To think that some foods should not be served hot (or cold)...

[Jane958]

Avocado, for example, delicious when ripe and served cold or at room temperature, but disgusting if heated.
What are your pet hates, temperature-wise?

I can’t stand hot coffee but love iced coffee.

Pizza
Quiche
Hot,not cold

I ordered a roasted vegetable panini in a cafe, was expecting peppers etc. It was mainly carrot which felt quite wrong.
Despite the fact that carrot is fine served hot, or roasted...but imo didn't belong in a panini

Cold pasta has less carbs so I’m all for it cold.

What about potatoes? I love hot potatoes in any form, but they have to be freshly cooked.
I find potatoes that have gone cold and been reheated pretty rank. I quite like potato salad, but only if made with the "correct" kind of potatoes and either homemade mayonnaise or a stock-based dressing (typical in southern Germany).

I recently reheated some curry with tabbouleh - much to the horror of my colleagues - and the cucumber was surprisingly fine.

Yes, Gazpacho is so much nicer than hot tomato soup.

I hate hot tuna too.

I prefer canned drinks at room temperature to freezing cold.

Baked avocado .. I used to do a dish with that .. what on earth was it. It's probably from the Cranks book.

Yes i do.too, I don't like ice in drinks either.

I will only eat salad with lasagne — I don’t get the chips or garlic bread accompaniment I see people on here regard as normal. For me you need a contrast with something cold and crunchy with a sharp vinaigrette.

But I wouldn’t use a hot plate if there’s salad. My mother has a terrible habit of putting plates to warm in an oven so hot that when food is then put on the plates, it starts sizzling and hissing, and anyone accidentally touching the plate is likely to get a nasty burn.

Agree with avocado, cucumber, baked beans and lamb.
Disagree with pizza (better hot but ok cold), pasta (I like pasta salad), tuna (I like a tuna pasta bake, even though it's a bit studenty!). Also totally fine with salad accompanying hot food. I'd eat salad with lasagne because I like it, not because I think it would make the meal healthier!

See, I think pizza is best lukewarm when the cheese has hardened a bit. I always wait ten mins after getting my pizza to start eating it so it’s reached perfection. I agree it is rank cold though.

Pasta ‘salad’ at BBQs is the worst thing about summer.

It’s always horrible . Claggy, nothing with any flavour. Worst of all mayonnaise on pasta…

The only remotely acceptable pasta salad is an M&S one drenched in olive oil and good pesto, with spinach and pine nuts.

A mile away from my BIL’s cold pasta with a tiny amount of chopped pepper and salad cream. Ugh.

Sausage rolls can be room temperature but never fridge cold.

Agree about avocado, but I love a tuna melt. I did have to perform a mental leap to get into it though, but now it's one of my favourites.

Cold left-over pizza is the breakfast of champions. It has to have anchovies on it though.

Oh I agree that pasta salad is often rubbish, but it doesn't have to be. I'm fine with mayonnaise in it if it's a good pasta salad with plenty of flavour and good ingredients. Also it shouldn't be served fridge-cold imo.

Other way round for me!

No.

I love cold left-over roast potatoes! I don't reheat them though. I also love potato salad and am not fussy about what kind of potato (I couldn't 'be arsed with pretending to know the differences), and I prefer it with yoghurt to mayo.

Your BIL should be in jail for that.

I love pasta salads of all kinds but the best is pasta, salami, tomato, cheddar, red & yellow pepper chunks, olives, and an oil based Italian dressing (basically olive oil, garlic, and seasonings).

Or I recently rediscovered macaroni salad. Noodles, lots of red and yellow peppers, onion, and a mustard mayo dressing. Mmmmmm

just wow

I like cold any kind of potato. Cold new potatoes dipped in salt... mmmm