It's better when warmed a second time!

I think it's the sitting-overnight that does this. The food stays cold in the fridge and the flavors disperse more evenly as additional moisture slowly evaporates (or the food just dries up a bit more due to the humidity setting in your fridgerator, either or). Then when it's microwaved, the left over humidity/moisture in the food helps it steam itself in the heating process and the additional heated air circulating within the food makes itself more airy, fluffier, as well as helping the atoms activate and move around in the food thus dispersing the flavors around and enhancing the taste.

I *think* the above is the scientific explanation I saw once on Food Network.

However, I like my explanation better: When you're eating leftovers and are impatient enough to cook anything in the microwave, shouldn't ANYTHING taste better as you must be "too hungry to wait to cook anything new from scratch?"

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Encephalon

If you guys have never tried reheated beans with grated cheese on top and a little salsa servedwith tortillas you're sooo missing out. Menudo is also something that tastes better to me when warmed a second time but I have to reheat it for a few minutes longer on low power so that it doesn't get too hot and clump together.

Surprisingly enough, I had menudo for the first time in my life about 2 years ago, and I loved it. Took some home, reheated it for a couple meals later, liked it much more. Haven't had it since though. /sadness.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

I know, but when your first ever menudo is your boyfriend's abuelita's second cousin twice removed, great-tia Rosa's family legend menudo, the desire to find anyother around town just to pay to eat menudo seems moot point. No? =P

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.