Italian food: hot or cold?

Cafe Society
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I have a refrigerator full take-home boxes of half eaten pizza, a calzone, and some spaghetti alfredo. It was good in the restaurant, but eating some cold pizza this morning made me realize that I probably like these foods better after a night in the refrigerator. I would almost buy a pizza just to put in my refrigerator for the next day, only I don’t possess enough foresight. Anyone else think a breakfast or midnight snack of cold Italian food is a full-out flavorgasm?

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Cold pizza is God’s study food.

3

Or something to have after you been out all night drinking beers.
BEEEEELCH!

4

Cold pizza’s best but I also like it reheated slowly the next morning. Stick it in the oven at 140º for about fifteen minutes and it comes out tasting even better than the night before.

5

word. anything that can make you feel that much better while hung over is clearly a godsend.

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I prefer most Italian food hot. Cold mozzarella is just rubbery white stuff. Hot mozzarella is a work of of delicious art. Same for tomato sauce and nearly all pasta.

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There are two kinds of people in this world: people who eat cold pizza and NORMAL people! :stuck_out_tongue: Cold mozzarella is just YUCK.

Then again, I have been known to make cold spaghetti and onion sandwiches on Wonder bread.

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Cold pizza is good.

I find that things like lasagna and spaghetti are better when they’re left to chill in the fridge overnight, and then warmed up in the microwave. I just prefer the texture when it’s dried out a bit.

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I’m not sure if I am more disturbed by the concept of a spaghetti sandwich(!!) or that it’s eaten on wonder bread. I could *possibly *see someone eating some spaghetti between slices of some crunchy and slightly toasted french bread but that spongey stuff that my mom was raised on? I thought the Geneva Convention had laws against such things.

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Cold pizza is great, but part of it was finding a way to reheat it properly.

Cook’s Illustrated had a great way of reheating.

Shake a liberal amount of oregano onto a dry frying pan. Place pizza slices in pan, and put the heat to med-low. Cook covered for about 10-15 minutes. End up with hot pizza with nice crispy crust.