When I refer to “cold meals”, I’m talking about temperature (Cold, cooked meals).
To me, cold meals taste much better compared to hot meals. With chili, for example, the flavor becomes more rich after it has cooled down.
Additionally, cold meals are less messy than hot meals. For instance, melted cheese and grease from meats will harden when refrigerated, thus no longer dirtying the hands.
Finally, consuming hot meals can put you at risk of burning your mouth, causing prolonged pain (which sucks BTW). Cold meals do not have this issue.
IMO, the only benefit hot meals have over cold meals is warming you up and (for some meals) being ready to consume immediately after preparing it.
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
That feels wrong, but sadly, you’re right
Hear, hear.
I feel soiled, but know it is true.
Yeah, nachos is another meal I don’t think works well cold. At that point, it’s just cheese on tortillas.
Beef foods where the melted beef fat has congealed into waxy chunks of tallow, no thank you. But cooled melted cheese has a nice chew whether it’s on pizza or “just cheese on tortillas.” Maybe not straight from the fridge though. Closer to room temp.