Why do potato chips taste gross when they are cold?!


Question: Why do potato chips taste gross when they are cold!?
They seriously taste like sh*t when they've been left for like an hour!.!. you know what I mean!? and at first I thought it was because of all the grease in them but it taste the same with oven chips!.!.!.!.Www@FoodAQ@Com


Answers:
Yeah I agree!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

The scientific reason why most food tend to taste better when it's hot is because there is much more of a release of food molecules when the food is warm!. Those molecules reach your tongue, so when food, say like French fried potatoes is warm, the food molecules flow better to your mouth!. Ergo, that's why your fries taste better when they're warm!.

One more thing to remember: nearly 2/3rd-3/4th of all native English Speakers are North American, so when you refer to "chips", most North Americans think you're talking about "crisps"!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Ok it took me a second to to realize you meant French Fries to me!.!.!.!.but the reason is, when they are hot and they have just come out of the deep fryer, that grease is super hot too!. when the grease cools it starts to turn back into a solid, which makes the "chips" soggy and well!.!.!.as you said!.!.GROSS! also the starches change structures in the potato from when they are heated and then cooled down!. So that also contributes to the ICK factor when they are cooled!.
So eat em' when they hot!.!.toss them when they are cold! )Www@FoodAQ@Com

because potato chips are basically made of potato's right!?!?!?!? and potatos can easily mold and this molds make the potato chips not crunchy and not delicious!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!. ;)Www@FoodAQ@Com

Do you mean fries!? Yeah, I know what you mean!. I think it's just that the starch gels and gets all gummy-nasty!. Definitely something best eaten hot!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

my boyfriend keeps them in the freezer!. when we started dating I thought he was nuts, but now it's the only way I like them! (plain ruffles are the best!.)Www@FoodAQ@Com

why were they cold!? who does that!? but yeah it's the grease that makes it taste so badWww@FoodAQ@Com

All chips are sold cold!.!. Unless you're heating your bag of chips in a microwave, in which case I will begin to rofl!.Www@FoodAQ@Com





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