# Temperature of Food vs Drinks **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 29, 2017, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/temperature-of-food-vs-drinks/795040 "2017-08-29T17:01:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2017, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/temperature-of-food-vs-drinks/795040/21 "2017-08-30T14:31:43Z")
> [@TRC4941](#): > > I always found it odd that so many people love cold chocolate bars. When I was a kid in the 70’s it was a big thing to put Milky Ways and Snickers bars in the freezer. To me, there is no taste to ice cold chocolate. It has to be room temp for the best flavor. ALTHOUGH I do like to slightly chill (refrigerate for maybe 15 minutes) my Reeses Peanut Butter Cups just to firm them up! Yeah, chilling chocolate bars is something that makes absolutely no sense to me. It hardly tastes of chocolate to me once it’s cold, too. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2017, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/temperature-of-food-vs-drinks/795040/22 "2017-08-30T15:10:52Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > You’re insane. [You don’t tell me what kind of pizza to like!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mc7-_oOAJ7o) ---
**Author:** ![scr4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@scr4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scr4)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2017, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/temperature-of-food-vs-drinks/795040/23 "2017-08-30T15:42:53Z")
> [@SanVito](#): > > DOES NO ONE HERE DRINK RED WINE? What’s wrong with you people??? Or whiskey? And refrigerating fruits only make sense if the fruit is so flavorless that the sensation of cold is more pleasant than its flavor. Or if the fruit is so sickeningly sweet that you want to dull the sweetness. I’d also suggest, the reason we are used to room-temperature food is because most foods cool down quickly. Much quicker than a hot liquid in a cup. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2017, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/temperature-of-food-vs-drinks/795040/24 "2017-08-30T18:33:00Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > What?! Oh, hell no. Fruit is definitely room temperature food. Cold fruit just loses much of its flavor. No, no, no, no, no! > > I’m actually one of those weirdos who drinks most of his stuff room temperature, even beer. I’m just too lazy to find room in the fridge to stick the beer in. If I’m lucky, the beer is in the basement, and it’s winter, so at least I have something resembling “cellar temperature” beer, but I’m not picky. Soda is always kept room temp. If you want it cold, use the ice from the fridge’s ice maker, but most of the time I just drink it as is. I will admit that this is unusual, especially for an American. Yeah, really. Why do you think 12-packs come in fridge packs? ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2017, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/temperature-of-food-vs-drinks/795040/25 "2017-08-30T21:05:04Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > Yeah, really. Why do you think 12-packs come in fridge packs? I don’t think you’ll get any argument from me. But I just don’t have enough room in my fridge to fit a 12-pack in it. I have a counter-depth side-by-side fridge, so space is at a premium there. Soda gets counter space and there’s ice if you need it. But I don’t like my drinks super cold usually. ---
**Author:** ![kanicbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f8ce5/32.png) [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2017, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/temperature-of-food-vs-drinks/795040/26 "2017-08-30T22:35:05Z")
> [@SanVito](#): > > DOES NO ONE HERE DRINK RED WINE? What’s wrong with you people??? Read your post after this one above. Wine is stored in cellars which is a good deal cooler then room temperature. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2017, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/temperature-of-food-vs-drinks/795040/27 "2017-08-30T22:36:39Z")
> [@kanicbird](#): > > Read your post after this one above. Wine is stored in cellars which is a good deal cooler then room temperature. Oddly enough, I actually do like my red wine slightly chilled. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2017, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/temperature-of-food-vs-drinks/795040/28 "2017-08-31T15:35:50Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > What?! Oh, hell no. Fruit is definitely room temperature food. Cold fruit just loses much of its flavor. No, no, no, no, no! Depends on the fruit. Apples are inferior when cold, as are berries. Cold peaches are terrible. Oranges are a different experience when cold. Canteloupe is better cold, and cold watermelon is delightful. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2017, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/temperature-of-food-vs-drinks/795040/29 "2017-08-31T16:13:02Z")
I was thinking of watermelon as an exception, but the watermelon we get around here is usually pretty flavorless as it is and chilling it just makes it even more so. ---
**Author:** ![Tzigone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/839c29/32.png) [@Tzigone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tzigone)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2017, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/temperature-of-food-vs-drinks/795040/30 "2017-08-31T17:16:02Z")
I like grapes (green), watermelon (I eat it salted), apples (usually honey crisp or granny smith), and oranges (navel oranges) better cold than room temperature. And these are pretty the only fruits I eat on any regular basis. I do eat peaches, but only canned ones in peach cobbler, so they don’t really count. I do prefer room temperature chocolate, though, except in the summer when it melts all over the place. ---
**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2017, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/temperature-of-food-vs-drinks/795040/31 "2017-09-01T00:42:02Z")
Rather than just enumerating foods we like to eat hot or cold, it’s probably instructive to think about why we eat or drink things in the first place. We eat food for nutrition, obviously, and secondarily for taste. We drink drinks sometimes for hydration…but often, specifically for the purpose of cooling ourselves down or warming ourselves up. Water has a pretty high specific heat, and it’s good at that job. Coming in from the blizzard, you’re much more likely to be greeted with “my God you look freezing - have a nice hot cup of tea” than “have a nice hot slice of pizza”. After sweating it out in the sun you want a big drink of water to get your fluids up … but simultaneously you’re HOT so obviously you want it to be COLD water. (Also, I think we can agree … those people who like chocolate in the fridge are way weird) ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2017, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/temperature-of-food-vs-drinks/795040/32 "2017-09-01T01:33:03Z")
I don’t see how pre-emptive prevention of my chocolate melting is weird. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/temperature-of-food-vs-drinks/795040.md?page=1)