Maybe I have sensitive gums or something like that, but eating the cereal right after I add the milk makes my mouth hurt.
I think there is a sweet spot when the cereal has absorbed a bit of milk and softened, but still has a little crunch, and the milk has absorbed some flavour from the cereal. However, if you leave it too long, you’ll end up with a soggy mass, which is shit. It also depends on the cereal a bit. I think nice muesli or granola usually needs a bit more softening than a lighter cereal like corn flakes or coco pops, but the latter do benefit from turning the milk sweet or chocolatey when left to soak.
Of course, like everything else in this world, we are destined to fight over it as if there are only two choices; maximum soggy and maximum crunchy.
This guy cereals.
Everyone else is crazy. There is an ideal middle point.
Mini wheats are much better sogged than fresh
But only slightly sogged, just enough to take the edge off
I prefer it soggy so I put mine in the fridge for a few minutes before start eating
While I would argue 99% of kitchen gadgets are dumb, wastes of space and resources, I will forever swear by having a cereal bowl with separate milk reservoir. Adding cereal a couple spoons at a time let’s me actually enjoy cereal at a reasonable pace and not worry about rushing it getting interrupted while eating it. If I didn’t have one, I wouldn’t eat cereal at all.
https://www.amazon.com/cereal-bowl-separate-milk/s?k=cereal+bowl+separate+milk
I’m more appalled of your use of milk with cereal. Fil or yoghurt keeps the cereal’s structure much longer and even when its soggy through and through there remains some firmness.
The true unpopular opinion is in the comments. :/
Cereal with yogurt (especially Greek yogurt!) is freaking delicious in its own right. Anything granola-like works great.
Okay, wait, yogurt with granola is NOT the same thing as cereal and milk. What on earth. That’s Trump supporter logic.
I sometimes wait for the cereal to go soggy just so I can add more milk. Fight me.
I think there’s a difference between soggy cereal and dry cereal. If you’ve got milk in the bowl then most of the cereal that’s also in the bowl should be (erm)…moist?
Gums? Why do you crush the cereals with your gums instead of biting with your teeth like you’d do with crackers? Do you take monster sized bites or something?
Are you eating Captain Crunch? That’s the only cereal I’ve ever had that consistently cuts your mouth up. I don’t really eat cereal anymore but when I do nothing tops Cheerios.
I don’t even add milk to my cereal. I just eat it totally dry.
yes, even weet-bix. especially weet-bix.
