Do you put milk or cereal first?
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There’s a lot of controversy with which came first: milk or cereal. A lot of people believe it’s the cereal. But, to me, milk definitely came first.
Hello. Yes. I pour my milk before my cereal. Sounds weird. Sounds like I’m that person who thinks boba is overrated. Well… I am. But let’s go through the reason why I pour milk first. Who knows maybe you’ll adopt the same habit as me.
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If you’re an American going into the bathroom and an American coming out, what are you when you’re IN the bathroom?
MILK FIRST
Imagine a bowl. Now imagine filling it with Frosted Flakes or your choice of cereal. It doesn’t matter; it’s just a demonstration. Now pour the milk in and start eating. Oh shoot. It’s been 15 minutes and now your cereal is soggy because you sat there trying to find a good netflix show to watch or you were hooked into that endless scrolling through Facebook or Instagram instead of eating. But you’re a good person who doesn’t waste food because remember, it’s money you’re throwing down the drain if you do, so you trudge through, eating the rest of your mush.
Doesn’t sound appealing does it?
Let me explain HOW I eat cereal and the reason WHY I pour my milk first.
Imagine that bowl again but this time fill it with however much milk you want to drink. Add enough cereal so that you have a single layer in your bowl. Push down the cereal so that each is sufficiently soaked with milk. Wait like 3 seconds and then start eating. Once you’ve finished the amount of cereal in the bowl, pour another layer. Repeat until you run out of milk.
It sounds tedious to constantly pour cereal into my bowl of milk but it’s what I do so that I’m not left with soggy cereal. This way I can indulge and watch TV without having to eat mush.
I’m not a big fan of soggy cereal and I’m a slow eater. So, pouring cereal first would mean that I have to either (1) eat soggy cereal or (2) eat faster. But I’m not gonna change the way I eat or in this case, rearrange the way I order food just to appeal to people. Then I wouldn’t be genuine anymore. Not that I’m the only one who pours milk first. I know people and have some friends who do the same.
But, I think we can all agree though that people who eat a spoonful of cereal first and then drink milk or who pour milk in anything that’s not cereal is weird.
Disclaimer: Honestly, it doesn’t matter which comes first. It’s all gonna end up in the same place: in your stomach.
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