coffee into it. When it's
>finished making coffee, the waterheater goes off but the bottom warmer
>stays on to keep the coffee hot.
>
> Janet UK

Most coffee makers with glass carafes work that way. There are
proponents for both types. With a heated glass container, if the
coffee sits for a couple of hours it gets a burnt taste and can smell
rather nasty. If it is used in about the first half hour, it is nice
and hot.

With the thermal style carafe, you can remove it from the coffee maker
and it will stay hot for a couple of hours and stay fresh tasting. In
our house, that works well for us as it is taken do the downstairs
family room for that second cup later in the day

On Sun, 3 Nov 2013 10:11:18 -0000, Janet > wrote:

>In article >,
>says...
>>
>> I may have brought this up in past years.
>> The plates and serving dishes in our house are stored in the cabinets
>> on the outside wall. Even with good insulation, they tend to be
>> cooler than the rest of the room when the cold weather comes. This
>> time of year I like to warm the dishes in the oven for a few minutes.
>> It sure makes difference, especially for delicate foods like a fried
>> egg for breakfast.
>>
>> Our coffee maker has a thermal carafe. If I'm the first one up and
>> make the coffee, first step is to fill the carafe with hot water, then
>> one of the mugs. I just let them sit while grinding the coffee and
>> filling the water. When ready to go, I dump the water and turn on the
>> coffee maker. (water plants so it is not wasted) I don't drink coffee,
>> but Gloria appreciates the extra steps so she can enjoy it more.
>>
>> Take the extra couple of minutes and you will enjoy the meal a little
>> more.
>
> My coffee maker has a thermostatic warmer underneath the glass
>carafe/jug. It's warmed the carafe by the time the water in the
>reservoir has heated and started perking coffee into it. When it's
>finished making coffee, the waterheater goes off but the bottom warmer
>stays on to keep the coffee hot.
>
> Janet UK

Mine works that way too... and I don't see the point to those thermal
caraffes unless one is going to bring the caraffe outdoors... I don't
like the stainless steel caraffes either, they stain more readily then
glass and they're difficult to clean because for some odd reason
they're made with a smaller opening that I can't get my hand into. The
few times I bring coffee outdoors I have a 1 quart ss thermos bottle,
even has a flip spigot built into the cap... when preheated with hot
water that thing will hold beverages piping hot for 24 hours. I have
some other ss insulated bottles but none work as well as my Thermos
brand one. I have a couple of old Thermos bottles with the glass
insert too, they also work well but break too easily. And packed
aways somewhere I still have my grade school Hopalong Casssidy lunch
box with matching Thermos.... wow, it's worth some bucks, I doubt it
cost more then $2:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1954-HOPALON...-/181126340313

In article >, gravesend10
@verizon.net says...
>
> On Sun, 3 Nov 2013 10:11:18 -0000, Janet > wrote:
>
> >In article >,
> >says...
> >>
> >> I may have brought this up in past years.
> >> The plates and serving dishes in our house are stored in the cabinets
> >> on the outside wall. Even with good insulation, they tend to be
> >> cooler than the rest of the room when the cold weather comes. This
> >> time of year I like to warm the dishes in the oven for a few minutes.
> >> It sure makes difference, especially for delicate foods like a fried
> >> egg for breakfast.
> >>
> >> Our coffee maker has a thermal carafe. If I'm the first one up and
> >> make the coffee, first step is to fill the carafe with hot water, then
> >> one of the mugs. I just let them sit while grinding the coffee and
> >> filling the water. When ready to go, I dump the water and turn on the
> >> coffee maker. (water plants so it is not wasted) I don't drink coffee,
> >> but Gloria appreciates the extra steps so she can enjoy it more.
> >>
> >> Take the extra couple of minutes and you will enjoy the meal a little
> >> more.
> >
> > My coffee maker has a thermostatic warmer underneath the glass
> >carafe/jug. It's warmed the carafe by the time the water in the
> >reservoir has heated and started perking coffee into it. When it's
> >finished making coffee, the waterheater goes off but the bottom warmer
> >stays on to keep the coffee hot.
> >
> > Janet UK
>
> Mine works that way too... and I don't see the point to those thermal
> caraffes unless one is going to bring the caraffe outdoors... I don't
> like the stainless steel caraffes either, they stain more readily then
> glass and they're difficult to clean because for some odd reason
> they're made with a smaller opening that I can't get my hand into.

I just don't like the taste brewed coffee acquires from standing in
any kind of metal.

Janet UK

On 11/3/2013 10:02 AM, Janet wrote:
> In article >, gravesend10
> @verizon.net says...

>> Mine works that way too... and I don't see the point to those thermal
>> caraffes unless one is going to bring the caraffe outdoors... I don't
>> like the stainless steel caraffes either, they stain more readily then
>> glass and they're difficult to clean because for some odd reason
>> they're made with a smaller opening that I can't get my hand into.
>
> I just don't like the taste brewed coffee acquires from standing in
> any kind of metal.

I had a carafe style coffee maker for years, they always had
a glass interior, not metal.

The carafe suited my needs while I was working. I have a
plain glass jug. Keeps the coffee warm enough for the short
while every morning I drink it.

nancy

On Sunday, November 3, 2013 7:53:57 AM UTC-7, Brooklyn1 wrote:

>
>
>
>
> Mine works that way too... and I don't see the point to those thermal
>
> caraffes unless one is going to bring the caraffe outdoors... I don't
>
> like the stainless steel caraffes either, they stain more readily then
>
> glass and they're difficult to clean because for some odd reason
>
> they're made with a smaller opening that I can't get my hand into. The
>
> few times I bring coffee outdoors I have a 1 quart ss thermos bottle,
>
> even has a flip spigot built into the cap... when preheated with hot
>
> water that thing will hold beverages piping hot for 24 hours. I have
>
> some other ss insulated bottles but none work as well as my Thermos
>
> brand one. I have a couple of old Thermos bottles with the glass
>
> insert too, they also work well but break too easily. And packed
>
> aways somewhere I still have my grade school Hopalong Casssidy lunch
>
> box with matching Thermos.... wow, it's worth some bucks, I doubt it
>
> cost more then $2:
>
> http://www.ebay.com/itm/1954-HOPALON...-/181126340313

I had the same lunch box and thermos as a kid. My mother wanted a storage box after I had left home, and she painted the lunch box green!! I have no idea what became of the thermos, but it is long gone.
Memories!
Dale P

On Sun, 03 Nov 2013 15:52:19 -0500, Susan > wrote:



>
>Maybe it's because I spend a mint on coffees we love every month, but it
>sure tastes great from my stainless Cater Profi carafe that came with my
>Technivorm.
>
>Stays hot longer than any other I've ever used, too. I always run hot
>water into it and hold for 30 seconds before brewing directly into it.
>
>Susan

Yes, my wife may have her last cup a few hours after the initial brew
and it is still hot and she has never had any off taste from it. I
don't think Technivorm would use it if it affected the flavor since
they take every other detail into consideration in their machines.

On 11/3/13 1:31 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>.... I like to warm the dishes in the oven for a few minutes.
> It sure makes difference, especially for delicate foods like a fried
> egg for breakfast.
>
> Our coffee maker has a thermal carafe. If I'm the first one up and
> make the coffee, first step is to fill the carafe with hot water, then
> one of the mugs. I just let them sit while grinding the coffee and
> filling the water....

Yes, I do both these things regularly.

But I only pre-heat the cups when we're having espresso. For coffee from
the Technivorm, it's sufficiently hot that room temperature cups cool
the coffee just enough for immediate drinking.

-- Larry

On 11/3/13 10:02 AM, Janet wrote:

> I just don't like the taste brewed coffee acquires from standing in
> any kind of metal.

Stainless steel doesn't leech any flavor. It's chemically unreactive.

-- Larry

Hmmm, and I thought *I* was the heat fanatic.

We use French press coffee makers, and I always first heat some water in the mike to almost boiling, then pour that into the French pressers. THEN I start to heat the coffee water. When I pour the water over the grounds in the pots, I also cover them with tight fitting covers I made out of some old quilted fabric. Then the coffee can 'brew' for ten minutes and not cool too much. Meanwhile, I have also poured boiling water into our stainless, insulated mugs ( there's a vacuum layer, supposedly.) I heat my milk too to a pretty hot temp.
All this makes for a hot cup of coffee which will be hot 2 hours later. It's quite a ritual, but I have it down to a system, during which I can usually get the bed made, whip outside for the paper, make a couple of phone calls and get the rest of b'fast started.


I sometimes stick the dinner plates in the mike for a short while to heat em, OR, after I plate the dinner ( I don't serve family style) I give each plate a final shot for about 15 secs on high.

I think my tendency to eat too fast stems from wanting the food good and hot. Hate it in a restaurant when it arrives borderline lukewarm.

I am invariably done with dinner while my other half is still dawdling over the food.

On 11/3/2013 2:22 PM, Kalmia wrote:
> Hmmm, and I thought *I* was the heat fanatic.
>
> We use French press coffee makers, and I always first heat some water in the mike to almost boiling, then pour that into the French pressers. THEN I start to heat the coffee water. When I pour the water over the grounds in the pots, I also cover them with tight fitting covers I made out of some old quilted fabric. Then the coffee can 'brew' for ten minutes and not cool too much. Meanwhile, I have also poured boiling water into our stainless, insulated mugs ( there's a vacuum layer, supposedly.) I heat my milk too to a pretty hot temp.
> All this makes for a hot cup of coffee which will be hot 2 hours later. It's quite a ritual, but I have it down to a system, during which I can usually get the bed made, whip outside for the paper, make a couple of phone calls and get the rest of b'fast started.
>
>
> I sometimes stick the dinner plates in the mike for a short while to heat em, OR, after I plate the dinner ( I don't serve family style) I give each plate a final shot for about 15 secs on high.
>
> I think my tendency to eat too fast stems from wanting the food good and hot. Hate it in a restaurant when it arrives borderline lukewarm.
>
> I am invariably done with dinner while my other half is still dawdling over the food.
>

Those other diners must be yakking away. The family must be like Ossie
and Harriet at the dinner table. I don't feel like talking much while
eating. Come to think of it, I don't like talking much when doing anything.

On Sun, 03 Nov 2013 16:26:17 -0500, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:

> Yes, my wife may have her last cup a few hours after the initial brew
> and it is still hot and she has never had any off taste from it.

My son and DIL make French press coffee. After they pour their first
cup, they put the rest into an insulated container where it stays hot
for hours. I don't know what brand it is, but it looks like this one

<http://www.amazon.com/Thermos-Nissan-20-Ounce-Stainless-Carafe/dp/B000U8VPME/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1383526227&sr=8-7&keywords=insulated+creamer>
or http://tinyurl.com/mhmwp77

--
Food is an important part of a balanced diet.

On 11/3/2013 7:26 PM, Kalmia wrote:

>> Maybe it's because I spend a mint on coffees we love every month, but it
>>
>> sure tastes great from my stainless Cater Profi carafe that came with my
>>
>> Technivorm.


>
> That's gotta be the Steinway of coffee makers. What a great wedding gift idea.
>

We've had ours for about a year now. Along with a good grinder you can
make great coffee.

On Sun, 3 Nov 2013 16:22:03 -0800 (PST), Kalmia
> wrote:

> Hate it in a restaurant when it arrives borderline lukewarm.

What always amazes me is when food arrives HOT (on a barely warm
plate) and how long it stays hot. Microwaved food starts off hot and
cools quickly, but what I'm talking about stays hotter, longer than
the hot food that I serve. What's the secret? A lot of restaurants
have it, so surely someone here in RFC is in a position to share.

Dave, please ask your son what he knows about the subject!

--
Food is an important part of a balanced diet.

On 11/3/2013 10:57 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> On 11/3/2013 7:26 PM, Kalmia wrote:
>
>>> Maybe it's because I spend a mint on coffees we love every month, but it
>>>
>>> sure tastes great from my stainless Cater Profi carafe that came with my
>>>
>>> Technivorm.
>
>
>>
>> That's gotta be the Steinway of coffee makers. What a great wedding
>> gift idea.
>>
>
> We've had ours for about a year now. Along with a good grinder you can
> make great coffee.
My Mr Coffee 4-cup automatic pot cost $20 and makes excellent coffee. I
do grind my own beans.

--
Jim Silverton (Potomac, MD)

Extraneous "not." in Reply To.

On 11/3/2013 10:57 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> On 11/3/2013 7:26 PM, Kalmia wrote:
>
>>> Maybe it's because I spend a mint on coffees we love every month, but it
>>>
>>> sure tastes great from my stainless Cater Profi carafe that came with my
>>>
>>> Technivorm.
>
>
>>
>> That's gotta be the Steinway of coffee makers. What a great wedding
>> gift idea.
>>
>
> We've had ours for about a year now. Along with a good grinder you can
> make great coffee.

Did you ever see an electrically heated hot tray? I use one all the time
for keeping food warm and warming the plates.

--
Jim Silverton (Potomac, MD)

Extraneous "not." in Reply To.

On 11/3/13 7:22 PM, Kalmia wrote:

> I sometimes stick the dinner plates in the mike for a short while to heat em....

You heat bare dinner plates in your microwave oven?

-- Larry

sf wrote:
> Microwaved food starts off hot and
> cools quickly, but what I'm talking about stays hotter, longer than
> the hot food that I serve. What's the secret? A lot of restaurants
> have it, so surely someone here in RFC is in a position to share.

As far as home microwaved food, the key is to heat it up, then let it
sit so the heat soaks in. Then reheat to hot right before serving. The
food heats up the plate, then reheating takes it to a lasting hot,
imo.

G.

On 11/4/2013 12:30 PM, Gary wrote:
> sf wrote:
>> Microwaved food starts off hot and
>> cools quickly, but what I'm talking about stays hotter, longer than
>> the hot food that I serve. What's the secret? A lot of restaurants
>> have it, so surely someone here in RFC is in a position to share.
>
> As far as home microwaved food, the key is to heat it up, then let it
> sit so the heat soaks in. Then reheat to hot right before serving. The
> food heats up the plate, then reheating takes it to a lasting hot,
> imo.
>
> G.
>

Pretty much sums it up. The dish is probably about 70 degrees from the
cabinet so the 130 degree food gives up the heat to the plate. You can
also heat the plate first, then cook/heat the food by microwave.

pltrgyst wrote:
>
> On 11/3/13 7:22 PM, Kalmia wrote:
>
> > I sometimes stick the dinner plates in the mike for a short while to heat em....
>
> You heat bare dinner plates in your microwave oven?

Yeah...that's weird. My plates don't heat up in a microwave. It's the
food on them that heats up the plates.

G.

On Monday, November 4, 2013 10:39:37 AM UTC-5, pltrgyst wrote:
> On 11/3/13 7:22 PM, Kalmia wrote:
>
>
>
> > I sometimes stick the dinner plates in the mike for a short while to heat em....
>
>
>
> You heat bare dinner plates in your microwave oven?


Yes - no more than maybe 10 seconds. So far, nothing broken.

On 11/4/13 4:31 PM, Kalmia wrote:
> On Monday, November 4, 2013 10:39:37 AM UTC-5, pltrgyst wrote:
>> On 11/3/13 7:22 PM, Kalmia wrote:
>>
>>> I sometimes stick the dinner plates in the mike for a short while to heat em....
>>
>> You heat bare dinner plates in your microwave oven?
>
> Yes - no more than maybe 10 seconds. So far, nothing broken.

But aside from breaking, if they're dry, they should not heat up at all.

-- Larry

On 11/4/2013 4:31 PM, Kalmia wrote:
> On Monday, November 4, 2013 10:39:37 AM UTC-5, pltrgyst wrote:
>> On 11/3/13 7:22 PM, Kalmia wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>> I sometimes stick the dinner plates in the mike for a short while to heat em....
>>
>>
>>
>> You heat bare dinner plates in your microwave oven?
>
>
> Yes - no more than maybe 10 seconds. So far, nothing broken.
>
Melmac? Ceramics won't heat in the MW

On Mon, 04 Nov 2013 22:13:33 -0500, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:

> On 11/4/2013 4:31 PM, Kalmia wrote:
> > On Monday, November 4, 2013 10:39:37 AM UTC-5, pltrgyst wrote:
> >> On 11/3/13 7:22 PM, Kalmia wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>> I sometimes stick the dinner plates in the mike for a short while to heat em....
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> You heat bare dinner plates in your microwave oven?
> >
> >
> > Yes - no more than maybe 10 seconds. So far, nothing broken.
> >
> Melmac? Ceramics won't heat in the MW

Maybe it has some sort of metal decoration. Dunno.

--
Food is an important part of a balanced diet.

Ed Pawlowski > wrote:
> On 11/4/2013 4:31 PM, Kalmia wrote:
>> On Monday, November 4, 2013 10:39:37 AM UTC-5, pltrgyst wrote:
>>> On 11/3/13 7:22 PM, Kalmia wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> I sometimes stick the dinner plates in the mike for a short while to heat em....
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> You heat bare dinner plates in your microwave oven?
>>
>>
>> Yes - no more than maybe 10 seconds. So far, nothing broken.
>>
> Melmac? Ceramics won't heat in the MW

I see it happening too.

http://documents.sighouse.com/microwave.html

Greg

"gregz" > wrote in message
...
> Ed Pawlowski > wrote:
>> On 11/4/2013 4:31 PM, Kalmia wrote:
>>> On Monday, November 4, 2013 10:39:37 AM UTC-5, pltrgyst wrote:
>>>> On 11/3/13 7:22 PM, Kalmia wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> I sometimes stick the dinner plates in the mike for a short while to
>>>>> heat em....
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> You heat bare dinner plates in your microwave oven?
>>>
>>>
>>> Yes - no more than maybe 10 seconds. So far, nothing broken.
>>>
>> Melmac? Ceramics won't heat in the MW
>
> I see it happening too.
>
> http://documents.sighouse.com/microwave.html
>
> Greg

Interesting! I stopped heating things in mine on my Corelle or in my
ceramic soup mugs because they just got too hot to handle without using oven
mitts. My current soup mugs of choice are Melamine so they can't go in
there at all. Now if I do heat something up it is on a paper plate.

Kalmia wrote:
>
> I sometimes stick the dinner plates in the mike for a short while to heat em.

I usually take the plates from the cabinet and stack them on the
stove's back burner right by the oven vent in the back splash... handy
there anyway for serving from pots on the stove.

On Monday, November 4, 2013 10:02:37 PM UTC-5, pltrgyst wrote:
> On 11/4/13 4:31 PM, Kalmia wrote:
>
> > On Monday, November 4, 2013 10:39:37 AM UTC-5, pltrgyst wrote:
>
> >> On 11/3/13 7:22 PM, Kalmia wrote:
>
> >>
>
> >>> I sometimes stick the dinner plates in the mike for a short while to heat em....
>
> >>
>
> >> You heat bare dinner plates in your microwave oven?
>
> >
>
> > Yes - no more than maybe 10 seconds. So far, nothing broken.
>
>
>
> But aside from breaking, if they're dry, they should not heat up at all.

"But they do, Blanche, they do."

Old stoneware.

On Tuesday, November 5, 2013 10:37:50 AM UTC-5, Brooklyn1 wrote:
> Kalmia wrote:
>
> >
>
> > I sometimes stick the dinner plates in the mike for a short while to heat em.
>
>
>
> I usually take the plates from the cabinet and stack them on the
>
> stove's back burner right by the oven vent in the back splash... handy
>
> there anyway for serving from pots on the stove.

I've tried that, but all I get is a tiny, warm, damp spot on one little portion the plate. This reminds me to ask about mom's old individual steak servers. Ya heated a thick metal plate under the broiler, then set em on a wooden base. Talk about a sizzlin' steak....

On Sunday, November 3, 2013 11:05:53 PM UTC-5, sf wrote:
> On Sun, 3 Nov 2013 16:22:03 -0800 (PST), Kalmia
>
> > wrote:
>
>
>

> What always amazes me is when food arrives HOT (on a barely warm
>
> plate) and how long it stays hot. Microwaved food starts off hot and
>
> cools quickly, but what I'm talking about stays hotter, longer than
>
> the hot food that I serve. What's the secret? A lot of restaurants
>
> have it, so surely someone here in RFC is in a position to share.
>
>
>
> Dave, please ask your son what he knows about the subject!
>
>

I break out in a smile when a potholder bearing server says, "Watch out - these plates are very hot." Of course, I can't resist givin' the ol' finger-tap on the edge.

"Kalmia" > wrote in message
...
> On Sunday, November 3, 2013 11:05:53 PM UTC-5, sf wrote:
>> On Sun, 3 Nov 2013 16:22:03 -0800 (PST), Kalmia
>>
>> > wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>
>> What always amazes me is when food arrives HOT (on a barely warm
>>
>> plate) and how long it stays hot. Microwaved food starts off hot and
>>
>> cools quickly, but what I'm talking about stays hotter, longer than
>>
>> the hot food that I serve. What's the secret? A lot of restaurants
>>
>> have it, so surely someone here in RFC is in a position to share.
>>
>>
>>
>> Dave, please ask your son what he knows about the subject!
>>
>>
>
> I break out in a smile when a potholder bearing server says, "Watch out -
> these plates are very hot." Of course, I can't resist givin' the ol'
> finger-tap on the edge.


and there are times when I am able to grab it tight, lift it up and say
"hot?"

I'm fortunate to have two ovens so heating plates is not usually a
problem. However, if cooking meat I place the plates in the oven while
the meat is resting. I have also held them for a few seconds under the
hot water tap. (Another option is to put them on top of the toaster
oven.)

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On Tue, 5 Nov 2013 07:46:30 -0800 (PST), Kalmia
> wrote:

> This reminds me to ask about mom's old individual steak servers. Ya heated a thick metal plate under the broiler, then set em on a wooden base. Talk about a sizzlin' steak....

I'd rather my fajitas came on those things, not a steak.

--
Food is an important part of a balanced diet.

On 11/5/2013 10:46 AM, Kalmia wrote:
> On Tuesday, November 5, 2013 10:37:50 AM UTC-5, Brooklyn1 wrote:
>> Kalmia wrote:
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>>> I sometimes stick the dinner plates in the mike for a short while to heat em.
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>> I usually take the plates from the cabinet and stack them on the
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>> stove's back burner right by the oven vent in the back splash... handy
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>> there anyway for serving from pots on the stove.
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> I've tried that, but all I get is a tiny, warm, damp spot on one little portion the plate. This reminds me to ask about mom's old individual steak servers. Ya heated a thick metal plate under the broiler, then set em on a wooden base. Talk about a sizzlin' steak....
>
Sounds similar to a fajita serving pan. Like this:

http://tinyurl.com/m6wmfr8

Jill

On Tue, 5 Nov 2013 07:46:30 -0800 (PST), Kalmia
> wrote:

>On Tuesday, November 5, 2013 10:37:50 AM UTC-5, Brooklyn1 wrote:
>> Kalmia wrote:
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>> > I sometimes stick the dinner plates in the mike for a short while to heat em.
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>> I usually take the plates from the cabinet and stack them on the
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>> stove's back burner right by the oven vent in the back splash... handy
>>
>> there anyway for serving from pots on the stove.
>
>I've tried that, but all I get is a tiny, warm, damp spot on one little portion the plate.

I suppose it depends on ones stove... works fine with my stove.
Even when I'm not using the oven I still place the plates on the stove
top, with pots cooking there's enough heat radiating to warm the
plates... naturally you need to set the plates there like a half hour
prior to serving. And I don't want hot plates, tepid is perfect.

On Monday, November 4, 2013 8:39:37 AM UTC-7, pltrgyst wrote:
> On 11/3/13 7:22 PM, Kalmia wrote:
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> > I sometimes stick the dinner plates in the mike for a short while to heat em....
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> You heat bare dinner plates in your microwave oven?
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> -- Larry

When I am having a group and want warmed plates, I put the plates in the Micro and put a 4 cup measuring cup half full of water on the top of the plates. The water will boil and the steam will warm the plates. It is not real fast, but it tends to itself while I am doing the finishing touches on dinner.

Dale

On 11/5/13 2:27 AM, Julie Bove wrote:

> Interesting! I stopped heating things in mine on my Corelle or in my
> ceramic soup mugs because they just got too hot to handle without using
> oven mitts.

I heat things on my Corelle prep plates all the time, with no heating
problems.

As to the soup mugs, it's usually the glazing on the outside that causes
microwave problems.

-- Larry