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submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 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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[-] Krafting@lemmy.world 36 points 8 months ago

I always drink from the bowl, I eat fries and burgers with my hands, sometime I like drinking from a straw and much more. If other people aren't happy, that's their problem, keep doing it if you like it!

[-] otter@lemmy.ca 11 points 8 months ago

I eat fries and burgers with my hands, sometime I like drinking from a straw and much more

These ones feel pretty normal, at least where I am

[-] Che_Donkey@lemmy.ml 6 points 8 months ago

I like dipping my fries in the milkshake.

[-] Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 8 months ago

Fries in a milkshake is good. Fries in a Wendy's frosty is somehow better, and really the only reason I ever eat there.

[-] Leviathan@lemmy.world 25 points 8 months ago

I definitely judge the kind of person who leaves milk in the bowl as if it were a waste product of cereal consumption and not half the point.

[-] Pulptastic@midwest.social 24 points 8 months ago

There is no other option. Thou shalt drink thy cereal-flavored milk.

Most bowls suck for this though, too flat on top. Disposable bowls are the worst.

[-] Blackmist@feddit.uk 21 points 8 months ago

Of course. I'm 43. I'm past giving a fuck what anyone else thinks.

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[-] Sabin10@lemmy.world 20 points 8 months ago

I'm a man in my mid 40s and I have no problem drinking the milk straight from the bowl.

[-] Worx@lemmynsfw.com 18 points 8 months ago

I'm so confused by this whole thread. I'm quite upset that some people are throwing away this food. Just use less milk FFS! I volunteer with a food-waste-prevention environmental group. Over 1/3 of all food that's grown is wasted and so it really annoys me when people don't eat everything they put on their plate. Plus I grew up poor so I still can't fathom people being so wasteful.

As for everyone else, you ate most of your milk with the spoon, why can't you finish the job with the spoon? Do you all have strangely shaped bowls that make it impossible or something?

I'm feeling an intense culture shock (given how minor this thing is) from this. Kinda reminds me of the two ways to wipe thing from a while back, where it never even occured to me that there's a different way than just using your spoon. Crazy.

[-] OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca 4 points 8 months ago

Kinda reminds me of the two ways to wipe thing from a while back, where it never even occured to me that there’s a different way than just using your spoon.

This sentence makes it sound like you wipe with your spoon.

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[-] sentient_loom@sh.itjust.works 17 points 8 months ago

Why waste the milk? That sounds insane. Of course I drink the milk (or I did before becoming lactose intolerant).

[-] Thorny_Insight@lemm.ee 15 points 8 months ago

What's the alternative? Just pour it down the drain? Absolutely not.

[-] Evkob@lemmy.ca 15 points 8 months ago

I'm just sitting here trying to figure out if I've ever eaten cereal in public.

I guess maybe in a hotel that offered "free continental breakfast"? If I did make a habit of eating cereal in public, I can't say I'd have a second thought before picking up my bowl and drinking the (oat) milk leftover. Do some people not do this? What do they do, throw it away? Scoop milk into their mouths with a spoon?

Life's too short to be self-conscious about how you eat cereal.

[-] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 13 points 8 months ago

Do you… not drink the milk from the cereal bowl…?

[-] morphballganon@lemmy.world 13 points 8 months ago

Worse to waste food (milk in this case) than to be seen drinking it from a bowl.

[-] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 10 points 8 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 13 points 8 months ago

Sugar. You mean sugar.

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[-] Resol@lemmy.world 8 points 8 months ago

I'd rather not let milk go to waste.

[-] confusedwiseman@lemmy.world 8 points 8 months ago

How about you do you? If they’re going to judge or exclude you for drinking some cereal milk from the bowl, who needs those people anyway? Scan the room while you drink the cereal bowl milk and identify the small minded judging you and rule them out as individual unworthy or your consideration.

Be happy, enjoy life. Jump in puddles and sing!

[-] Tedrow@lemmy.world 7 points 8 months ago

Most of it. Some goes in my coffee.

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[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 7 points 8 months ago

I drink the horchata in the bowl that's left over after cinnamon toast crunch.

[-] metallic_substance@lemmy.world 7 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 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

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[-] WoahWoah@lemmy.world 7 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

If you were asking this to a global audience, it would definitely be an extreme minority. About 70% of the adult population of the world is lactose intolerant.

I just like mentioning that statistic because white people usually don't believe me. 😁

[-] Raxiel@lemmy.world 10 points 8 months ago

I'm white, lactose intolerant, and drink the oat milk from the bowl when I have cereal.
I encourage the kids to do the same with their cows milk.

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[-] vin@lemmynsfw.com 6 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I'll feel more self-conscious if I'm wasting food. And no, unless you're particularly loud, no one is judging you for how you're having something.

[-] TheControlled@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago

Unequivocally, yes.

[-] Redditgee@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago

Late 30s. Hell yes I drink the milk. That's the whole reason I ate the cereal.

[-] AnalogyAddict@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago

Cereal isn't meant to be eaten in public.

[-] popekingjoe@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago

Yes. Yes I do.

[-] irotsoma@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Lots of cultures drink things from bowls. It's perfectly acceptable IMHO. I don't know why Americans have such a problem with it. I always drink my pho and ramen broth from the bowl after I eat the solid stuff. The broth is the best part of those dishes on purpose, so leaving it behind is dumb.

[-] Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 8 months ago

I feel like most of the people commenting here about how much they like cereal flavored milk need some horchata in their life. And good news for the lactose intolerant, it’s made with rice milk!

[-] ChefTyler1980@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago

I absolutely do, but I also generally don’t eat cereal in public…I could count on one hand the number of times in the last 30 years or so (since I was a teenager)…no real reason why but I don’t think it would give me pause if I were eating cereal in public.

[-] Copythis@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago

Aw man. Get me a bowl of cocoa puffs.

Free chocolate milk after you're done. Yes please.

[-] Eheran@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago

So what do you think happens if you do that around others that really do not?

I use the spoon usually, but depends on the bowl and how well the spoon matches the curvature.

[-] vengefulgrapes@lemmy.today 4 points 8 months ago

My milk-to-cereal ratio doesn't leave much milk behind, so generally no. But if for some reason I still have milk left over, then yes.

[-] magnetosphere@kbin.social 4 points 8 months ago

Absolutely. If other people want to judge me for it, then their opinion doesn’t matter to me anyway.

[-] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago

It depends on the cereal. Are there little soggy bits of cereal? Then no. Is it cinnamon-sugar flavored? Add a splash to my coffee.

[-] AA5B@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago

It’s actually one of the reasons I switched from milk to yogurt in my cereal- I can more easily eat it all with my spoon

Another is the sofa. I can eat breakfast on my own sofa without worrying about a spill

[-] Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 8 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

[-] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago
[-] Leate_Wonceslace@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 8 months ago

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

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[-] RandomStickman@kbin.run 3 points 8 months ago

Just drink the milk if you like it

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