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Foods have a property I call “reliciousness.” This is a food’s ability to retain (or in some cases improve) its appeal upon reheating or re-serving.
Here is the arbitrary range I’ve defined for documenting reliciousness:
0 - if a food is a zero, that means don’t get a doggie bag. reheating it will not result in food.
10 - reheating brings this food back to 100% of its original appeal and deliciousness.
Fries have a notoriously low reliciousness. They are unquestionably a 0. Those mutant fries you can get with batter on them (such as the ones you get at Burger King) *might* constitute a 1.
Lasagna is incredibly relicious. In some cases, letting the sauce and the noodles get acquainted in the fridge causes the leftovers to taste better than the original serving. Lasagna = 11.
Pizza is an obviously relicious food.
Toast is not relicious at all. Unless you like your toast burnt.
Perhaps fried beans are so relectable that they are only ever served as refried beans. har har.
One major synonym for relicious is relectable.
January 19th, 2007 at 9:50 pm
relicious: curry (9), soup (11)
unrelicious: asparagus (1), alfredo sauce (0)
January 21st, 2007 at 7:51 pm
super relicious: risotto. best on its 3rd day.
January 22nd, 2007 at 10:14 pm
cheap Chinese takeout - 4. always seems to leave a terrible aftertaste and an even worse smell.
I must admit I have never tried to reheat lasagna, despite my affection for it. Perhaps I should try this.
January 23rd, 2007 at 9:11 am
hannes: is there something about resurrection on the third day?
January 23rd, 2007 at 10:10 pm
Hannes, you are excommunicated (since we’re talking about resurrection): 3-day old risotto grows legs (that is, gets mushy), and risotto should be eaten al dente, you barbarian! I can make an exception for mushroom risotto, because the mushrooms release their reliciousness for a while, but otherwise: repent!
January 23rd, 2007 at 11:33 pm
now now, elisa, hannes… there is one way to resolve this:
pillow fight!!!!!
January 24th, 2007 at 12:01 am
good idea BUT: my pillow will be filled with risotto al dente, Hannes’ with 3-day old risotto…
January 29th, 2007 at 9:13 am
i am amused by reliciousness.
January 29th, 2007 at 2:13 pm
I disagree about the cheap chinese takeout. Fried rice actually improves with age, as long as you have hot sauce to add. OTOH, sauteed Chinese eggplant turns turquoise blue in the refrigerator. Who knows, it may still taste good, but as far as I’m concerned, blue != relicious.
January 31st, 2007 at 10:13 pm
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August 17th, 2007 at 2:04 pm
I regret to inform my fellow oafs that relicious has been claimed by the urban dictionary: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=relicious