Warm plates

Yes my chef husband always warms the plates before serving. Not salad though

Yes if we are entertaining, no if it is just us.

We do! The children think we are very strange!

I always warm plates - can't stand them cold!

Of course

Always. Either in the oven if it's on, or in the microwave if it isn't.

When I remember .

Always, in the top oven when the main oven is on, or in a bowl of very hot water if not.
Surely the food goes cold very quickly if put onto cold plates.

I always warm my plates, never really think about it, just something I do, I also warm dishes for soup or if having a hot dessert, not something that happens often

I like my plate warmed , but OH likes a cold plate to cool his food

I always warm our plates, as I hate hot food on cold plates.

I always warm plates, I put them in the microwave if the main oven isn't on.

Not always, but usually do it in the microwave when required.

For some reason I warm them in winter but not in summer.

Always warm plates for hot food.

Always - thought everyone did!

No, although a long long time ago we had an oven with a plate warmer sited underneath it which was useful.Now all cookers are mainly integrated with kitchens so don't have that facility.
I can't say that anyone has noticed that plates aren't warmed, as long as the food is piping hot.

I don't - though I can remember Mum doing it. I don't think any of our children warm the plates.
Husband doesn't like hot food (for some reason.)

If you use china plates, rather than pottery ones, you will find that the hot food warms the plate quickly anyway.

DH warms them but I can't be bothered see the point; lemongrove is right about hot food warming them anyway. We like to watch what happens in a restaurant when the waiter warns diners that the plates are hot. Practically always the reaction is to touch the plate to see, and it always is!

I hate hot food on cold plates. I pop the plates in the top oven when I turn it on for something like a casserole or a roast then I don't need to put more heat on. Otherwise its the top oven on low for about half an hour. If I forget DH advocates putting them in the microwave or in a bowl of hot water.

Always.

When hot food transfers some of its heat to a plate, the food cools before I want it to, so I always warm dinner plates.

Perhaps if one eats fast it doesn't matter about the food cooling.