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.
Temperature is actually an important part of culinary art. Serving something at the right time to be at peak flavor, texture, and Temperature is important.
That being said many foods can and are appreciated at different Temps. Some foods containing those fats thinned by heat are meant to be enjoyed cool (cookies and cakes with a high butter content fornexample) in other contexts.
As a consumate omnivore, eater, and foodie please by all means enjoy.
To those who haven’t tried give it a shot. Brisket and it’s fat hit different cold and is enjoyable in a new way. For those that like cold foods try warm sweets.
As a final comment you do you boo boo, but when someone prepares and serves you food try and appreciate it the way they intended, they’ve worked hard on it. They’re trying to share something special with you and it’s worth a shot if you care (restuarants are not necessarily held to this, if you’re paying you have every right to say no fucking way) and try to share your experiences if you can.
Hear, hear!