On Thursday, December 14, 2017 at 1:43:06 PM UTC-5, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> Our cupboard is on an outside wall and with the door closed it is cooler
> than the rest of the kitchen. In cold weather, I always warm up the
> plates before putting hot food on them.
>
> Today, the outside temperature was 20 degrees and the dishes inside were
> 62 degrees. House thermostat is 68.
>
> Most time I turn the oven on a few minutes, other times or a single
> plate I just hold it over a flame on the burner.

My plates are in a cupboard on an inside wall. I occasionally
warm them, but not very often. In the oven; if the plates need
to be warmed, the furnace is going so the oven heat isn't wasted.

Cindy Hamilton