When you have leftover pizza, will you eat it cold?

Slice of Pizza - pizza pie
United States
February 10, 2007 4:00pm CST
I love cold pizza from the fridge, heck even eat it for breakfast! I know it totally grosses some people out though. Do you eat pizza from the fridge or do you HAVE to heat it up to eat it?
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• Canada
10 Feb 07
I find leftover pizza taste even better then when it comes out of the oven but still have to heat it up to eat it as I don't like any of my food cold . When I was younger I used to love cold pizza but for some reason as I got older it didn't seem to have the same taste for me .
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• United States
10 Feb 07
Sometimes it depends on the pizza for me. We get a pizza from the place we prefer our wings and it's just not as good but we get a pizza with the wings as part of a "package deal". That particular pizza I have to heat up, something about their crust is just too chewy and hard (it's a hand tossed) and I just don't like it cold either. But most of the time... I don't mind if it's cold or hot! LOL
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@lifeiseasy (2292)
• United States
10 Feb 07
Funny until about 5 years ago I would not eat pizza (or baby back ribs) well I have gotten over that ...eating with the fingers thing ...I love pizza now and I only eat it hot ...I don't like it cold ...My Mom will get it out of the frig. and eat it cold ...its funny to see her do that ... I think you can taste the grease in the cheese when its cold and it just feels greasey to me when cold ...so I much prefer to eat it hot ...and fresh made is even better ...
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• United States
10 Feb 07
I know some other people that can't do "finger food". It depends on what the food is for me but I generally am kewl with just licking them off and washing them! LOL
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@ycanteye (778)
• United States
11 Feb 07
I will eat pizza cold for breakfast if it is one from Pizza King but usually eat it warmed in the toaster oven either for lunch or a late night snack.
@loved1 (5328)
• United States
10 Feb 07
Cold pizza is my absolute favorite breakfast food. I especially love it if it is a crappy frozen pizza that was cooked the night before. I have also found it is probably one of the world's best cures for a hangover.
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• United States
10 Feb 07
LOL.. hangover cure... haven't heard that before! I guess it couldn't hurt to try it.. what the heck! LOL
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@wolfie34 (26771)
• United Kingdom
11 Feb 07
Eww no, I will only eat it when it's hot, then what I have left goes straigt into the bin. When I go out with a friend of mine and we have pizza anything he hasn't eaten he'll take home in a doggie bag and will eat it the next morning for breakfast.
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@MakDomMom (1474)
• United States
10 Feb 07
I cannot eat pizza cold. It's so gross!!! My husband can take it straight from the fridge and eat it. He even has my son (age 2) doing it. YUCK!!! That is one thing that I just can't stand.
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@lols189 (4742)
10 Feb 07
if i eat pizza in the night i will reheat it in the microwave the next day in the morning for breakfast, i think it tastes better than it did when i first made it. i couldnt eat it cold tho
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@suscan (1955)
• United States
11 Feb 07
I love pizza cold, and Yes I can eat it for breakfast. Don't you think that some pizza is not as good cold as others?
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• United States
11 Feb 07
Definitely agree that only certain pizzas are good cold. I've had some that I just knew had to be heated up to enjoy.
@killj0y (618)
• United States
10 Feb 07
Ew, cold pizza is gross! I'd have to be starving and not have electricity! But I would eat it cold if I had to.
• United States
10 Feb 07
lol... lots of people think like you!
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@KrisNY (7590)
• United States
26 Feb 07
There is nothing better than Piping hot pizza right out of the pizzeria's oven.. This is my favorite way to eat it. If I can't have it this way then I prefer it cold the next morning. What could be healthier or better than cold pizza for breakfast! I'm not kidding either- I love cold pizza. my daughter warms hers up.. But I think microwaving it makes it soggy and just gross-- I love Cold pizza!
• United States
10 Feb 07
I cannot eat cold pizza. I have to reheat it in the oven. Heating it in the microwave makes it soggy, so it has to be in the oven.
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@ashjoe76 (1422)
• India
10 Feb 07
I don't mind eating cold pizza. In fact, I love it more to eat things straight out of the fridge. I don't know how healthy that is, but I love cold milk and leftover pizza for breakfast. The question of taste is just a state of mind I feel, so I never go after the idea of eating things hot, means eating fresh.
• United States
10 Feb 07
I don't think pizza is all that bad for you and actually is a great way for me to get some veggies in too! Of course, like anything... if you eat a whole pie in one sitting it can't be good! LOL Definitely a state of mind thing if you ask me too but I think it also has to do with the difference in texture.
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@EdwardF (431)
• United States
12 Feb 07
I always get more pizza than we can eat so I can eat it the next morning cold. I've always done this. . your friend
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• United States
12 Feb 07
I do too. Always buy extra... quick and easy breakfast! lol
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@howard96h (11640)
• New York, New York
10 Feb 07
I can eat it cold with a nice cold glass of diet pepsi. Yum. :) +
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• United States
10 Feb 07
ahhhh... give me a diet pepsi with it and it's a complete meal too! lol
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• United States
12 Feb 07
even worse than cold...I like it straight from the box after being left out all night. I don't actually like it as much if it's been in the fridge so I do usually re-heat in the oven if it's cold.
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• United States
12 Feb 07
OMG.. My sister does that! I keep telling her she's gonna die of food poisoning! LOL Aren't you afraid of botulism or something after sitting out all night unrefridgerated?
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• United States
12 Feb 07
I can not stand to eat pizza cold. It just *shivers* doesn't agree with me. lol I HAVE to heat it up and usually in the oven, not the microwave.
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@Bev1986 (1425)
• United States
12 Feb 07
I like pizza that has set out all night.... I won't heat it up if it's been sitting out.. I'll just eat it. But once it's been in the fridge, then I need to heat it to eat it. I'm not crazy about it being heated in the microwave... I prefer it heated in the toaster oven instead. To me it takes a lot better that way. When you reheat it in the microwave, it gets kind of chewy....
• United States
26 Feb 07
left over pizzas be in the fridge then heated again in the oven before eating ! pizzas great when hot not cold.... as to have the cheese like mozzarella in the melting zesty flavor it gives !
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13 Feb 07
If I have leftover pizza, I'm quite happy to eat it cold. I don't always put it in the fridge though - there have been times, if we've been drinking and ordered a pizza, that it's sat in it's box overnight, and I've consequently eaten it for breakfast. Now, that's quite gross!
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@stateroad (730)
• United States
16 Feb 07
I do like left over pizza and I agree that it tastes better the next day. Sometimes I will heat it up in the microwave or sometimes I will just eat it cold. I will not eat it directly from the refrigerator. I will pull it out and let it sit on the table before I eat it.
@SKLC_PT (1234)
13 Feb 07
Thanks for mentioning it, I have a frozen pizza in the deep freeze and had forgotten about it, got it 2 days ago. Making it now. I like pizza hot but don't mink eating it cold, But I think nothing beats that hot pizza place oven taste, it also depends on the topping and type of pizza, some pizzas are bricks when cold lol.