On Mar 1, 2:10*pm, John Kuthe > wrote:
> On Thu, 1 Mar 2012 09:40:58 -0800 (PST), marco >
> wrote:
>
> >I often read at the end of a recipe,
> >or an opinion about a recipe,
> >that a food dish tastes better the next day.
>
> >I wonder if this is [many times] a fallacy?
> >Not in all cases of course.
>
> ...
>
> My brother and I used to have a running argumebnt abouty chili. He
> said his chili was not finished until it took a ride through the
> freezer. He used to make large batches and freeze it before he'd eat
> any.
>
> I also used to make large batches of chili, and while I'd freeze most
> I'd always have a bowl of what I called "neuveau chili", which was
> after the cook finished but before it was frozen. And I discovered
> from doibng this that the "neuveau chili" had a sharper hotter flavor,
> which a ride through the freezer mellowed out.
>
> So yes there are differences. But to each their own, yano?

Freezing the beans makes them softer, not freezing them leaves them
firmer. That certainly is a matter of personal preference.
>
> John Kuthe...

--Bryan