Ask Lemmy

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!

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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!

I'd rather not let milk go to waste.

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!

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

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. 😁

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

Yes. Yes I do.

Unequivocally, yes.

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

Cereal isn't meant to be eaten in public.

Most of it. Some goes in my coffee.

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!

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.

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.

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.

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

Hell yeah

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.

Aw man. Get me a bowl of cocoa puffs.

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

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

Just drink the milk if you like it

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

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

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?

I just simply add more cereal to the leftover milk until it's all used up.

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.