I cut out most soda long ago, but one recent drink change I did manage—I like hot chocolate in winter, and I tend to like it syrupy, so it’s not exactly health food. I tried making a glass of hot water on a cold day instead, as an experiment when I noticed it was an option on the coffee machine at work. Surprisingly, I liked it almost as much—it has the nice warming effect, and it tastes much nicer than lukewarm water. I suspect that’ll save me a lot of calories over the average winter, plus it″ll let me consume way more hot drinks than I otherwise would on cold days.
I’ve noticed that at least for myself, things which are very warm/hot and things which are very cold (by the standards of food) taste better than lukewarm things, independent of flavor. I’m not sure whether this is a general principle, but suspect it is.
I am beginning to think so, yes. I have long noted that cold drinks taste more like coldness than like anything else(which is why so many people who dislike beer, myself included, prefer their beer icy cold), but I’ve always associated my preference for hot food/drink as a preference for freshness—you want to eat it before it goes stale and congeals and whatnot, not so much because of the actual flavours. Thinking about it, though, there’s not much difference between right out of the pan versus half an hour old, and yet I’ll take the former every time.
I now want to experiment to see what exactly I’m experiencing and thinking when I’m eating foods at different temperatures.
I cut out most soda long ago, but one recent drink change I did manage—I like hot chocolate in winter, and I tend to like it syrupy, so it’s not exactly health food. I tried making a glass of hot water on a cold day instead, as an experiment when I noticed it was an option on the coffee machine at work. Surprisingly, I liked it almost as much—it has the nice warming effect, and it tastes much nicer than lukewarm water. I suspect that’ll save me a lot of calories over the average winter, plus it″ll let me consume way more hot drinks than I otherwise would on cold days.
I’ve noticed that at least for myself, things which are very warm/hot and things which are very cold (by the standards of food) taste better than lukewarm things, independent of flavor. I’m not sure whether this is a general principle, but suspect it is.
I am beginning to think so, yes. I have long noted that cold drinks taste more like coldness than like anything else(which is why so many people who dislike beer, myself included, prefer their beer icy cold), but I’ve always associated my preference for hot food/drink as a preference for freshness—you want to eat it before it goes stale and congeals and whatnot, not so much because of the actual flavours. Thinking about it, though, there’s not much difference between right out of the pan versus half an hour old, and yet I’ll take the former every time.
I now want to experiment to see what exactly I’m experiencing and thinking when I’m eating foods at different temperatures.