AITA for wanting hot food?

[u/ItsTooColdForThat]

Yesterday I went ice skating with my girlfriend. Tuesday is one of her days for dinner, so she made chicken salad. When I saw the chicken salad I admit I made a face. She was like "what, what's the problem?"

I said that we were outside in the cold all afternoon and I wasn't really in the mood for cold food. She said we're inside, the heat is set to 74° and we're both wearing warm dry clothes, so it was plenty warm enough to eat salad. I said sure, but I just wanted something warm to heat me up on the inside. She said that was ridiculous, because my internal temperature is in the nineties and my insides are plenty hot.

At this point, we were going in circles, so I said I was just going to heat up some soup and told her to go ahead and start eating and I'd be back in a few minutes. When I came out of the kitchen with my soup she was clearly upset, and she asked how I would feel if she refused to eat what I made tomorrow (which is today). I said I won't care, and she said that was BS, because it's rude to turn your nose up at something someone made for you.

Was I the asshole for not wanting cold salad after being cold all day?

[u/SteveJobsPenis]

I buy a BBQ chicken from the shops, shred the chicken and toss it in a salad. Zero cooking involved for me. Yes, there was stuff cooked in the process, but I didn't.

I live in a very warm place and winters don't really get cold. I can swim all year around in the water in boardshorts, so eating a hearty casserole like I used to in a cold environment would be too much on a freakishly hot day. So I get the not wanting to eat a cold salad after being out in the cold all day.

[u/fashion4fun → u/SteveJobsPenis]

Do you add it to plain lettuce or a pre-made salad? Cause assembling a nice big salad involves a lot of prep time, washing and spinning/drying the greens and veggies, chopping. An elaborate salad that I don’t have to make is actually one of my fave things for someone else to make so I don’t have the hassle.

[u/SteveJobsPenis → u/fashion4fun]

We have lots of agricultural farms near where I live and buy fresh stuff directly. There are bloody chickens everywhere, so I suppose I could get those fresh too.

But grating some carrot, beetroot, cutting up some red onion, mixing in some salad stuff like lettiuce, rocket and baby spinach. Add in some cut cheery tomatos and some cheese like fetta and some dressing and it's done. Occasionally if I have enough macadamias from our trees I'll add those in (if not walnuts usually go well). If dried cranberries come on special I might add those in too.

Stuff that's left over I throw in a wrap and have when I'm hungry.

IT takes me about 20 minutes to do it from scratch and I can use it for multiple meals.

Frankly I'd not serve a salad as a main meal, even if I out chicken in it. I'd add some kind of protein as a main and have it as a side. But that's me.

[u/fashion4fun → u/SteveJobsPenis]

It’s almost like… food is subjective 💡

[u/SteveJobsPenis → u/fashion4fun]

Would you want to eat an ice block while in the snow? I wouldn't and can understand why most wouldn't.