Every once in a while, we at The Takeout gather around the virtual water cooler and chat about food-related topics. Recently up for discussion was the correct ratio of milk to cereal, which was something no one seemed to have a strong opinion about. No one but me, that is, as I offered up the radical take that the proper proportion was 100% cereal to 0% milk.
I'm aware that this is an unpopular opinion. In fact, a Redditor posting in a few years back expressed it using pretty much the exact same words I chose: "I think cereal with milk is gross." Yes, cereal commercials all seem to show everyone from sugar-crazed kids to health-conscious adults gleefully pouring milk into their cereal bowls.
For me, however, just the thought of cereal mixed with milk triggers a warning siren in my brain that sounds "Mushy food alert! Mushy food alert! Gag reflex on standby!" I hate, hate, hate mushy foods My hatred of cereal with milk dates all the way back to my childhood. I always, always ate my cereal dry on the occasions I was forced to eat it at all, since I was indifferent at best to the stuff. This is probably why I never bought into the whole nostalgic "Let's put Fruity Pebbles on doughnuts and mix !" trend, although, tbh, my than Frosted Mini Wheats.
What really makes me shudder, though, is the thought of cereal milk-flavored anything ...
ugh. For me, the phrase is as oxymoronic as "ambrosial alligator poop." We all have our food issues, and mine is mushiness.
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