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IMPORTANT THOUGHT
Right, you know how the food we eat TENDS to be either hot or cold (e.g. hot soup, or cold ice cream). And GENERALLY we don't like it when food is lukewarm?
WHAT'S OUR FUCKING PROBLEM?
I know there are exceptions (e.g. crisps and cheese are ok at room temperature), but in general people get upset if their HOT meal is cold? WHY???! It's been cooked! It's fine! It doesn't TASTE any better or worse, just hotter or colder.
PEOPLE ARE IDIOTS. I'm off to eat some room temperature curry.
It does too taste different.
It tastes *more* when it's at the proper temperature.
Are you a smoker?
MORE? MORE?
I'LL GIVE YOU MORE!!!
I must admit I haven't tested my theory scientifically. Lukewarm food is disgusting, obv.
my mum
thinks this is a big problem, she tells me my dinner is ready. if i take more than 2 minutes to get downstairs and get it she goes mental "ITS GGGOIINGG COOLLDDD!"
My mum calls me down before it's actually ready
so I go back upstairs. Then she says "Where are you going? It's ready!" No it's not! I'm right here! I can see it's not ready! STOP LYING!!!!!!!!
My mum used to do that.
That's why I left home. Nothing to do with going to university.
my mum does that!
the devious old witch.
nb. i call that to her face, she loves it.
<3
Does
curry get a skin on it if its left too long?
That's how humans are
formed
NOM NOM NOM
^
The sound of a bottlefed otter
http://www.otter.org/Otterframes.html
I have adopted an otter.
So there.
IT'S GETTING OTT IN HERRE
there are loads of foods that are fine at room temperature
bread
cereal
fruit
vegetables
cakes/bicuits etc
continued
rice
pasta
even pizza sometimes
I was thinking about this the other day
which worries me slightly, but anyway - I don't think people care about whether their food is cooked at all; it actually is the warmth they like. Hence rare steak.
Well...
i don't really care. i eat leftovers without reheating them. i always wonder why other people are so fussy about it.
Although i can understand the texture issue with hot/cold. Like a cheesy dish is probably nicer with it all gooey and less like hard plastic.
And also warm/hot dishes are generally more filling i find...?
But yes, not really bothered. And i LOVE cold soup. Like Gazpacho and Vichyssoise.
Yes, good point on
the texture. That DOES make a difference.
I agree
Most things warm are just as good lukewarm, apart from anything thats battered/really fatty. Cold congealed fat tastes much worse than hot fat. "Hot fat" made me smile.
Red wine
My dad puts red wine in the
fridge.
what a prick!
Sorry, did I say fridge?
I meant cellar. Man is it cold in that little white cellar.
that is so wrong
you're supposed to do that with WHITE wine.
So you're saying that WHITE is
COOL are you?
Hmmm?
yes.
it's in my username, so it must be.
if stuff isn't heated
or chilled properly, the body/brains reaction is that it's potentially unsafe
cooking/chilling food kills bacteria etc
the entire human taste system is built around alerting the brain that "HEY, this food contains needed nutrients and isn't going to kill us! Eat it! OM NOM NOM"
So presumably the human taste
system developed over time, as once we ate meat without cooking it?
It's time to evolve into superior eating machines.
I've always said
that my ability to eat like a bastard is a sign of evolutionary superiority.
I'd have to agree with you!
I'll just get a nice merlot out the fridge and we'll drink to that!
merlot!
is it me you're looking for?
:D
get out of my dreams,
and into my cava
BILLOL LOLCEAN!!!!
just like riding a bike
shiraz cold as ice?
no?
Okay, I'm off again.
how does one convey love over the internet?
p.s.
probably the post of this year
hi
Riojaing the casbah?
yarp
we once had a much shorter life expectancy too though ;)
raw fish is a bit different though
it's true, it's hard enough for us to process cooked meat--that's why it gives people more gas than other foods, excepting really high in fiber stuff.
10 good reasons for quitting dis:
1. thewarn
It's to do with texture
warmer stuff tends to be less brittle and hard and alot easier to stomach, eg Caulliflowers texture chages drasticly when it cools down & its much harder to eat when it has done as its more brittle and less... tender?
brittle cauliflower?
like it shatters in your mouth? i'd go with tough maybe.... :-/
but then vegetables are better raw anyways, more nutrients and what not.
Can you imagine
if everything that is now cold suddenly became hot, and vice-versa?
I can't.
thanks.
for everything
Pleasure.
See you in the cold tub.
Warm, daddio
Lukewarm pizza is eww
Some food it can be alright with though- but generally I prefer cooked food to be warm.
Ocassionally I'll heat up cupcakes in the microwave for that 'freshly baked' feel.
i think my only issue would be cups of tea.
i don't like my cuppa lukewarm. there is point of temperature at which to drink it, that SHOULDNT BE CROSSED!
same goes with coffee.
actually having said that.
having my gin and tonic hot would be super gross.
i think drinks in general then.
room temp leftover pizza FTW!!