# Any food that's supposed to be hot that you like to eat cold? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 28, 2008, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-food-thats-supposed-to-be-hot-that-you-like-to-eat-cold/443008 "2008-03-28T03:01:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Crocodiles\_And\_Boulevards](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ee7513/32.png) [@Crocodiles\_And\_Boulevards](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crocodiles_And_Boulevards)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2008, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-food-thats-supposed-to-be-hot-that-you-like-to-eat-cold/443008/1 "2008-03-28T03:01:25Z")
For myself, I occasionally enjoy a slightly-under-room-temperature steak meal. A big, juicy, cold rib eye with the grease collecting in little rivers of cloudy white on top. A fully loaded baked potato with slightly dried out sour cream, cool to the touch down to the middle. And a nice, long corn on the cob; fully buttered, with the butter having congealed back to its semi-solid state all over the darn thing. I discovered I liked this particular combo one night after taking a long phone call during dinner. It was surprising how good it was. In fact, I recommend trying many of your favorite dishes cold at least once! Sometimes a cold meal is just divine. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Sensitive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/58956e/32.png) [@Darth\_Sensitive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Sensitive)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2008, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-food-thats-supposed-to-be-hot-that-you-like-to-eat-cold/443008/2 "2008-03-28T03:06:09Z")
Mmmm. Cold pizza. Cold chinese. Cold lots of leftovers, really! ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2008, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-food-thats-supposed-to-be-hot-that-you-like-to-eat-cold/443008/3 "2008-03-28T03:12:41Z")
I can’t think of a hot food that I wouldn’t prefer cooled to fridge temperature. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2008, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-food-thats-supposed-to-be-hot-that-you-like-to-eat-cold/443008/4 "2008-03-28T03:14:35Z")
[QUOTE=Revtim] I can’t think of a hot food that I wouldn’t prefer to eat after it’s been cooled to fridge temperature. [/QUOTE] Most fast food is irreedemable once it gets cold. Especially fries. Yech. I’m with **Darth**. Cold pizza, especially Papa John’s, and cold Chinese are excellent. ---
**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2008, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-food-thats-supposed-to-be-hot-that-you-like-to-eat-cold/443008/5 "2008-03-28T03:16:19Z")
Chinese food (Gen.Tso’s if you wanna be specific) seems to become just as good if not better sometimes in a totally different taste sensation to the original Warmed version. They both taste great, but for diff. sensations (usually when cold the sauce congeals and gets gooey and such). It’s really good. I also like Burritos and Pizza Cold too. I tend to like spicier foods when they’re colder than their warmed counterparts. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2008, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-food-thats-supposed-to-be-hot-that-you-like-to-eat-cold/443008/6 "2008-03-28T03:17:43Z")
Sweet potato pie. Not that I’ve had any since 2005. Stupid diabetes. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2008, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-food-thats-supposed-to-be-hot-that-you-like-to-eat-cold/443008/7 "2008-03-28T03:23:27Z")
I love a cold meatloaf sandwich. Cold pizza is good too. I once accidentally discovered that cold chicken soup == not good. However, this discovery led me to another important discovery: my microwave was busted. ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2008, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-food-thats-supposed-to-be-hot-that-you-like-to-eat-cold/443008/8 "2008-03-28T03:32:59Z")
I used to babysit for a kid who liked his Kraft mac & cheese cold. As in you made it up ahead of time and put it in the fridge for later. Weird, yeah, but hey, he was eight . . . and he was a fun kid. ::doing the math :: He’s in his early 30s now. Yeesh, now I feel old. ---
**Author:** ![Slypork](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc29f/32.png) [@Slypork](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slypork)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2008, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-food-thats-supposed-to-be-hot-that-you-like-to-eat-cold/443008/9 "2008-03-28T03:38:26Z")
Cold pizza + warm beer = bachelor breakfast! ---
**Author:** ![MissGypsy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8491ac/32.png) [@MissGypsy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissGypsy)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2008, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-food-thats-supposed-to-be-hot-that-you-like-to-eat-cold/443008/10 "2008-03-28T03:39:23Z")
I always liked fried chicken cold. KFC in particular, but any will do. ---
**Author:** ![anamnesis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb8c5e/32.png) [@anamnesis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anamnesis)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2008, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-food-thats-supposed-to-be-hot-that-you-like-to-eat-cold/443008/11 "2008-03-28T04:10:27Z")
I loves me some cold, leftover chicken pot pie. Costco sells a house-brand chicken pot pie which is, obviously, enormous … so I end up eating a lot of it cold and I don’t mind at all. ---
**Author:** ![Crocodiles\_And\_Boulevards](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ee7513/32.png) [@Crocodiles\_And\_Boulevards](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crocodiles_And_Boulevards)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2008, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-food-thats-supposed-to-be-hot-that-you-like-to-eat-cold/443008/12 "2008-03-28T04:10:36Z")
[QUOTE=Scarlett67] I used to babysit for a kid who liked his Kraft mac & cheese cold. As in you made it up ahead of time and put it in the fridge for later. Weird, yeah, but hey, he was eight . . . and he was a fun kid. ::doing the math :: He’s in his early 30s now. Yeesh, now I feel old. [/QUOTE] Isn’t refrigerated mac and cheese really hard to eat? ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2008, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-food-thats-supposed-to-be-hot-that-you-like-to-eat-cold/443008/13 "2008-03-28T04:37:37Z")
[QUOTE=Crocodiles And Boulevards] Isn’t refrigerated mac and cheese really hard to eat? [/QUOTE] No, it’s just like cold pasta salad but cheesier. Yeah, I like cold mac & cheese. Also I often make casseroles of the boxed au gratin or scalloped potatoes and I usually add peas, mushrooms and tuna, chicken or ham. I like to eat the leftovers of those cold as well. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2008, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-food-thats-supposed-to-be-hot-that-you-like-to-eat-cold/443008/14 "2008-03-28T07:06:30Z")
[Cold pizza for breakfast, warm Coke to wash it down, ahhhh.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOeRITh9Mto) I’m a notoriously slow eater, so most everything hot or cold ends up at room temp for me … and I like it! CMC +fnord! ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2008, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-food-thats-supposed-to-be-hot-that-you-like-to-eat-cold/443008/15 "2008-03-28T07:21:39Z")
Has anyone tried eating last nights leftover curry for breakfast? You’ll be pleasantly surprised but I suspect this only applies in the UK ---
**Author:** ![Mosier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ea924/32.png) [@Mosier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mosier)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2008, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-food-thats-supposed-to-be-hot-that-you-like-to-eat-cold/443008/16 "2008-03-28T07:23:36Z")
[QUOTE=Skald the Rhymer] Sweet potato pie. Not that I’ve had any since 2005. Stupid diabetes. [/QUOTE] If I were diagnosed with diabetes, I would seriously consider going bulemic for sweet potato pie. ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2008, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-food-thats-supposed-to-be-hot-that-you-like-to-eat-cold/443008/17 "2008-03-28T07:59:36Z")
Pop-Tarts. ---
**Author:** ![bathsheba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9e8a1a/32.png) [@bathsheba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bathsheba)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2008, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-food-thats-supposed-to-be-hot-that-you-like-to-eat-cold/443008/18 "2008-03-28T08:08:11Z")
Baked beans. ---
**Author:** ![Sierra\_Indigo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f0a364/32.png) [@Sierra\_Indigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sierra_Indigo)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2008, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-food-thats-supposed-to-be-hot-that-you-like-to-eat-cold/443008/19 "2008-03-28T08:08:29Z")
Used to be tinned spaghetti, tho’ not any more. But there’s frozen sticky date puddings you can get that you’re supposed to heat up in the micro or the oven and they go hot and sticky and toffee-ish. I love them partially defrosted. The sauce is on top like thick toffee frosting and the cake is fudgy and moist. Mmmm. ---
**Author:** ![One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/838e76/32.png) [@One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/One_And_Only_Wanderers)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2008, 8:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-food-thats-supposed-to-be-hot-that-you-like-to-eat-cold/443008/20 "2008-03-28T08:37:49Z")
[QUOTE=chowder] Has anyone tried eating last nights leftover curry for breakfast? You’ll be pleasantly surprised but I suspect this only applies in the UK [/QUOTE] leftover curry? You’re doing something wrong, there’re not 'sposed to be leftovers. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-food-thats-supposed-to-be-hot-that-you-like-to-eat-cold/443008.md?page=2)