# Completely mundane poll: soggy or crunchy cereal? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 30, 2010, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/completely-mundane-poll-soggy-or-crunchy-cereal/548585 "2010-07-30T15:29:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Peremensoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@Peremensoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peremensoe)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2010, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/completely-mundane-poll-soggy-or-crunchy-cereal/548585/21 "2010-08-03T05:10:24Z")
Only cooked cereals should be soft. ---
**Author:** ![Wallenstein](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b5a626/32.png) [@Wallenstein](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wallenstein)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2010, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/completely-mundane-poll-soggy-or-crunchy-cereal/548585/22 "2010-08-03T11:44:30Z")
Crunchy for cornflakes, soaked but firm for weetabix, soggy for museli. ---
**Author:** ![sandra\_nz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@sandra\_nz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sandra_nz)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2010, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/completely-mundane-poll-soggy-or-crunchy-cereal/548585/23 "2010-08-03T11:54:32Z")
Crunchy all the way. I pour my granola into the bowl then carefully empty a pot of yoghurt to the side. They only mix seconds before they enter my mouth. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_Not\_Appearing\_on\_This\_Site](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7cd45c/32.png) [@Sir\_Not\_Appearing\_on\_This\_Site](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_Not_Appearing_on_This_Site)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2010, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/completely-mundane-poll-soggy-or-crunchy-cereal/548585/24 "2010-08-03T23:13:48Z")
I hate eating my corn flakes when they are crunchy. Soggy all the way! ---
**Author:** ![FallenAngel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@FallenAngel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FallenAngel)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2010, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/completely-mundane-poll-soggy-or-crunchy-cereal/548585/25 "2010-08-04T21:02:56Z")
Soggy. One of my favorite treats is a bowl of life, doused in milk and then stuck back in the fridge for 45 minutes or so. I once asked my now ex wife, “How can you eat Grape Nuts? They never get soggy.” Woman looked at me like I had a horn growing out of my head. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2010, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/completely-mundane-poll-soggy-or-crunchy-cereal/548585/26 "2010-08-04T22:53:02Z")
My cereal of choice lately is “quick” oatmeal _uncooked_ with cold milk. I find it refreshing in the warmer months. ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2010, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/completely-mundane-poll-soggy-or-crunchy-cereal/548585/27 "2010-08-04T22:56:24Z")
I like soggy cereal best. Especially Frosted Flakes. The generic kind though. The flakes are thicker and there’s more sugary goodness. It’s a rare treat. ---
**Author:** ![flickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7bcc69/32.png) [@flickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flickster)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2010, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/completely-mundane-poll-soggy-or-crunchy-cereal/548585/28 "2010-08-04T23:05:19Z")
Depends on the cereal: examples: Corn Flakes (which I rarely eat): Soggy Honey Bunches of Oats: Crunchy Grape Nuts: Is it even possible to eat them without letting them get soggy? Cheerios: Crunchy Raisin Bran: either/or ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2010, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/completely-mundane-poll-soggy-or-crunchy-cereal/548585/29 "2010-08-05T00:44:43Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > You left out the correct answer: let the milk soften the cereal a bit, but eat it well before total sogginess sets in. I voted “soggy,” but this is more what I’m aiming for. Crunchy is too dry for me. And Cap’n’Crunch–shit, I probably still got scars on the roof of my mouth eating that before the milk had a chance to soften it. Stuff was like eating nails. What I definitely don’t want is straight-out-of-the-box crunchiness. That’s way too much for me. ---
**Author:** ![Walmarticus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Walmarticus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walmarticus)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2010, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/completely-mundane-poll-soggy-or-crunchy-cereal/548585/30 "2010-08-05T01:17:35Z")
Freaks. How can you even eat that shrapnel that is Cap’n Crunch without mutilating your gums? Most crunchy cereal is better suited for weaponry than eating. Let that shit soooooak. ---
**Author:** ![Maiira](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Maiira](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maiira)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2010, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/completely-mundane-poll-soggy-or-crunchy-cereal/548585/31 "2010-08-05T01:59:53Z")
> [@Surly\_Chick](#): > > Crunchy. In fact, I never, ever put milk on my cereal! Same. Soggy cereal makes me gag ( **Mr. Accident** ’s comparison to “wads of snot” is why). I can handle some things squishy. But cereal absolutely must be crunchy. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2010, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/completely-mundane-poll-soggy-or-crunchy-cereal/548585/32 "2010-08-05T11:07:09Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > You left out the correct answer: let the milk soften the cereal a bit, but eat it well before total sogginess sets in. Yes, this. I cannot vote in this poll as it stands. ---
**Author:** ![Serenata67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/serenata67/32/10646_2.png) [@Serenata67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serenata67)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2010, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/completely-mundane-poll-soggy-or-crunchy-cereal/548585/33 "2010-08-05T14:07:51Z")
Mmmm… soggy Life Cereal. ---
**Author:** ![gwendee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/35a633/32.png) [@gwendee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gwendee)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2010, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/completely-mundane-poll-soggy-or-crunchy-cereal/548585/34 "2010-08-05T19:43:22Z")
Some of each. Grown up flakes with fruit and nuts are best, to me, right when the milk is poured. Things like peanut butter Cap’n Crunch and Fruit Loops I like to let sit long enough so the flavors develop and they shred the roof of my mouth less. Just the way my grandma did, I pour a bowl of Grape Nuts and add the milk, then go take my shower. By the time I’m dressed and back in the kitchen they are just right. ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2010, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/completely-mundane-poll-soggy-or-crunchy-cereal/548585/35 "2010-08-05T19:57:05Z")
I find soggy cold cereal so repulsive, that I pretty much gag if I encounter it. ex…if my son leaves a half eaten bowl of Special K on the counter and I go to rinse it out. I don’t even eat any sort of “flake” cereal because that’s the kind that gets soggy quickest. ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2010, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/completely-mundane-poll-soggy-or-crunchy-cereal/548585/36 "2010-08-06T00:18:38Z")
In-between. A happy medium, if you will. I don’t like cereal that’s hard enough that you need to crunch, and I don’t like cereal so soft that it’s falling to bits. The window’s a bit small, it’s true, but that’s the best part of the breakfast. ---
**Author:** ![trapezoidal\_jellyfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6f9a4e/32.png) [@trapezoidal\_jellyfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/trapezoidal_jellyfish)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2010, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/completely-mundane-poll-soggy-or-crunchy-cereal/548585/37 "2010-08-06T02:01:20Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > You left out the correct answer: let the milk soften the cereal a bit, but eat it well before total sogginess sets in. I selected soggy until I discovered the secret third option which is the only correct one. ---
**Author:** ![JpnDude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/838e76/32.png) [@JpnDude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JpnDude)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2010, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/completely-mundane-poll-soggy-or-crunchy-cereal/548585/38 "2010-08-06T03:39:28Z")
If the cereal is sweetened, then I prefer it soggy. However, if it is not sweetened and I add bananas or other fruit, then I prefer it crunchy. ---
**Author:** ![Molotok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@Molotok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Molotok)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2010, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/completely-mundane-poll-soggy-or-crunchy-cereal/548585/39 "2010-08-06T03:42:54Z")
I would eat crunchy cereal if I had to, but prefer soggy. Like a chunky milkshake! ---
**Author:** ![robby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robby/32/11048_2.png) [@robby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robby)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2010, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/completely-mundane-poll-soggy-or-crunchy-cereal/548585/40 "2010-08-06T05:26:31Z")
> [@AClockworkMelon](#): > > Crunchy. If it goes soggy I refuse to eat it. In the trash it goes. Ditto. From the time the milk (only a little) hits my cereal, I have a very short window (2-3 minutes) in which the cereal is edible. I wait to pour the milk if there is any chance I’ll be interrupted in that couple of minutes. I think that soggy cereal is absolutely disgusting. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/completely-mundane-poll-soggy-or-crunchy-cereal/548585.md?page=1)