Reheat or eat it cold?
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I'm ok with eating most food at room temperature.
I don't know how anyone can eat stuff like chicken, turkey, or ham cold. That slime build up is nasty.
I don't know how anyone can eat stuff like chicken, turkey, or ham cold. That slime build up is nasty.
this was posted in one of the countless pizza threads here awhile back. Works great, though if you like eating leftover pizza cold you probably won't bother to reheat it like this
http://youtu.be/XWIJNaA-JNA
http://youtu.be/XWIJNaA-JNA
Yeah.
It's basically a catch-all name for pizzas served with eggs and breakfast meats,usually cooked in maple.
It can have different styled eggs, tomatoes, chives, or parsley if you want.
Scrambled eggs with sausage:
Sunny side up eggs with parsley, chives, and bacon.
Sunny side up eggs with rosemary, potatoes, and chorizo gravy
It's the only way eggs taste good cold.
I need this in Canada.
Wow, I've never heard about this before.
And with maple, do you mean meat cooked in sweet maple syrup? Good lord...
loaf of bread
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I had cold leftover KFC today. It was good.
Milksheikhs
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Wait, wut? Good to know. Im surprised I'm not dead right now.
Yup, there was a disucssion about this on reddit a while ago, here's the summary: https://upvoted.com/2015/11/02/do-you-need-to-let-food-cool-down-before-refrigerating/
SchrodingerC
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I know...I'm weirdI've even made meatloaf sandwiches and eaten them without heating it up <gasp>
While I agree with your statement about microwaving, I'm conflicted on this one. Don't think I've ever enjoyed cold french fries sober.
It's pretty much a lose-lose situation either way, but cold fries have a hint of their original taste before the microwave nukes them.
theusedversion
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Room temperature fried chicken that has been sitting out for a while is the GOAT
30 degrees is pretty warm relatively speaking
Nostremitus
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Cold pizza is best leftover pizza.
andthebeatgoeson
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Most meats, I eat cold if I'm lazy or don't want bad microwave heating. Any pasta with a good amount of cheese in it. Pizza can be better cold than microwaved.
Non fried fish needs to be reheated.
Fries need to be trashed.
I'm with you op. Cold is great.
Non fried fish needs to be reheated.
Fries need to be trashed.
I'm with you op. Cold is great.
Eating chicken cold is a fairly bad idea. Not as bad as rice, but pretty bad. You should be reheating that shit. Or you might get real sick. Not a high chance, but a chance.
Everything else? Fair game.
Pizza especially is awesome cold. Lasagna's pretty great.
It depends on the dish - I make a lot of vegetable-only stews, and those are pretty bland cold, so I almost always fry the leftovers back up, maybe chuck in some meat/meat substitute.
There are only a few things which are full-on bad cold: fries or "chips". Goddamnit they are gross cold. Just like pure stodge.
It's still just a probability. You can eat cold/room temp rice once a week for your whole life and still be OK.
But it only takes one time for some deadly bacteria to grow on rice and do some bad shit to your body.
Basically uncooked rice has a shell around it which protects it. You cook rice, and that shell melts away, leaving a juicy, soft, moist lump of hot carbs. Once rice cools down, that's the environment bacteria love the most.
Everything else? Fair game.
Pizza especially is awesome cold. Lasagna's pretty great.
It depends on the dish - I make a lot of vegetable-only stews, and those are pretty bland cold, so I almost always fry the leftovers back up, maybe chuck in some meat/meat substitute.
There are only a few things which are full-on bad cold: fries or "chips". Goddamnit they are gross cold. Just like pure stodge.
It's still just a probability. You can eat cold/room temp rice once a week for your whole life and still be OK.
But it only takes one time for some deadly bacteria to grow on rice and do some bad shit to your body.
Basically uncooked rice has a shell around it which protects it. You cook rice, and that shell melts away, leaving a juicy, soft, moist lump of hot carbs. Once rice cools down, that's the environment bacteria love the most.
Earthpainting
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Same, though I should note that I'm usually a deliberate slow eater so that my meals can cool down to room temperature anyway. Not a big fan of hot food.
Nikodemos
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Though I remember a rumour that cold fries are healthier for you since they do not cause such a high glycemic spike; the starch in cold fries congeals into a slower-absorbed form which is metabolysed more evenly than that in hot fries. Or something like that.
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I reheat pizza in the oven on gas mark 3 (really low) for about 5 - 7 minutes, it's almost as good as fresh. After doing it like this you'll never use the microwave ever again.
hydrophilic attack
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Always reheat. Never had to consider whether to reheat a pizza, because if I buy a pizza, that fucker will be gone within the hour.
Gravy Boat
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I'll eat pretty much any left over takeaway cold the next day. Chinese, pizza, Indian, doesn't matter. Straight from the fridge.
Gordon Shumway
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Chicken..that's about it.
Frank Jaeger
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Next day boiled potatoes are god like cold with a pinch of salt. Otherwise, re heat everything, especially if I can see the fat separating already!
Fug Slanderson
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Pizza, fried chicken, sliced turkey are all good cold. That's about it though
CarpeDeezNutz
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Reheat with varying kitchen appliances, eating cold just sounds lazy.
SpaceHorror
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Pizza and wings I'll eat cold if I'm just munching them out of the fridge (usually while drunk or with a hangover), otherwise I reheat.
Skellig Gra
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Always reheat, you guys are gross.
You,re me.
In addition to that I'll eat all bakes/ casseroles cold the next day and they taste always better that way.
Probably true - it's the taste/texture I can't stand!
Once they go cold they taste of nothing but feel like sticks of hardened glue in your mouth.
sixteen-bit
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gotta be hot
ChubbyHuggs
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Pizza, fried chicken and hamburgers are a whole different food when cold and should be kept that way.
It's the American obsession with turning everything into dessert.
hobblygobbly
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Pork sausages are amazing when they're cold. I reheat most otherwise, exception of stuff that can be put on sandwiches, like a roast that's been sliced up or chicken that I'll slice up and mix with mayo to make chicken & mayo sandwich.
I tend to reheat most cooked things instead of eating them cold. I like my hot foods to be hot when I ingest them a second time. Even pizza, though that can be pretty good with the right pizza.
-Pretty good
-Ugh, that sounds nasty. Cold lasagna noodles? No thanks
-For some reason that should be tasty, but it sounds disgusting
-Actually great. Put that on a deli roll with some Swiss cheese or some Provolone.
-Pretty good
-Ugh, that sounds nasty. Cold lasagna noodles? No thanks
-For some reason that should be tasty, but it sounds disgusting
-Actually great. Put that on a deli roll with some Swiss cheese or some Provolone.
Extra Sauce
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I eat plenty of leftovers cold, like pizza. If I do need to reheat something, I usually put it into the oven or a non-stick pan. Microwave ovens tend to destroy the texture of food and turn it into a soft, soggy mess. Fuck microwave ovens.
Goldenroad
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Straight meats like Turkey, Roast Beef, Ham are fine cold if in the form of a sandwich or salad, same with an egg salad, but come on, Lasagna? Get out of here with that.
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