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Cold meals are superior to hot meals in almost every way
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this post was submitted on 30 Jul 2026
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Cold French fries become stale and disgusting, and there's no resurrecting them via reheating either. Roasted, mashed, and baked potatoes are acceptable either way.
Cold cooked fish is too fishy (e.g. whitefish, whitebait, etc. Uncooked fish (eg sushi) is fine, as well as cold non-temperature cooked fish (like ceviche).
Cold pasta sauce is too clumpy. It may taste fine, but it detracts from the experience of having the pasta evenly covered with sauce when it's all congealed.
Cold chowder has the mouth feel of eating day old barf, it must be warm.
Cold buttered toast is soggy and sad.
I never expected two simple words could illicit such an extreme feeling but the phrase "cold chowder" made my stomach turn