# Does anyone else enjoy just eating dry cereal? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 13, 2007, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-enjoy-just-eating-dry-cereal/411616 "2007-07-13T06:49:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2007, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-enjoy-just-eating-dry-cereal/411616/21 "2007-07-13T16:03:39Z")
[QUOTE=Argent Towers] Am I really that fucked up for enjoying some plain dry cereal? [/QUOTE] No, you’re really that fucked up for enjoying some plain dry cereal _out of a bowl!_ Eat it right of the box like a normal person! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2007, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-enjoy-just-eating-dry-cereal/411616/22 "2007-07-13T16:07:23Z")
I just about always have a box of oat-based cereal open that I eat as a snack. ---
**Author:** ![MrFloppy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/43a26b/32.png) [@MrFloppy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrFloppy)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2007, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-enjoy-just-eating-dry-cereal/411616/23 "2007-07-13T16:10:08Z")
Yup. I can sit for long periods eating cereal out of the box. I aways end with a glass of milk though which makes my wife scratch her head. ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2007, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-enjoy-just-eating-dry-cereal/411616/24 "2007-07-13T16:23:51Z")
I never ever put milk on my cereal. The only ones I eat are Frosted Flakes, Fruit Loops, Apple Jacks, Capt. Crunch and Cocoa Puffs. ETA - I always have a glass of milk after too, Mr. Floppy.) ---
**Author:** ![tremorviolet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47774/32.png) [@tremorviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tremorviolet)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2007, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-enjoy-just-eating-dry-cereal/411616/25 "2007-07-13T16:42:14Z")
Yeah, I hate soggy cereal and only eat it dry. I almost never buy it tho’ because I’ll polish off almost the entire box in one sitting. Yummm. I’m partial to original Cheeries (particularlly if I’m nauseous, better than crackers), Lucky Charms (I pick out the marshmallows and save them for last) and Rice Krispies Treats cereal (tastes just liek the squares but crunchy, unfortunately, it’s tough to find in stores). ---
**Author:** ![Yeeter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/96bed5/32.png) [@Yeeter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeeter)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2007, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-enjoy-just-eating-dry-cereal/411616/26 "2007-07-13T17:08:24Z")
Right! Why would you want soggy cereal? When I was younger I was allergic to milk, and as I grew up they told me I could drink milk, but never got a taste for it on cereal. People do react strangely when I tell them that. I never thought it was that peculiar. ---
**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2007, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-enjoy-just-eating-dry-cereal/411616/27 "2007-07-13T17:59:42Z")
I do sometimes. I’m not a big cereal eater, but I like Alpha-bits and Mini Wheats without milk. I prefer the Alpha-bits with milk though, because I love to drink down the sugary milk after eating them all. I only put a little at a time in the bowl though, because I hate soggy mushy cereal. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2007, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-enjoy-just-eating-dry-cereal/411616/28 "2007-07-13T18:14:28Z")
Quaker Oat Squares. I don’t buy them often anymore, but I used to take them with me while walking to class in the morning when I was in college. ---
**Author:** ![Yumblie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/76d3ee/32.png) [@Yumblie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yumblie)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2007, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-enjoy-just-eating-dry-cereal/411616/29 "2007-07-13T18:22:25Z")
Every weekday morning my breakfast is munching on cheerios right out of the box, and a banana. It’s nice because it requires no preparation or dishes to wash, it’s healthy, and it holds me for those few hours until lunch. I love milk and will drink it with everything, but somehow I just developed the habit of eating cheerios dry. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2007, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-enjoy-just-eating-dry-cereal/411616/30 "2007-07-13T19:09:34Z")
[QUOTE=Yumblie] … but somehow I just developed the habit of eating cheerios dry. [/QUOTE] Maybe it’s because Cheerios® are the universal calming food for babies and toddlers. Drop a dozen Cheerios in front of a grumpy tyke, and he’ll be busy and quiet for a little while. It’s a rare parent who takes a baby anywhere without a little baggie of those oaten Os. As for me, I’d rather eat Wheat Chex right out of the box. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2007, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-enjoy-just-eating-dry-cereal/411616/31 "2007-07-13T19:22:10Z")
I, too, like my cereal sans-milk. I do, however, add lots of fruit to it (strawberries, blueberries, rasberries, smurfberries, etc.), so I end up eating as much fruit as I do flakes. ---
**Author:** ![Yookeroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yookeroo/32/323_2.png) [@Yookeroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yookeroo)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2007, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-enjoy-just-eating-dry-cereal/411616/32 "2007-07-13T19:40:47Z")
[QUOTE=Argent Towers] Right now as I type this, I’m eating a bowl of plain, dry Cheerios. This is one of my comfort foods. But when I tell this to people, they look at me like I just stepped off a Martian spacecraft. [/QUOTE] Have they never herd of Chex Party Mix? ---
**Author:** ![shamrock227](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@shamrock227](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shamrock227)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2007, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-enjoy-just-eating-dry-cereal/411616/33 "2007-07-13T19:45:28Z")
People put milk on cereal? The crazy things you kids do today 😉 I love dry cereal. I can’t eat first thing in the morning, so I bring my breakfast to work with me. It’s so convenient to just nibble on cereal all morning. Plus, I love cereal as a snack. Mini Wheats, Special K, Chex, and Cheerios (sometimes Apple Jacks for a real treat) are my favorites to eat dry. Granola cereal I mix into yogurt. The only cereals I eat with milk are Rice Crispies, Raisin Bran, and Corn Flakes. I just bought the new Chocolate Peanut Butter Corn Pops (they looked so gross I just had to try them). Dry and in the evening as a snack, they’re not half bad in limited quantities. But I cannot even imagine anyone on the planet trying to eat them first thing in the morning with milk on them. They might as well have called them Chocolate Frosted Sugar Bombs. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2007, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-enjoy-just-eating-dry-cereal/411616/34 "2007-07-13T20:19:01Z")
I’m sitting here reading this post while scarfing Lucky Charms straight out of the box (I’ve already picked all the marshmallows out, so I’m left with the cereal part)–so I guess I like dry cereal. It’s a good snack for when I want something sweet but don’t want to hit the chocolate. ---
**Author:** ![Viridiana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ebca7d/32.png) [@Viridiana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Viridiana)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2007, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-enjoy-just-eating-dry-cereal/411616/35 "2007-07-13T21:39:39Z")
Dry cereal is friggin’ awesome. Like sweet, healthy chips, it is. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2007, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-enjoy-just-eating-dry-cereal/411616/36 "2007-07-13T21:45:09Z")
Oh, I’m so with you, man. I hate milk with a vengeance. Partly it’s the lactose intolerance (which has mostly gone away as I can eat cheese and the like), but mostly it’s the taste aversion that developed when I was much younger and would vomit it all up. Now I can’t even stand to look at it for very long. I don’t eat cereal all that often. It’s not the kind of thing I’d keep around the house, but if there’s ever cereal around, it must only be eaten dry. ---
**Author:** ![Kozmik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8dc957/32.png) [@Kozmik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kozmik)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2007, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-enjoy-just-eating-dry-cereal/411616/37 "2007-07-14T05:05:29Z")
[QUOTE=NDP] There are some cereals I’ll always eat dry. They’re mainly pre-sweetened cereals like Cap’n Crunch, Lucky Charms, or Honeycomb which, for me, are mainly snacking cereals as opposed to breakfast cereals. [/QUOTE] And Lucky Charms is chalk full of marshmallows which are actually better without milk. ---
**Author:** ![Renee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/renee/32/287_2.png) [@Renee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Renee)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2007, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-enjoy-just-eating-dry-cereal/411616/38 "2007-07-14T06:26:19Z")
I can’t understand why anyone puts milk on their cereal. I love milk and I love cereal. I don’t love soggy mush. People don’t pour soda over their potato chips. Why milk over cereal? ---
**Author:** ![Mosier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ea924/32.png) [@Mosier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mosier)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2007, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-enjoy-just-eating-dry-cereal/411616/39 "2007-07-14T06:58:24Z")
[QUOTE=Renee] I can’t understand why anyone puts milk on their cereal. I love milk and I love cereal. I don’t love soggy mush. People don’t pour soda over their potato chips. Why milk over cereal? [/QUOTE] I guess for the same reason a little salt on your ice cream is so freakin’ amazingly good. The crunchy/wet dichotomy is just really appealing, just like salty/sweet. The trick is to eat it fast, though. Thats why I love granola so much more than cereal, because it stays crunchy much longer than stuff like Life cereal, which is FAN-FRIGGING-TASTIC for about 18 seconds until it turns soggy. Mush is no good. Treat yourself to a tiny bowl of cereal that you can eat in about twenty seconds with milk someday and you might convert. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2007, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-enjoy-just-eating-dry-cereal/411616/40 "2007-07-14T07:08:01Z")
I love dry cereal, especially the granola-based ones with fruit. Dry Grape Nuts is also pretty good. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-enjoy-just-eating-dry-cereal/411616.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-enjoy-just-eating-dry-cereal/411616.md?page=3)