Why does Pizza taste better the next day?

**NrmlCurvSurfr** · 05-09-11, 06:15 PM

I like it cold too, but I think its a little better when its fresh. imo

**kiln** · 05-09-11, 08:28 PM

It's all chemical. Some things, like caffeol (which gives coffee its falvor), can only be sensed by taste receptors in your mouth when they're volatile (aka, evaporating, aka hot). Similarly, fat, which is something your body (thus your tongue) loves, are dispersed by heat. That's why chilled cheese is pointless. What you're experiencing in the cold pizza is the reintegration of flavors separated by heating. The same phenomenon often manifests in cooking with wood. When the meat (or whatever) first comes off the fire you won;t taste the smoke very much at all. Let the smoke and meat condense together (which involves changes in the molecular level as temperature cools often producing new bonds that couldn't exist before and will survive reheating)) in the fridge and the next morning you'll taste a very strong smoke flavor.

**ROGUE63** · 05-10-11, 05:21 AM

cold is definitely better,

**ngates815** · 05-10-11, 06:11 AM

Cold...the next morning at about 6 when you get into work. The best.

**jrego1970** · 05-10-11, 07:01 AM

It is never as good the next day.

**Richkas** · 05-10-11, 07:06 AM

I'm not real sure. So does sloppy Joes.

**callysz** · 05-10-11, 07:11 AM

Depends how you cook it the next day, microwave or oven (oven makes it more like it was fresh)...

**noober** · 05-10-11, 07:11 AM

lol. i completely disagree.

**oiler** · 05-10-11, 07:12 AM

think the only pizza that taste good the next day is papa johns

**hhsilver** · 05-10-11, 07:50 AM

next day you're hungry for it again and your mind and body compare it to the last slice you had the day before when you overate and were uncomfortable at the end.

**HeeeHAWWWW** · 05-10-11, 08:12 AM

Reheated pizza tastes stale, yuck.

**teecee** · 05-10-11, 08:15 AM

you've got to be kidding. much better fresh, my friend. thanks for the opportunity for the extra point, pal.