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I hate hot food, but I can't wait more than five minutes for something to cool off (besides chicken and dumplings, those take forever to cool off). I blow and then I eat the food, even if it's still a little bit hot.
So let me make sure I get this straight. You have no issue with waiting for 40 minutes for your dinner partner to let their baked potato cool off? At a restaurant?
So let me make sure I get this straight. You have no issue with waiting for 40 minutes for your dinner partner to let their baked potato cool off? At a restaurant?
40 minutes, no, but long enough that even I can see the steam no longer coming off it? Yeah. But then again, I'm one of those that likes food to not be so hot you can't taste it. *shrugs*
40 minutes, no, but long enough that even I can see the steam no longer coming off it? Yeah. But then again, I'm one of those that likes food to not be so hot you can't taste it. *shrugs*
Well that's normal, not the 20 to 40 minutes as stated by the OP.
I HATE hot food. Disgusting, painful, taste over-ridden by pain.
I too find most restaurant food arrives at an edible temperature.
But at home I have various strategies for cooling down food. A lot of times if I cooked something in a pot, I'll fill the smaller sink with cold water and set the pot in it, sometimes stirring the food and wafting water against the outside and bottom of the pot to cool it. Other times I just stick it in the freezer for a bit (microwave food). Sometimes I just set it on the top shelf of the pantry (I have an 8x10 walk-in pantry) and close the door so it can sit and cool and I don't have to smell it or see it. I often like warm to slightly warm, but never "hot."
Yes, sometimes the time required to cool, if just left out, can be 20+ minutes.
Oh, I also put water or ice cubes in my coffee. If I order coffee at a restaurant, I ask them to fill the cup half full so I have room to add water or ice.
With the exception of a sizzling plate coming to rest on the table in front of me, most of my food has been an easy 5 mins or less wait time before consuming. Hot soups and/or chilis, have been told to eat [when I was a kid] using spoon to scoop up along the edge where it's usually cooler than right in the middle. I have not really had a problem burning my tongue or the upper ridges of my mouth like I have in the past with scarfing down a pizza when I'm especially hungry. Maybe within a 10 minute wait for a pizza right out of the oven?
I remember my Mom used to put an ice cube in her coffee. I've never had to do that. Nor did I ever do that. I have had coffee tho that was way too hot for me to sip, so I may take a few extra minutes on something like that. I do like my coffee hot as opposed to being cold (unless it was meant that way, ala Frappaccino, and such) but at the same time, a cup of hot coffee should not be so hot that it burns your lips either.
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