# In Praise of Cold Pizza **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 5, 2007, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-cold-pizza/421572 "2007-10-05T00:33:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2007, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-cold-pizza/421572/21 "2007-10-05T06:12:08Z")
Cold pizza is great. I prefer plain cheese. I moved away from New Jersey about 11 years ago. Yes, there is a difference in pizza quality - I had better pizza in NJ than in San Fran, although there is excellent pizza here. But cold, the difference is more marked than when warm. The too-thick crust doesn’t make as good cold pizza as the nice, thin crust I used to get. And people who warm it up in the morning? pfft… Joe ---
**Author:** ![Rucksinator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/898d66/32.png) [@Rucksinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rucksinator)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2007, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-cold-pizza/421572/22 "2007-10-05T06:37:58Z")
Cold pizza is good. Hot is better. The only reason to eat cold pizza is because it’s hard to get 1 serving of pizza delivered. IMHO ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2007, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-cold-pizza/421572/23 "2007-10-05T06:47:05Z")
Cold pizza? Hell, yeah! That’s what specials were made for-a few slices to eat now, and the rest to be a meal for tomorrow. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![sturmhauke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2007, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-cold-pizza/421572/24 "2007-10-05T08:06:10Z")
Pizza reheated by means of a toaster oven or some arcane cast iron process may be acceptable. Pizza reheated by bombarding it with microwaves is an abomination unto the Lord. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2007, 9:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-cold-pizza/421572/25 "2007-10-05T09:08:02Z")
Cold pizza is what pizza is _for_, IMO. Hot pizza is nice, but in most cases I’m only eating it hot because I’m too impatient to let to go cold. ---
**Author:** ![Roland\_Orzabal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c2a13f/32.png) [@Roland\_Orzabal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roland_Orzabal)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2007, 9:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-cold-pizza/421572/26 "2007-10-05T09:36:17Z")
Well, you’ve got your cold-pizza pizzas, and your hot-pizza pizzas. Which one to order depends on when you most want to enjoy it. If it’s a breakfast of manna you’re after, get yourself a hand-tossed chicken (or pepperoni if chicken’s not available) and pineapple, eat a couple token slices when you get it, and put the rest in the fridge for an all-morning snack-a-thon tomorrow. If it’s dinnertime and you’re feeling that piping hot, melty-cheese, scalding-sauce, crispy-crust craving, order up a large thin-crust meat lover’s (or equivalent) and go to town. It’s not quite as good cold – chilled Italian sausage, while serviceable, doesn’t really strike my fancy – but, man, it’ll hit the hot-pizza pizza spot like nothing else. ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2007, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-cold-pizza/421572/27 "2007-10-05T11:17:23Z")
[QUOTE=Fear Itself] This may be a guy thing, so I would be interested to here if any of you women enjoy the Breakfast of Champions. [/QUOTE] Female checking in. Yes, I like cold pizza. It can’t be plain, though. I like cold pizza with a couple of toppings; pepperoni, sausage, green peppers. I’ll sometimes reheat it, but never, ever in the microwave. I have a pizza stone that works just fine for returning cold pizza to its fresh-from-the-oven goodness. It keeps the crust from getting all soggy. ---
**Author:** ![Tapiotar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3be4f8/32.png) [@Tapiotar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapiotar)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2007, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-cold-pizza/421572/28 "2007-10-05T11:40:44Z")
[QUOTE=sturmhauke] Pizza reheated by means of a toaster oven or some arcane cast iron process may be acceptable. Pizza reheated by bombarding it with microwaves is an abomination unto the Lord. [/QUOTE] Yea, Brother, thou speakest truth! I like pizza with a spicy tomato sauce; the spicier the sauce, the better it tastes, hot or cold. And the crust should be thin, just a little something to hold the sauce, cheese, and toppings. After decades of living in various places in the midwest and on the west coast, I am back in the northeast, the land of delicious pizza. It really is better here. ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2007, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-cold-pizza/421572/29 "2007-10-05T16:15:25Z")
Cold pizza is good, but only certain kinds. For instance, I can eat cold cheese pizza, but I can’t eat cold deluxe pizza (the kind with olives, mushrooms, onions, peppers, sausage, etc.) I can eat cold pepperoni pizza but not cold sausage pizza. And TripleTee is right - heat your leftovers up in a skillet. That way the crust comes out right. ---
**Author:** ![EtherealFreakOfPinkness](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a4c791/32.png) [@EtherealFreakOfPinkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EtherealFreakOfPinkness)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2007, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-cold-pizza/421572/30 "2007-10-05T16:27:10Z")
Cold. Pizza. Pwns. All. It is pwnage wrapped in more pwnage dipped in pwnage. And i’m clearly not the only female who thinks so, as it would appear other females are praising it highly. As well they should be. ---
**Author:** ![lalenin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@lalenin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lalenin)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2007, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-cold-pizza/421572/31 "2007-10-05T16:33:53Z")
[QUOTE=Fear Itself] Does anybody else always order enough pizza delivered so there will be leftovers to eat cold for breakfast? I gotta say, cold pizza is one of my guilty pleasures, and if I discover a slice in the fridge on any given morning, I will nab it without regret. I have always thought I should open a morning drive -thru coffee hut that specialized in cold pizza and joe. What else could be easier to eat while driving? This may be a guy thing, so I would be interested to here if any of you women enjoy the Breakfast of Champions. [/QUOTE] May I suggest the following: 1 slice cold pizza Heat in microwave until cheese melts (45 seconds for me) Sprinkle two tablespoons white sugar on it. Enjoy breakfast heaven. ---
**Author:** ![DudleyGarrett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d9b06d/32.png) [@DudleyGarrett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DudleyGarrett)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2007, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-cold-pizza/421572/32 "2007-10-05T16:34:48Z")
OK, I guess I’m the only one: I HATE COLD PIZZA. I’ve never liked it. Believe me, I’ve had it put in front of me on many hungover mornings, and even then I couldn’t eat it. I like it OK hot, though. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2007, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-cold-pizza/421572/33 "2007-10-05T16:59:26Z")
[QUOTE=Charlie Tan] Cold pizza, which is ambrosia, is breakfast food [/QUOTE] Cold pizza is great anytime. It just usually doesn’t _last_ past breakfast. ---
**Author:** ![Amygdala](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e79b87/32.png) [@Amygdala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amygdala)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2007, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-cold-pizza/421572/34 "2007-10-05T17:03:56Z")
Heh, I just posted in another thread about how I think cold pizza sucks, and I was completely unaware of this thread at the time. But yeah. We do order extra pizza to have leftovers, but I always reheat mine (in the microwave, no less!). And I’m a girl, just to reinforce the OP’s suggestion that cold pizza is “a guy thing.” ---
**Author:** ![sturmhauke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2007, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-cold-pizza/421572/35 "2007-10-05T17:27:17Z")
[QUOTE=lalenin] May I suggest the following: 1 slice cold pizza Heat in microwave until cheese melts (45 seconds for me) Sprinkle two tablespoons white sugar on it. Enjoy breakfast heaven. [/QUOTE] Sugar? _Sugar!?_ That’s it, your Doper membership is revoked. Gimme your gun and your badge. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2007, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-cold-pizza/421572/36 "2007-10-05T17:58:14Z")
Hot pizza is very good; cold pizza is very good too. The local chain does a buy 1 get 1 half price deal so I can have one hot and one cold the next day. ---
**Author:** ![CapnPitt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/edb3f5/32.png) [@CapnPitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CapnPitt)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2007, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-cold-pizza/421572/37 "2007-10-05T20:44:25Z")
Christine Lavin has a song about cold pizza for breakfast. Somehow I think it’s titled “Cold Pizza.” Catchy little tune about a true delicacy ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2007, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-cold-pizza/421572/38 "2007-10-07T00:21:58Z")
Is no one going to comment about the ESPN show of the same name? I didn’t think that cold pizza was anywhere that popular, until I heard that was the title. I do the cold pizza, but I have never had it for breakfast. I always held it for lunch or a snack the day after. I always looked forward to it in the morning. Pepperoni and Pineapple. I don’t think I have ever done that one, but it makes sense immediately. (I’ve done Ham and Pineapple TONS of times). I want pizza now. For some reason. I don’t know about Sugar… don’t know if I should be tempted. ---
**Author:** ![TripleTee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ac8455/32.png) [@TripleTee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TripleTee)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2007, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-cold-pizza/421572/39 "2007-10-07T00:27:30Z")
[QUOTE=sturmhauke] Pizza reheated by means of a toaster oven or some arcane cast iron process may be acceptable. Pizza reheated by bombarding it with microwaves is an abomination unto the Lord. [/QUOTE] Preach on, brother. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2007, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-cold-pizza/421572/40 "2007-10-07T02:46:05Z")
When I was a young buck, I would sometimes have cold spaghetti and a couple of beers for breakfast, to impress my cohorts, even though I secretly hated having that for breakfast. I’m guessing it might be the same with this thread and cold pizza. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-cold-pizza/421572.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-cold-pizza/421572.md?page=3)