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.
 
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