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submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by d00phy to c/asklemmy
 

Do you drink the cereal-flavored milk straight from the bowl? I grew up doing this because my parents taught me how good that milk tastes. As I’ve gotten older, I feel a little self-conscious about doing it in public. It’s not something I notice other non-children doing.

Editing to add: I do drink the milk from the bowl. As to when I'm eating it "in public:" hotels mostly. Self-conscious was probably the wrong word. I'm more wondering if people silently judge a grown person drinking cereal milk from the bowl. Not losing sleep if they do, just curious.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

Why do you care what the other people on the hotel think about you drinking from the bowl?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

I just simply add more cereal to the leftover milk until it's all used up.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

When i was a very young kid I didn't like it. .. but after like 3 I really like it.

.. and no it wasn't thrown away: someone else would drink the remaining milk.

[–] Cornucopiaofplenty 3 points 10 months ago

The idea of drinking someone else's cereal milk makes me quite squeamish

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Yes. I'm 30. I do this, it's not weird, and anyone who says otherwise is a poser.

[–] daddyjones 1 points 10 months ago

I'm 46 and I do this.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

Just drink the milk if you like it

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

The only cereal I eat as an adult is that expensive granola stuff you get at the market (I hate that sugary stuff they give away at hotels, so I just grab a bagel), so I never do it in public, but, ya know… obviously. Why waste the milk?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

Hell yeah I do

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

I actually hate the milk left in the cereal bowl, it's so interesting to hear people enjoy it, but I do it because my parents would scream at me if I ever left a crumb of food (we were quite poor to be fair).

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

We have a routine going: I get the last piece of cereal from the bowl and hold it on my spoon while I drink the milk from the bowl. Then I give that piece of cereal to the dog, and then it’s time for his walk.

[–] viralJ 2 points 10 months ago

Tangentially related: Where I grew up (Eastern European country in the communist era), the staple appetiser for dinner was chicken broth with noodles. I loved noodles as a kid os I would always want to eat them last. So, I would always first eat all the broth (although with a spoon rather than drinking it straight from the bowl) pushing the noodles aside, draining all the broth from them to spoon it up, and then eat the noodles. Even now, when I go to Asian restaurants and order some form of noodle soup, I eat it in a similar way.

But cereal, no. Every spoonful has to contain a balanced proportion of cereal and milk.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

It's the best part

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (3 children)

If there's milk left over, you put too much in.

I just add a little more cereal to soak it up.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

"whoops, there's too much milk left over, I'll just add some cereal"

"Oh no, now my milk is finished, but I still have cereal left, I'll just add some more milk"

"Well now I have extra milk again, time for more cereal"

I see where you're going....

[–] LesserAbe 2 points 10 months ago

Pretty close - when eating cereal the correct method is to eat all the cereal and then refill with a slightly smaller amount of cereal, eat that, and repeat one or two more times until there's no milk or cereal left.

[–] metallic_substance 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

This is the most psychotic take I've ever seen on cereal. It's a recipe for making cereal a 1,000 calorie breakfast if the cereal in question isn't super absorbent

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

That's alright though, breakfast should be at least 40% of your daily caloric intake.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

@d00phy i only have water in ceral so it's not really an issue.

[–] LesserAbe 3 points 10 months ago
[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

I only drink the milk from the cereal bowl. I don't bother with the eating part. Thing is, I only do this in the street before I start the getting dressed phase of my commute to work, right after my morning curb squat. I've never heard of this eating cereal "in private". But after reading all the rest of these replies, I'm starting to wonder if I'm the weird one.

[–] Mango 0 points 10 months ago

Do you feel weird in the strip club?

Enjoy things. Don't not enjoy things for social reasons, unless you're a pedophile.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 10 months ago (5 children)

Putting liquid on your cereal was your first mistake :P :)

I know that's an un-popular opinion. The two times I ever had cereal with milk, I puked. Possibly for unrelated reasons, but never did that again after the second time.

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[–] [email protected] -5 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Not to be dramatic, but I'd rather die.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Do you pour it down the drain?

[–] [email protected] -1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Yes.

I already ate more sugar than I should have. I'm not going to drink the runoff. I also don't drink the mostly-salt broth from instant ramen.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

That's insanely wasteful

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