Can any of you relate to this?

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My son likes to have all of his food heated up. I'm not just talking about food that is normally warm, but strawberries, slushy drinks, juice etc. Do any of you like having all your food and drinks warm? Is there a reason why? Thanks..

That is, uh... different.
I'd be interesting in reading others' posts on this.

Wild guess--

Cold can shock your senses. It's very intense to feel. Your body temperature is roughly 50 degrees above refrigerated food; consider what it is like to walk into freezing weather from room temperature, which is also about 50 degrees difference (and assume you're wearing a swimsuit--no insulation)... then assume you can't ignore the cold, so it keeps feeling like the first shock...

I don't mind cold food, but I could see how somebody else might.

Oh--Celsius users, read "40 degrees" instead of 50. Roughly.

Have you asked him if he's got any ideas? Or does he not know the why of it himself? I can't explain why cotton feels a thousand times better than silk to me, for example...

Does this count? When I have cereal, I put a bowl of milk in the microwave for 22 or 33 seconds, just to take the edge off. Then I add the cereal.

I have a similar problem.

I can't drink anything carbonated. The bubbles/fizz literally hurt my mouth. The only time I can stand it is if I'm drunk and my senses are dulled. I have had less than a single can of carbonated/caffeinated soda while sober in my entire life.

It was quite a pain as a kid, but nowadays people have begun to stress more the healthy options like water and juice so it's rarely a problem now.

warm juice is nice....i drink it when i'm sick or cold or just feel like it.....

warm fruits aren't unusual...when you make pies and such, fruits are warm...you make cider with them....slushy drink, however, i don't know never had a warm slushy and it contradicts the purpose of a slushy.....does he do that to ice cream? cause that too like the slushy would be quite unusual....

Well, not the same thing, but still a food-heat oddity:
Me, and also my dad (who's probably AS) will eat stuff straight from the fridge. My mom will be shocked, like "Aren't you going to heat that up?"
Foods that should be warm, like leftovers. Nope, don't care. It's fine cold.

Personally, I like them cold rather than warm. I even freeze beverages.

Nowadays, because of food regulations, it seems to be standard practice for fruit/veg/salad/sandwiches to be kept chilled in shops, cafes and canteens. This seems to have shifted the expectations and subsequently the tastes of most people to favour such chilling. I haven't moved in that direction. I much prefer my fruit and salad to be at room temperature, just as it was before my parents bought their first fridge back in the 1970s. I often refuse salads in a sandwich bar, just because they are chilled (especially the tomatoes). If I buy pre-packed sandwiches from a fridge in a petrol station, I prefer to let them reach room temperature before eating. If I am in a canteen and add something from the salad bar to a hot meal, I mix them together to heat the salad!

Corn-flour feels wrong!! !! I have to do a tempura or battered vegetables for a Japanese shop and it got so bad, I point blank refused to do any more tempura until the regular flour was used. Feeling all plastic-like, almost freaked out ...