I eat my cereal straight from the box. Dry. Adding milk just makes cereal soggy and flavorless. Everybody wants crunchy cereal, but nobody wants to STOP ADDING THE THING THAT MAKES IT SOGGY!!!

I’ve never understood why people add milk. It’s awful, and it ruins the cereal. Somehow I’M the asshole for adding milk??? Yeah, ok…

  • agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works
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    3 months ago

    This is a time sensitive equation. Dry cereal is too crunchy. Cereal which has been sitting in milk a while is too soggy. You’re supposed to eat it immediately after adding milk, when the cereal is partially softened but still mostly crunchy.

    And you don’t need to drown it in milk like it’s a soup, the best ratio requires you to stir the cereal a few times to evenly wet it. If the milk comes more than about halfway up the cereal, you’ve overdone it

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      3 months ago

      Disagree on the ratio, if you eat like I do it’s never gonna get soggy and then you also get a nice amount of flavored milk too

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    3 months ago

    I’ve never understood why people add milk

    Because it tastes better with milk. Raw cereal is pure sugar most of the time, milk makes it at least bearable. Also many cereals are really dry

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    3 months ago

    I thought the same when I was using 2% milk. Whole milk rocked my world. It still makes it soggy, but I just see it as a challenge.

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    3 months ago

    I pour myself a glass of milk on the side and take a swig for every spoonful of dry cereal I put in my mouth.

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      3 months ago

      Yes that’s the engineering-oriented solution, I don’t really eat cereals anymore but I apply similar methods to other things as well.

  • Mr_Dr_Oink@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    Maybe people just like different things and there is no objectively correct standpoint on how cereal should be eaten.

    I dont think your opinion is wrong, quite the opposite.

    If you think it should be eaten with no milk, you are right!

    If you think it should be eaten with milk, you are right!

    The real problem is people who eat is with yoghurt and berries. They are wrong.

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    3 months ago

    Definitely an unpopular opinion!

    However, I agree in part. I think it depends on the type of cereal. For the most part, granola type cereals hold up really well, and what little they do soften is a good thing. Same with grapenuts in specific. Anything where you’ve got clusters of things cooked up, you get plenty of crunch and no loss of flavor.

    For most of the bland but sugary stuff, like lucky charms or corn pops, I don’t think being soggy makes them worse. If anything, they ruin good milk lol.

    But then you run into the rest of the cereal world where you either eat fast or just suck down a soggy mess at the end. It varies some, but the best route is to either eat dry and drink the milk, or split it up and add it to the bowl in phases.