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When I refer to "cold meals", I'm talking about temperature (Cold, cooked meals).

To me, cold meals taste much better compared to hot meals. With chili, for example, the flavor becomes more rich after it has cooled down.

Additionally, cold meals are less messy than hot meals. For instance, melted cheese and grease from meats will harden when refrigerated, thus no longer dirtying the hands.

Finally, consuming hot meals can put you at risk of burning your mouth, causing prolonged pain (which sucks BTW). Cold meals do not have this issue.

IMO, the only benefit hot meals have over cold meals is warming you up and (for some meals) being ready to consume immediately after preparing it.

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[-] DarkSirrush@piefed.ca 101 points 20 hours ago

Wow, I hate this.

Hot things must be hot. Fats must be above room temp or the taste is muted.

Fridge temp anything meant to be eaten warm is depression on a plate.

...though, chocolate belongs in the freezer.

[-] ALoafOfBread@lemmy.ml 26 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

Disagree on chocolate. Texture and taste are improved at room temp.

[-] Squizzy@lemmy.world 1 points 8 hours ago

The modern dairy milks fold.Tony's has had the fridged these past few weeks but just get the clean to break

[-] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 9 hours ago

Lol. I actually love eating chocolate bars and m&ms from the freezer. Not even fridge cold. Freezer.

[-] ALoafOfBread@lemmy.ml 2 points 7 hours ago

Frozen m&ms are great. I guess I mostly mean like nice dark chocolate, mainly

[-] jim_v@lemmy.world 17 points 20 hours ago

I prefer my chocolate at mouth temp.

[-] JennyLaFae@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 18 hours ago

Cold for snap and cleanliness, then you melt it in your mouth and savor it, not just cronch and swallow as quickly as possible

[-] DarkSirrush@piefed.ca 4 points 19 hours ago

It has a wonderful crunch when frozen, and cheap chocolate bars dont taste quite so sickly sweet - I really wish all brands sold a dark chocolate version that was readily available.

[-] notsure@fedia.io 3 points 19 hours ago

I have mixed feelings, here.

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