Sometimes if I have left over lasagna I’ll reheat it ,but if it’s not fully warmed up I still happily eat it. So I feel like you’re somewhat correct. I think it depends on what it is you’re eating

To me, cold meals taste much better compared to hot meals.

Cold foods and drinks actually limit the flavors you can taste in food. The temperature of foods change the sensitivity of taste receptors (primarily for sweet, salty, and umami flavors), the amount of/intensity of aromatics released by the food, and the textures of fats, gels, and syrups.

It is all down to preference, of course. But if you prefer the flavor experience of chilled foods that are normally served hot, then you likely prefer foods that are less/more subtly sweet, salty, and savory, and more sour and bitter. You likely do not care as much to the aromatic smells of food that accompany and enhance/alter the flavors of food. And you probably prefer the firmer, thicker textures of foods that would usually be softer and thinner with heat.

The downside with foods being cold, health-wise, if you do like things to be sweeter, for example, is that you need far more sugar to get the same sensation of sweetness from a cold food (like ice cream) than a warm food (like pie). Same with saltiness. A cold soup needs more salt than a hot one, usually.

Alternatively, warm fatty foods spread fat-soluble flavors across the tongue while cold fatty foods usually block taste receptors more while providing little flavor itself. So if you’re cooking for the purpose of eating the food cold, maybe you’ll use less fats and save yourself some calories/cholesterol and also get more flavor in that form factor at the same time.

When I was in Malaysia years ago the street cafes would sell you a sort of cold gulash/curry. It was a shock at first, but quite delicious. However, back home in Scotland I am not eating cold curry.

Hey a real live psychopath 👋

Hot food makes me nauseous pretty much every single time. I crave cold food.

Temperature is actually an important part of culinary art. Serving something at the right time to be at peak flavor, texture, and Temperature is important.

That being said many foods can and are appreciated at different Temps. Some foods containing those fats thinned by heat are meant to be enjoyed cool (cookies and cakes with a high butter content fornexample) in other contexts.

As a consumate omnivore, eater, and foodie please by all means enjoy.

To those who haven’t tried give it a shot. Brisket and it’s fat hit different cold and is enjoyable in a new way. For those that like cold foods try warm sweets.

As a final comment you do you boo boo, but when someone prepares and serves you food try and appreciate it the way they intended, they’ve worked hard on it. They’re trying to share something special with you and it’s worth a shot if you care (restuarants are not necessarily held to this, if you’re paying you have every right to say no fucking way) and try to share your experiences if you can.

Wow, I hate this.

Hot things must be hot. Fats must be above room temp or the taste is muted.

Fridge temp anything meant to be eaten warm is depression on a plate.

…though, chocolate belongs in the freezer.

I disagree on a visceral level. Warm meals are not only more easily digestible, not having to expend energy to make body temperature, they open the flavors and smells to create a much more satisfying meal experience.

I have to upvote as this is definitely an unpopular opinion

I’m ambivalent about the warmth of food. I don’t really care if it’s warm or cold for the majority of things and as such usually eat things cold right out of the fridge if they’re leftovers. Cold chicken, cold noodles, cold soup. Doesn’t bother me, but it does bother my family that I couldn’t care less.

I cook a decent amount of the time though and absolutely love roasted chicken and veggies, which mostly gets eaten fresh out of the oven. In event of leftovers, yup, cold limp carrots and slightly stodgy roast potato chunks( though I will put some sauce on that last one)

There’s certain things that I will never eat cold, like nachos. Eating cold shredded cheese is a deal breaker in my house

I didn’t realise where I was this, this is great

Sometimes.

Our sensitivity to bitter tastes is proportional to the food’s temperature. This is why hot coffee tastes more bitter than warm coffee.

Similarly, why salads taste better when cold. I LOVE cold cucumbers. They taste WAAAAY different than shitty room temp cucumbers.

That being said, food prepared to be consumed hot is definitely something I’d prefer over room temp/cold. The “hotness” of the food itself adds to the experience which I enjoy.

Agree with this for the most part. Leftover pizza, leftover turkey sandwiches, etc.; however, not all meals are like this. Soup for instance, or any meal that’s has a lot of water in it I would prefer to be warmed up.

Pizza… ohhh I almost prefer it to be a day old fridge pizza.

Shout out to refrigerators. Truly a backbone of society.

Examples of cold meals?

Cold meals are nicer for heatwaves

Truly unpopular and disgusting