# Crunchy in milk? Who cares? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 18, 2000, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crunchy-in-milk-who-cares/37380 "2000-10-18T07:47:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2000, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crunchy-in-milk-who-cares/37380/1 "2000-10-18T07:47:14Z")
Does anybody here love dry cereal like I do? I never, ever, EVER ate cereal with milk when I was a kid. Neither did my sister. Every time I saw a commercial which touted the crispy-in-milk characteristics of the cereal, my thought was, so what? Doesn’t help me. I don’t eat crunchy frogs in milk, either. ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2000, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crunchy-in-milk-who-cares/37380/2 "2000-10-18T12:03:52Z")
yep. haven’t had a bowl of cereal with milk since grade school (a verrrrry long time ago). Don’t like the taste of milk, can’t see what good it would do on cereal. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Finnan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7ea924/32.png) [@John\_Finnan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Finnan)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2000, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crunchy-in-milk-who-cares/37380/3 "2000-10-18T12:21:28Z")
Well that might be easy if you’re eating chocolate covered frosted sugar bombs or some such nonsense, but try eating muesli dry. That powder shit draws all the moisture out of your mouth so fast… It ain’t nice. Definitely needs milk. Lots of milk. ---
**Author:** ![BoBettie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@BoBettie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BoBettie)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2000, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crunchy-in-milk-who-cares/37380/4 "2000-10-18T13:18:54Z")
Check THIS out: [http://www.snackums.com/](http://www.snackums.com/) Big sized cereal in a snack container. Yum, yum, yummy goodness! Zette milk hater ---
**Author:** ![Tabithina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f04885/32.png) [@Tabithina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabithina)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2000, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crunchy-in-milk-who-cares/37380/5 "2000-10-18T14:45:15Z")
I was busy nibbling on dry golden grahams when I opened your thread! I’m a busy mom, and if I put milk in my cereal, that is the cue for ALL HELL TO BREAK LOOSE AROUND ME UNTIL THE CEREAL LOOKS LIKE PRE-DIGESTED MUSH. I am not superstitious, but I don’t eat cereal with milk very often. Eating dry cereal does nothing to avert the chaos around here, but I still cherish my happy delusion that it MIGHT help.😉 ---
**Author:** ![MikeG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikeg/32/4329_2.png) [@MikeG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeG)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2000, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crunchy-in-milk-who-cares/37380/6 "2000-10-18T15:49:57Z")
It depends on the cereal. For Basic 4, it must be eaten quickly - no mush allowed. For Cap’n Crunch (with or without Crunchberries) I like them to get a little al dente before I eat them. I’l stir them to distribute the milk as well. ---
**Author:** ![lemartel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/57b2e6/32.png) [@lemartel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lemartel)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2000, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crunchy-in-milk-who-cares/37380/7 "2000-10-18T20:20:33Z")
I like my cereal extra soggy and have always been puzzled by the “stays crunchy in milk” line. I always that the reason to pour milk on top was to make it soggy. ---
**Author:** ![hypergirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/49beb7/32.png) [@hypergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hypergirl)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2000, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crunchy-in-milk-who-cares/37380/8 "2000-10-18T21:23:47Z")
The only cereal I will put milk on is cheerios. I won’t put it on froot loops, or golden grahms, or french toast crunch. I sometimes put it on cocoa krispies only because they turn it into chocolate milk. ---
**Author:** ![Olentzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90ced4/32.png) [@Olentzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olentzero)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2000, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crunchy-in-milk-who-cares/37380/9 "2000-10-18T21:29:49Z")
Um… wait, that’s not what I meant. I can’t eat dry cereal. Even as a snack. It just dries my mouth out something fierce. It needs the moisture of a liquid to keep it from caking on my teeth. Tabitha - a real simple solution to your problem is to look the offender straight in the eye and say “I am EATING. I’ll be with you when I’m done.” The thing that always puzzled the hell out of me was the habit of dumping the milk after you’re finished the cereal. People, _please_! Don’t you realize all the flavor and other stuff that was stuck to the cereal has now been absorbed by the milk? It’s got extra flavors now and is even yummier! What the hell is _with_ you?! ---
**Author:** ![poohpah\_chalupa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/91b2a8/32.png) [@poohpah\_chalupa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/poohpah_chalupa)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2000, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crunchy-in-milk-who-cares/37380/10 "2000-10-19T01:06:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by MikeG \* > **For Cap’n Crunch (with or without Crunchberries) I like them to get a little al dente before I eat them.** …man, if you _don’t_ soak Cap’n Crunch first, say good-bye to the roof of your mouth as it gradually gets shredded into oblivion. Cocoa Krispies and milk…mmmmmmmmm… Lastly, I was wondering where CrunchyFrog and any lactation comments were… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![MikeG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikeg/32/4329_2.png) [@MikeG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeG)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2000, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crunchy-in-milk-who-cares/37380/11 "2000-10-19T02:24:28Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by Olentzero \* > \*\* > Tabitha - a real simple solution to your problem is to look the offender straight in the eye and say “I am EATING. I’ll be with you when I’m done.”_\* Bwahahahahahahahahahahahah!!! Try that with a 4 + 6 year old and they’ll pause for a second in bewilderment before going back to whatever felony they have in progress. I think the scenario Tabitha has is oh, I don’t know,: child A pouring **BLEACH** onto child B’s **EYEBALLS** while B lays on a pile of your silk blouses just back from the cleaners:eek:. Sumthin’ like that huh? ---
**Author:** ![Mofo\_Rising](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Mofo\_Rising](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mofo_Rising)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2000, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crunchy-in-milk-who-cares/37380/12 "2000-10-19T02:45:09Z")
I haven’t eaten cereal regularly in years (this might be why I haven’t been regular in. . . nevermind), but when I do, I always put milk in. I don’t know about now, but a few years ago **Cocoa Puffs** were almost inedible. They were hard as rocks. Like eating a bowlful of chocolate-flavored gravel in the morning. And every couple of months there would be a new commercial that said “NOW EVEN CRUNCHIER!!!” Sugar isn’t the only danger to your teeth when eating breakfast cereal. ---
**Author:** ![Dogzilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@Dogzilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dogzilla)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2000, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crunchy-in-milk-who-cares/37380/13 "2000-10-19T14:27:45Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Olentzero \* > \*\* > The thing that always puzzled the hell out of me was the habit of dumping the milk after you’re finished the cereal. People, _please_! Don’t you realize all the flavor and other stuff that was stuck to the cereal has now been absorbed by the milk? It’s got extra flavors now and is even yummier! What the hell is _with_ you?! \*\* I can’t stand soggy cereal and will only eat that which stays srunchy in milk… Never, never dump the leftover milk out. I have cats… I donate it to them. Each cat takes a turn at the bowl, and when the felines are done, Dogzilla(IRL) get to “do the dishes.” We all love milk in cereal at my house. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2000, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crunchy-in-milk-who-cares/37380/14 "2000-10-19T18:53:38Z")
I cannot stand putting milk on cereal. It makes hot cereal cold and cold cereal soggy. I eat hot cereal with nuts and/or dried fruit, and cold cereal with yoghurt.