Do you reheat leftover pizza or do you eat it cold?
By mssnow
@mssnow (9484)
United States
June 29, 2007 9:37am CST
I have heard some people say they just grab a piece of left over pizza from the fridge and eat it cold. I like to reheat mine. But not in the microwave. Because the microwave ruins the crust. i reheat it in the oven. How about you? Cold or reheated?
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@Modestah (11179)
• United States
1 Jul 07
while I do like cold pizza, if it is pizza hut pan pizza I much prefer it heated up in the toaster oven -(or big oven) the crust gets this incredibly crunch to it, oh my it is good! I like it better reheated than I do fresh from the restaurant.
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@lordwarwizard (35747)
• Singapore
29 Jun 07
I don't normally at pizzas. Pizzas are common enough here but we do not eat them usually as regular meals.
And so, pizzas are always ordered fresh and then gobbled up on the spot. If we really can't finish, maybe they will be saved for supper. Then we will heat it with the microwave oven if need be.
If we have to leave it overnight, we will dump the pizza into the fridge then heat it up with the microwave oven. No I wouldn't want to eat my pizza cold.
I can use the oven too now that you mentioned it. But I never had an opportunity to need to make this decision. So ok, next time, I might use the oven instead of the microwave one. :P
@KrazyKlingon (5005)
• United States
24 Aug 07
I have reheated pizza before eating it, & I have eaten cold pizza as well. I usually like it better when heated. It depends on what I feel like doing. If I'm too hungry to wait or if I am pressed for time, I would eat it cold, & still enjoy it.
Did you find out the hard way by using a microwave to reheat pizza? I did, & the crust felt awfully rubbery. I also found out that if the pizza being reheated in the microwave, cover it with a paper towel. That would help keep the crust intact.
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@KrazyKlingon (5005)
• United States
9 Feb 08
Oh - I had forgotten to add that as long as the pizza was not left in the friedge long enough to end up with penincillin topping. If that's the case, I would just toss it out.
@wolfie34 (26771)
• United Kingdom
29 Jun 07
Ewwww cold pizza, that is disgusting, yuk! When all the toppings have congealed and looks like a dried up mess on top of piece of bread, I would throw it straight away! Not that I have pizza, being a health fanatic, can't remember the last time I went for a pizza or eaten one at home. If I couldn't eat it all then it would be binned!
@Penguinsangel (3498)
• United States
1 Jul 07
I always have to reheat my pizza, I do not like it cold. I don't microwave it either though. We put ours in the oven instead to reheat it as well.
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@sigma77 (5383)
• United States
29 Jun 07
I have eaten it cold, but I like it heated much better. I reheat it in the micro on low. It just takes longer and it doesn't get recooked. I think if you heat it on higher levels, that is what ruins it because it gets recooked. I don't know, but I am beginning to wonder how safe food is when it is cooked in the micro.
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@arkaf61 (10881)
• Canada
29 Jun 07
We like it too, but lately for some reason we haven't had it that many times. Well during the summer we usually tend to go more for salads and cool things because it's so hot, so maybe that's one of the reasons, but not the only one since we didn't have much this last winter either.
We like it better when we just buy the crust and add our own toppings the way we like them and we used to always have a few frozen ones in the freezer, but not that much lately.
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@sunshine4 (8703)
• United States
29 Jun 07
I am with you mssnow. I love to reheat pizza but it must be in the oven. My kids will eat it cold or micro it, but it just isn't as good that way. My mom eats it cold with peanut butter on it~ gross!
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@anne_143god (5387)
• Philippines
29 Jun 07
I dont use to eat pizza or any left over foods without reheat it specially when it comes from the fridge I think it is not that delicious to eat a non dessert food to eat cold.
@CraftyCorner (5600)
• United States
23 Aug 07
I confess! I eat cold pizza fresh out of the fridge! Yummy! Pizza isn't one of the foods that needs to be reheated I don't think, but that's just me.
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When I was a kid, I would be sent to school with a baggie full of a couple pieces of leftover pizza and consider myself the luckiest kid in school.
@PurpleTeddyBear (6685)
• Canada
26 Aug 07
Their is nothing I hate more then cold pizza Snow. I always re-heat mine. If I'm in a hurry then the microwave does the trick, but if I have time I prefer the oven too as that way the crust doesn't get as soggy as when it's been microwaved!
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@Nykkee (2522)
• Canada
29 Jun 07
Sometime i will reheat left over pizza but I ususally will just eat it cold becuase I find it's not so much like eating leftovers that way. I find that the same pizza will taste completely different hot than it does cold, but I like pizza both ways, so eating it cold the next day makes for more flavor variety.
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@Rtlsnk316 (1197)
• Mexico
29 Jun 07
I've tried it cold but I think because I was starving, I've reheated it in the microwave, but as you say, in the oven or even in the stove is better, just cover it with aluminum paper and put it on a pan under low flame.
Yummy
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@hopejordan (3561)
• Australia
24 Oct 07
hi there mssnow i do love leftover pizza i dont heat it up i just have it cold more tasty for me but warm pizza is good too.
god bless you