I don't care what y'all think. Nothing about my food being hot or even warm makes it any better for me. I always burn tongue and even if I don't, I really don't enjoy rushing to swallow because my mouth is at risk of inflicting pain. Even when it's slightly warm, I don't like it. I want my food stone cold, no matter what the food is.

I always let my food cool down, not even to room temperature, I let it cool even longer and I eat everything stone cold. It lets me properly savor the flavor, without worrying about too much heat. Eating cold food for me is a relaxing experience, eating hot food is a panic-inducing one, and eating slightly warm food is boring, not any better than stone cold food. I'll even gladly eat food straight out of the fridge and enjoy it! I've been called "crazy" and "perverse" for this many, many times.

I like my food stone cold and refuse to eat it even mildly warm, always letting it cool down way below room temperature. Screw what anyone thinks 😆

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[–] 116 points 6 days ago (6 children)

Yeah that's definitely unpopular. I could not imagine eating everything cold, like what the fuck?

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  • [–] [S] 23 points 6 days ago (4 children)

    Sue me
    I do indeed eat everything cold. I get soo much shit from my bf for that 😂

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    [–] 54 points 6 days ago (3 children)

    So when did you find out you had autism?

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    [–] 16 points 5 days ago

    Upvoted for being dumbass

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  • [–] 41 points 6 days ago (1 child)

    If you are that concerned about burning your mouth or your tongue on even slightly warm food, I can recommend a really good therapist to help you out on that.

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  • [–] 32 points 6 days ago (12 children)

    That is a hot take, irony intended.

    There’s probably some good scientific reason for eating meat hot. And coffee? I can kinda deal but the tea? Throw it straight out if it’s not piping hot and I don’t care how the Americans take it.

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  • [–] [S] 10 points 6 days ago (3 children)

    Yeah, umm...coffe and tea both. Stone cold, just like my food 😆
    Not even joking...

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  • [–] 3 points 5 days ago (2 children)

    This raises further questions for me, since I'm a wanna-be coffee afficianado. You get much lower extraction at lower temperatures, with both coffee and tea. Do you grind coffee finer to compensate, or do you just enjoy weaker beverages? Also, do you mean room temperature, tap-water cold, or actually chilled? How do you make coffee (and tea)? Thank you in advance!

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    [–] 25 points 6 days ago (4 children)

    This is not an insult. Have you taken any tests to see if you may be autistic? If not, you should.

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  • [–] 12 points 5 days ago (1 child)

    How does this even work if you eat somewhere that doesn’t have a fridge for you to cool your food below room temperature? What’s wrong with you that you “always” burn your tongue even at nonburning temps?

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  • Sensory differences are a thing. Although I doubt OP literally "burns" their tongue on luke-warm foods, it's possible OP has a sensory difference that makes warm food more difficult to tolerate, or possibly even painful.

    For me, my brain interprets certain light touches as "painful." I can tolerate having my hairs pulled out one-by-one and feel fine, but touch me in the wrong spot with a feather and I'll scream. I can easily imagine other people may have crossed wires in their nervous system somewhere that make certain temperature sensations on a sensitive tongue feel painful.

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  • [–] 17 points 5 days ago

    Possibly the worst opinion here

    Upvoted

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  • [–] 25 points 6 days ago (2 children)

    In case you ever want to try eating warm food again, try putting a stone next to the food in the oven. That way the food will be stone cold and warm at the same time.

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    [–] 10 points 5 days ago

    Upvote for an actual unpopular opinion. Well done.

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    [–] 15 points 6 days ago (1 child)

    I think this wins the comm. Even more than the BJ post

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  • [–] 19 points 6 days ago

    I cannot comprehend this. Seriously, all the more power to you but what the fuck

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  • [–] 10 points 5 days ago

    Objectively and demonstrably wrong. Excellent post.

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  • I eat a lot of cold meals and this is still wild to me. Definitely an unpopular take.

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  • [–] 11 points 6 days ago (14 children)

    So, you put all food in the fridge before eating it? Because otherwise it's impossible to cool down below room temperature. 🤓

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    [–] 11 points 6 days ago

    You must love gazpacho

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  • [–] 3 points 5 days ago* (5 children)

    "Stone cold" usually describes a facial expression, not a temperature.

    always letting it cool down way below room temperature

    You can't let something cool below room temperature as it would just reach equilibrium at room temperature. You have to actively cool it (like put it in a fridge) to cool it below room temperature.

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  • [–] 4 points 5 days ago (2 children)

    Stone cold describes temperature just as often. Right??

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    [–] 10 points 6 days ago

    I feel exactly opposite to this. If I never ate any cold food again it would be too soon.

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  • [–] 4 points 5 days ago*

    You think cereal is better cold?!

    There really are a lot of strange people on the internet. 😏 /s

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  • [–] 3 points 5 days ago*

    You must really like Cold Stone Creamery and Stone Cold Steve Austin.

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  • [–] 6 points 5 days ago (6 children)

    How do you "let something cool down" further than room temperature? You can't really let something just sit still and cool more than the ambient temperature, so you must use some form of cooling element, like ice cubes or something.

    Or this is bait, I honestly can't tell.

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    [–] 3 points 5 days ago (1 child)

    I love cold Pizza and cold fried chicken. That's where I draw the line unless it's food that is meant to be served cold/room temp.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

    I consider both of those to be completely different foods from their hot versions. It's always hard for me to decide if I want the leftovers heated up or not.

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  • [–] 6 points 6 days ago (4 children)

    I think you're tasting a different flavor profile than the rest of us because for instance sugar is less tasteable cold. But that's okay, you enjoy your food whatever way you like it! Also, your way is much easier to deal with than someone who wants their food piping hot. Any delay can overcook or burn their food. Not you! Make ahead, put in fridge, come back anytime between 20 minutes and 24 hours later, it will be nice and cold, safe and unchanged.

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    [–] 4 points 5 days ago

    This is like the inverse of Hot Grapes

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  • [–] 4 points 6 days ago

    Definitely unpopular. In a strange way I kind of agree about not wanting to burn your mouth, that's horrible and not worth it. I'll sometimes sit and wait for several minutes for my plate to cool if it's steaming hot, even when I'm hungry and other people around me are eating. But there's always a point where it's obviously safe and still nicely warm which is much better than being cold.

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  • [–] 5 points 6 days ago (1 child)

    I don't eat everything cold, but I like some foods cold and a day old, like pizza, it almost always tastes better than fresh, in my opinion.

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    [–] 5 points 6 days ago* (2 children)

    You like your saturated fat stick to your teeth hard. That's fine. Serious question though, how do you stand eating anything high in saturated fat? Or with proteins in liquid that congeal? Or shit waiting for your food's hot emulsions to separate?

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    [–] 5 points 6 days ago (1 child)

    Damn! That may be the most unpopular opinion I've seen on this community!

    However, you aren't entirely alone. I've known a few people that are right with you. Not many, but enough that I've tried some things cold but fresh, as in putting it in a fridge until it's fully cooled.

    Gotta say, I do not share the opinion for the vast majority of foods, and I found that some things are even worse cold than warm (things I didn't like already).

    That being said, some soups are nice cold, and some varieties of pizza are as good, though the crust becomes untenable.

    THAT being said, you rock on with yo sef. Ain't enough room in the world to be a food snob. You like what you like, and screw what anyone else thinks (just don't do it to them lol)

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    [–] 5 points 6 days ago* (1 child)

    Character development for Miisha? Neat!

    Everyone’s got quirks, yours are harmless.

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