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submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by d00phy@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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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[-] NegativeLookBehind@kbin.social 2 points 9 months ago

Hell yeah I do

[-] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 2 points 9 months ago

It's not just flavored, it also has all the vitamins and minerals that floated off the cereal (or were in the milk in the first place). Drink up, for health!

[-] Mr_Blott@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

Sugar. You mean sugar.

[-] moody@lemmings.world -1 points 9 months ago

Because surely all the vitamins and minerals in your bowl come from the cereal and not from the milk.

[-] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 1 points 9 months ago

I did include the ones that were in the milk to begin with before posting my comment.

[-] GrayBackgroundMusic@lemm.ee 2 points 9 months ago

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

[-] gregorum@lemm.ee 2 points 9 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?

[-] zipzoopaboop@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 9 months ago

It's the best part

[-] viralJ@lemmy.world 2 points 9 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.

[-] DirigibleProtein@aussie.zone 1 points 9 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.

[-] Nemo@midwest.social 1 points 9 months ago

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

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

[-] LesserAbe@lemmy.world 1 points 9 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.

[-] livus@kbin.social 1 points 9 months ago

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

[-] Tedrow@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

Most of it. Some goes in my coffee.

[-] discostjohn@programming.dev 1 points 9 months ago

A lot of the time I can't wait to finish my cereal so I drink all the milk like halfway through. I love milk

[-] Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 9 months ago

Of course I drink it

It bothers the hell out of me that my roommate doesn't

He also barely puts any milk on his cereal

I grew up not having a lot of food so I guess you could say I grew up to be a bit of a bougie bitch with my food now

[-] metallic_substance@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I gotta ask, what situation are you in that you're eating cereal in public? It's just not that kind of food generally

[-] JoeKrogan@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

Driving I'm guessing. Just pours the milk into the bag inside the box and sticks a spoon in.

[-] arin@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

Spoon? I'm sure they would just wear the bag like a helmet for hands free eating and driving

[-] Mango@lemmy.world 0 points 9 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.

[-] IvanOverdrive@lemm.ee -1 points 9 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.

[-] tiredofsametab@kbin.run -2 points 9 months ago

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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[-] hrimfaxi_work@midwest.social -4 points 9 months ago

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

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