Is food hotter in your hand or in your mouth?

[Jimmy Kustes]

When you eat something hot is it hotter in your hand or in your mouth?

Don't be wise guy and say Tobasco sauce, hot Tamalies (the real kind or the candy) are hotter in your mouth. That is just bordering on dork.

I say mouth.

[Calhoun07]

Ok, I think I might have to pick this one as the most useless question of all, but that's ok! Useless question posts are a vital part of AniGen!

I would go with mouth, also. Unless you're talking about pizza straight from the oven, then I'd say there's an equal chance you will feel the burn in your hand and in your mouth!

[Jimmy Kustes]

Originally posted by calhoun07
Ok, I think I might have to pick this one as the most useless question of all, but that's ok! Useless question posts are a vital part of AniGen!

I would go with mouth, also. Unless you're talking about pizza straight from the oven, then I'd say there's an equal chance you will feel the burn in your hand and in your mouth!

Now you're getin' it. ;)

Can you believe I'm doing this instead of looking for scholorships?

[Vigo Sprax]

Originally posted by duncanzits
Can you believe I'm doing this instead of looking for scholorships?

Not to stray off topic here (I don't want to ruin the wonderful subject matter :D ), but what are some good web sites for looking for scholarships?

And ah...definetly hotter in your mouth, unless you can douse it with a good amount of saliva before hand...

[Failure]

www.fastweb.com (http://www.fastweb.com) is a good one. Actually it's the only one I know. The official College Board page should have some links as well.

And yes, food is definitely way more hotter in the mouth.

[NewMaxFranklin]

I say hot food seems hotter in your mouth, but cold food seems colder in your hands.

[Jimmy Kustes]

I am glad you brought up the subject of scholarship websites. I was going to start a thread about it. Fastweb.com is the best one I found. That's sad because I fill out a profile with Caucasian and get applications for the Thergood Marshall scholarship for black students! :eek:

I can't stand scholarships that:

Don't have online application
Charge money
Have a dumb topic like write about tires

Too bad this is the majority of them!

Does anyone have online applications for free scholarships that I can just paste an essay or poem I already wrote and win?

[Joe Tully]

Well, we all know that M&M's melt in your mouth, not in your hand. An increase in temperature or pressure is what makes it more likely for something to melt. But both your hand and mouth are at roughly the same pressure. So your mouth must be hotter than your hand. So then anything that you put in your mouth must be hotter than it was when it was in your hand since the temperature of the food would be affected by whatever was touching it, be it hand or mouth, and...

food temp + mouth temp > food temp + hand temp

Egad! I'm a genius! :p

[DR. BELCH]

--that it'd be hotter in the mouth than in the hand, the tongue being more sensitive than the fingertips. Though there are a lot of people eating with their hands here--where's your Emily Post? Use a fork, for crying out loud! ;)

As for me, I'm doing this and looking into publishing opportunities simultaneously. I am the Amazing Dual Attention-Span Man! :)

[Singin' Stray Cat]

Food definitely feels hotter in the mouth - and so does hot chocolate, as I learned one day years ago while vacationing in Gatlinburg, TN. :eek: It's a miracle I can taste anything now...

[Good Ol' Batmanuel!]

Originally posted by duncanzits
When you eat something hot is it hotter in your hand or in your mouth?

I've never eaten anything through my hand, so I don't know. :)

[Karkull]

I'd say that food is equally hot in both your hand and your mouth, but that burn in your mouth will linger for a longer period of time.

[Jimmy Kustes]

Originally posted by I Hate Batmanuel!


I've never eaten anything through my hand, so I don't know. :)

You don't know what you're missing.

Maybe I should make a movie about a guy eating food with his hands but he eats food with his hands! It would be worthy of a review on badmovieplanet.com!

[Danielle]

Originally posted by duncanzits


Maybe I should make a movie about a guy eating food with his hands but he eats food with his hands! It would be worthy of a review on badmovieplanet.com!


Or even better, a guy eating food through his nose.

[Ricochet]

Originally posted by Karkull
I'd say that food is equally hot in both your hand and your mouth, but that burn in your mouth will linger for a longer period of time.

I disagree... When I take a drink of, let's say, scaldin hot chocolate, my tounge feels rough but then goes away pretty quick. However, last year I burned my thumb on a hot cheese stick pan. That sucker hurt like a very hot place! And for a week, nonetheless. Maybe the initial sensation is stronger and sharper in the mouth, but it lingers stronger on the hand...

[DR. BELCH]

Ricochet:
Maybe the initial sensation is stronger and sharper in the mouth, but it lingers stronger on the hand...
Yes, but you can apply a healing lotion/oil and a bandage to a burn on the finger, hand, or other extremity...it's harder, if not impossible, to do that with a tongue burn. Also, with oral burns/canker sores, there's the healing power of saliva to consider.
Actually, people in hospitals eat through their noses, if they're unconcious and unable to chew. Or consider the query of whether one should eat french fries with their fingers. The answer is no--you should eat your fingers seperately. ;)

[Ricochet]

Originally posted by DR. BELCH

Yes, but you can apply a healing lotion/oil and a bandage to a burn on the finger, hand, or other extremity...it's harder, if not impossible, to do that with a tongue burn.

It made mine just feel like a wet burn...

[Stinky Cat]

just to answer the question because your mouth is like 96 degrees and you hands are about 80 degrees its hotter in your hands because there is a greater difference in temperatures.. heh :P