Hot and Cold Climates Part 2- Food, Water and Beverages

Beverages:

On a hot day, nothing is more pleasurable than drinking a cold glass of water or a cold drink. Iced drinks are also popular (e.g. iced chocolate, iced coffee etc). Unless it's extremely hot, most people also drink hot drinks (tea, coffee, etc.) on hot days. It is also believed that hot drinks help cool you down. Ice cream, ice blocks, etc. are also enjoyed on hot days. However, whilst most people tend to agree that hot drinks can be consumed on hot days, there are many people who would argue that iced drinks can be consumed on cold days, whilst others who argue that they can't.

Further, whilst many people enjoy cold water during both summer and winter, others will want cold water in hot weather, and tap water in cold weather. Some will be indifferent in cold weather. Whilst most people wash their hands with cold water when it's hot, some will choose cold water when it's cold, whilst others will choose warm water.

Food:

Soups are universally enjoyed when it's cold, whilst there are some who argue that soups can be enjoyed when it's hot and others who argue that it can't. Ice cream is preferable in hot climate. This means that people experiencing hot weather like cold food, whilst people experiencing cold weather like hot food. In places that experience hot and cold weather, some restaurants will have lighter meals such as salads on their summer menus, and heartier, fuller meals on their winter menus, such as roasts.

 However, the reverse is also ironically true, as people in hot climates prefer hotter foods to those in cold climates. "Hotter" in this situation refers to spicier. Hot climates tend to prefer spicier foods. Hot climates harbour diseases, and before refrigeration, spices were the best way to ward off diseases, whilst cold climates producer fewer spices to use as food seasoning. As generations pass, people from colder climates are less likely to have a low tolerance of spice, and people from hotter climates tend to find non-spicy foods boring.

Water

Some people want hot showers when it's cold,  and cold showers when it's hot, whilst others want hot showers irrespective of the weather.


Whilst most of this is obvious to someone who experiences both hot weather and cold weather, here is something that is only obvious to those who experience the extreme versions of either:

When turning on an outdoor hose on an extremely hot day, the water is not automatically cold (or tap water temperature). You must run the water for a minute or so first, as the first lot of water will be extremely hot. Conversely, on an extremely cold day, the water in your hose might freeze.

In extremely cold places, where the ocean or major lakes freeze, ice breakers are needed to keep shipping lanes open and oceanic trade possible for those places