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…
Hey you’re right that is unpopular.
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
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
It tastes like soggy despair.
Never had Captain Crunch, I see
Or granola.
I eat my granola in yogurt with lingonberry jam.
Or grape nuts…
Agree. No milk in my cereal either!
There three of us should start a club
And my axe!
I agree. It prevents accidents. This one is still in arbitration…
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.
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.
There is, however, something to be said for Coke and Fruity Pebbles.
you got my upvote.
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.
I disagree.
It’s the cereal ruining the milk.
Eat it with marshmallow cream. Not too wet and not too dry.
Warning: may cause obesityMy left arm started to ache from this comment…
I add probably about 30-50ml of milk, enough to wet the cereal when I mix it about a bit, and doesn’t get soggy at all. I never got the whole floating cereal thing but I think a lot of people like drinking the flavoured milk after.
I agree
Although it’s partly because I’m lactose intolerant
