Cold Pizza - Why does it taste so good?
 

My name is dlish and im an addict....

im addicted to cold pizza.. anytime we have cold pizza i make sure that theres enough left over for the next morning so that i can eat it when i get up.

so why does cold pizza taste so good?

i enjoy it so much more than when its hot. is anyone like me or am i the lone weirdo?

in saying that im also addicted to cold chicken, and for the sake of a laugh - cold turkey!

ill eat anything cold.. cold pasta. she-lish thinks im weird, mum thinks im lazy to heat it up, dad just thinks its funny

she-lish made some pizza last night..of course i had the rest this morning. tasted sooo much better than my usual cereal and low fat milk in the morning..

is there a support group for people like me?

I believe Abaya might already be there :).
I never though of eating cold pizza before I met her, but I must admit it's pretty nice. Still doesn't beat the warm pizza for me, though.

I've got a friend who swears that Pizza Hut is better refrigerated. Seriously, he'll buy it fresh and stick it right in the fridge. :surprised:

there's no need for support groups. You are perfectly fine. Cold Pizza in the morning = win.

The memory that serves this topic most is that whenever my family ordered a pizza, what ever remained after the meal was left in the stove until the morning. For breakfast, I would be treated to the savory deliciousness of remembering what was a good night is now to be the start of a good morning. Yet refrigeration of the food detracts from the goodness of it slightly. For me, best bet is to to leave in the box, wait some 12 hours, prepare a plate and enjoy.

Cold pizza is money. Re-heated--poo poo. :no:

Pizza Hut pizza in particular tastes best cold, but I also like it hot. And I LOVE cold chicken and turkey. Even better with some cold worcestshire sauce to dip it in.

im starting to think that your my doppleganger

I like cold pizza. What I'm not crazy about his cold dried out pizza. My lovely wife, perfect in every way but this, puts leftover pizza in the fridge right in its cardboard box. What comes out the next day for lunch is dessicated, bullet-proof cold pizza, not fit to feed the dog.

Pizza needs to be refrigerated in ziplock or plastic wrap. That accomplished, I'm all about it cold. Also YES on cold chicken--cold KFC is great.

Cold pizza and KFC is delicious. I'd have to agree about Pizza Hut having some of the best cold pizza I've tasted. It's especially good in the morning after a night of drinking.

I don't usually eat cold pizza - the texture is a little off and it tends to bother my teeth. I usually warm it up at least slightly.

Why? Because it's a well-rounded breakfast pastry that will keep you energized until lunch.

It's good cold. It's good room temp. Or it's good hot.

Enjoy, you sick addict! :p

Cold pizza is good, but for me it's because of laziness. The less work I put into food the better it tastes!

There's nothing better in this whole world than a cold turkey sandwich the day after thanksgiving. I love it!

P.S. I'm very glad she-lish caught on.:p

I prefer my pizza at room temp, as I do most foods including milk and fruit.

Weird, lazy, and funny, dlish? I wouldnt of guessed.

Good breakfast to you my friend.

Hmm... maybe it's just the way my family was, but I always reheated my pizza in the microwave the next morning. So I've always eaten my pizza warm. Thus, the thought of cold pizza at first doesn't sound that appetizing to me.

However, recently I had some cold leftover pizza 'cause I was staying in a hotel that had a fridge but no microwave. It was BBQ chicken, and it was pretty decent. I suppose I'll have to try this a bit more.

Do certain cold pizzas taste better based on what toppings they have? i.e. does cold pepperoni taste better than cold cheese pizza? I'm curious.

In my experience, cold pizza has to be rationed and prepared the night before. It is also worth mentioning I can never order a single pizza. So, I usually order about two or three pizzas, and I disperse my toppings accordingly.

Pepperoni pizza is best consumed piping hot. cold pepperoni pizza is not the same aseating pepperoni slices from a resealable package for what ever reason. It has no moisture anymore(perhaps due to being cooked) and after about ~2 hours after the meal, pepperoni pizza is no longer appetizing (unless baked again).

Best served cold: chicken pizza is the tops.
also worth noting: olive and onion, ham

Okay or subpar: Italian sausage, green pepper, beef.

If you have any leftover marinara sauce, that helps as well.

I like my pizza hot, but I love it cold for breakfast too! It's really yummy :)

Also, I know how to make a weird pizza that is like a quiche only it's pizza...and it tastes yummy hot or cold - good party food because it can be cut into chunky squares.

Now I'm hungry!

Yes, cold pizza is, in fact, far more delicious. Cold chicken i okay, but cold FRIED chicken is amazing. I don't know what it is, but I like a lot of strange things like that. Grilled cheese? Hot, but needs to be pressed nearly flat. Makes it WAY better. Yum!

Some of us are just more comfortable with our taste buds, I think. :p

You don't even have to wait for it to get "cold" you can buy it that way!!!

I suspect it's not only a Philadelphia thing...but around here you can buy "real Italian tomato pie" which is sitting in the store in a box at room temp, never hot, and it's meant to be eaten at room temp, it's also supposed to have a thicker bready crust...authentic tomato pie doensn't even have cheese on it except for a light sprinking of course, sharp Parmesan. One of my fav lunch spots around here...the inimitable Tony's, sells a "tomato pie" that is also very good but it's served hot like pizza so this is not like the traditional pie I'm talking about.

There are a few bakeries around here that have made fantastic tomato pies for many years, these pies are distributed fresh daily to grocery stores and markets, so you can find them in quite a lot of places around this town.

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g2.../tomatopie.jpg

I love your fountain of interconnected knowledge. :surprised:

For me, 'cold pizza' is defined as pizza stored and eaten at room temperature.
Thank you for completing my initial idea.

For me, cold pizza is pizza taken out of the box, put in ziplock bags and stuck in the fridge until morning. That is foodlove!

just walk into the corner pizza shop ask for a slice and tell them to not put it in the oven :)

but I prefer cold Domino's over Pizza Hut.

My wife and I always leave it in the box. I'll gladly eat it cold, but I usually warm it to about room temp then eat it. Takes that dessicated edge off.

Cold, hot, whatever, pizza and beer is the shizz.

I don't mind it cold at all, but for me the best is leaving it in the oven overnight then microwaving it in the morning just enough that the oil gets liquid again. Pizza Hut is nice when I want something disgustingly fattening, but I usually prefer the local places.

So where is it and how do I get there?

Are you coming?

We always wrap our pizza in aluminum foil--mostly because the recycling will take aluminum foil but not plastic wrap, plus every pizza place around here prefers to give you foil to wrap your slices in to take home instead of a box.

But yes, dlish, cold pizza for breakfast is one of my favorite things to eat. That used to be my Saturday morning breakfast growing up (because Friday was pizza night). Unfortunately my SO is a pizza hog so I try and claim a few slices of the pizza to be wrapped up and put away in the fridge before he eats the entire pie.

And totally agree on the cold chicken, especially KFC. It just doesn't taste the same reheated.

OK, I'm waiting here for you until you show up....Altomontes Italian Market, 85 North York Road, Warminster PA. They bake and sell an excellent tomato pie, I'll be nibbling while I wait.

Altomontes Italian Market

Tomato Pie
Baked fresh daily with our homemade sauce and topped with grated cheese. Cut small and arranged on a party tray, either plain or garnished with our roasted peppers and dry-cured olives. White pizza (Foccacia) by special order.

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g2...eAltomonte.jpg

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g2...0pics7/piz.jpg

girldetective.. three questions, all could be used in a sexual way, all in the same instance (or within a few/lots of mins between each other). need i say more?

on the topic though.. glad im not the only one..i was starting to think i wasnt normal since no one else seems to eat cold pizza around me.

badnick, ive just got home from dinner, and now im hungry! those pics made me salivate!

as for chicken and turkey.. most of you agree with me, but anyone eat cold pasta too?

ktspktsp would know what im talking about - my fav is a lebanese dish called "macaroona blaban". literally translated pasta in yogurt. i know it may not sound like anything but id give up a huge buffet for just one bowl of it

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/692122.stm

Looks like real bonified scientists wonder the same thing..

I hereby volunteer to be the guinea pig for this government funded experiment....pizza pig, pizza pig, does whatever a pizza pig does...

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g2...7/pizzapig.jpg

mmmm pizza and guinea pig.

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you have a dirty mind dlish, at least when it comes to pizza. add it to the litany.

I eat cold pasta in either macaroni salad or my own Awesome Pasta Salad. In fact, dlish, there's a line of boxed pasta salad mixes here in the States called Suddenly Salad that are meant to be served cold: Suddenly Salad Home My Awesome Pasta Salad is basically their Classic salad mix, but dressed up. My mother's spaghetti is also good cold.

I guess I am a weirdo in that I have never been able to stomach cold pizza. Then again, I am not much of a pizza fan.

Ah yes, I know that. However I'm not a big fan of it, heh.

I love Suddenly Salad! So easy to make, yet so delicious!

i have to disagree...cold pizza sucks guinea pig balls! no thanks~!!!! but ya'll enjoy!

Or... maybe the guinea pig anyway. At least I know I am not alone, heh.

Add me to the no-love-for-cold-pizza brigade. Although pizza reheated in the microwave is worse. Proper reheating is done in the oven or in a pan on the stove.

You guys are all terribly mean and insensitive...

I have a deep abiding love of pizza (both cold and hot). Sadly, I have not been able to find a good pizza in my adopted country. They just can't seem to make good pizza here. Perhaps it's the humidity. Perhaps it's the ingredients. All I know is I am desperate.

Friday nights is pizza night for us. We make our own pizza every Friday. Through experimentation we have been getting closer to a good pizza. Our biggest problem is we need a pizza stone. I just can't get a crisp crust... but I digress.

Cold pizza is like morning mana from heaven. You wake up with a breakfast hunger, stick your head in the fridge and... viola! Breakfast is served.

Speaking of which, last night's pizza is mellowing in the fridge right now. Breakfast is served!

I prefer my pizza cold over hot. I'd MUCH rather have cold pizza for breakfast than hot pizza for dinner. In fact...I'm not really a big fan of hot pizza. I also like cold chicken and whenever we have leftover macaroni and cheese or suddenly salad, I eat that cold instead of heating it up. I really don't like the taste of reheated food and usually reserve reheating for mashed potatoes or leftovers from a restaurant (minus pizza, of course).

In one hand:

Cold pizza,
with cold sour cream on top.

A cold beer in t'other hand.

Cheers!