# How do you like your shredded wheat? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 29, 2006, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-like-your-shredded-wheat/366570 "2006-07-29T19:45:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2006, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-like-your-shredded-wheat/366570/1 "2006-07-29T19:45:14Z")
Me: with berries and milk (no sugar). ---
**Author:** ![Clockwork\_And\_Candy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b782af/32.png) [@Clockwork\_And\_Candy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clockwork_And_Candy)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2006, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-like-your-shredded-wheat/366570/2 "2006-07-29T19:54:29Z")
I love those _really_ big ones. Like, those huge ones that you can only fit two into a bowl. With soymilk. Nothing else. I hate those frosted mini-wheat things. They taste like pure sugar. ---
**Author:** ![Bill\_Door](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@Bill\_Door](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bill_Door)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2006, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-like-your-shredded-wheat/366570/3 "2006-07-29T20:41:45Z")
Shredded wheat, the big ones, with sugar and hot milk. ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2006, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-like-your-shredded-wheat/366570/4 "2006-07-29T20:53:35Z")
The big ones, crushed up, sprinkled with sugar and ice-cold milk. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2006, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-like-your-shredded-wheat/366570/5 "2006-07-29T20:59:36Z")
> [@Clockwork And Candy](#): > > I love those _really_ big ones. > [@Sam Stone](#): > > The big ones… > [@Bill Door](#): > > the big ones Hm. Come to think of it, I don’t think I’ve had the small ones. I’ve had the national brand (big rectangular ones) and the Trader Joe’s brand (big circular ones). ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2006, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-like-your-shredded-wheat/366570/6 "2006-07-29T21:09:28Z")
When I was a kid we used to call those “hay bales”. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2006, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-like-your-shredded-wheat/366570/7 "2006-07-29T22:13:14Z")
Post Shreddies. Just with milk, no need for sugar. Good, good whole wheat Shreddies. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2006, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-like-your-shredded-wheat/366570/8 "2006-07-29T23:24:10Z")
> [@adam yax](#): > > Post Shreddies. Just with milk, no need for sugar. Good, good whole wheat Shreddies. Mmmm, Shreddies! I like the large Shredded Wheat biscuits, but sorta strangely. My mom would put hot water on them and let it sit for a minute, then drain it off and put on milk and a little brown sugar. Like hot cereal when there wasn’t time for it. ---
**Author:** ![wonderlust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonderlust/32/7237_2.png) [@wonderlust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonderlust)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2006, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-like-your-shredded-wheat/366570/9 "2006-07-29T23:42:42Z")
My favorite way used to be baking the big ones in a toaster oven with butter on top until warm and browned, then put in a bowl with sugar and cold milk. The hot buttery warmth and cold sugary milk was incredible together. ---
**Author:** ![wonderlust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonderlust/32/7237_2.png) [@wonderlust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonderlust)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2006, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-like-your-shredded-wheat/366570/10 "2006-07-29T23:43:47Z")
_were_ incredible together. grrrr… ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2006, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-like-your-shredded-wheat/366570/11 "2006-07-30T20:45:53Z")
I live in a major US market. Can’t get classic shredded wheat at all. The small knock-off versions taste horrible. (How can you screw up shredded wheat?) I envy you. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2006, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-like-your-shredded-wheat/366570/12 "2006-07-30T21:37:21Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > I live in a major US market. Can’t get classic shredded wheat at all. It seems that now adays cereal needs to turn milk chocolaty or have marshmallows or be colon blow. The middle ground has been lost. ---
**Author:** ![Uvula\_Donor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e19adc/32.png) [@Uvula\_Donor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uvula_Donor)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2006, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-like-your-shredded-wheat/366570/13 "2006-07-31T00:35:54Z")
Hate the shit. I throw it to my chickens. But I fully support _your_ right to eat as much of it as you can hold. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2006, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-like-your-shredded-wheat/366570/14 "2006-07-31T00:36:06Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > I live in a major US market. Can’t get classic shredded wheat at all. The small knock-off versions taste horrible. (How can you screw up shredded wheat?) > > I envy you. I can’t actually say that I’ve seen them around here, but then I haven’t been looking. Now I’ll have to look. ---
**Author:** ![hawksgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ed655f/32.png) [@hawksgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hawksgirl)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2006, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-like-your-shredded-wheat/366570/15 "2006-07-31T00:39:02Z")
The only thing I ever used shredded wheat for was to get my rabbit to put on some water-weight to make the minimum to be registered. Like many things I fed her, it didn’t interest me at all as food. ---
**Author:** ![TheOnlySaneOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/67e7ee/32.png) [@TheOnlySaneOne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheOnlySaneOne)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2006, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-like-your-shredded-wheat/366570/16 "2006-07-31T05:11:38Z")
Frosted, with ice cold milk. Mmmmm. Don’t care if they’re bite-sized or not. ---
**Author:** ![FlyingRamenMonster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@FlyingRamenMonster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlyingRamenMonster)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2006, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-like-your-shredded-wheat/366570/17 "2006-07-31T12:45:19Z")
I hate shredded wheat. It tastes like spackle. ---
**Author:** ![Small\_Clanger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc348/32.png) [@Small\_Clanger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Small_Clanger)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2006, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-like-your-shredded-wheat/366570/18 "2006-07-31T14:15:11Z")
Proper big ones, in cold milk, leave for 2 minutes 44 seconds to get to correct soggyness factor. No sugar or fruit. What’s this with _hot_ milk? Hot milk on cereal --You people are weird . Weetabix same but with shorter soak time, eat quickly before it turns to mush. > [@FyingRamenMonster](#): > > hate shredded wheat. It tastes like spackle Mmm . . . spackle ---
**Author:** ![susan\_foster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@susan\_foster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan_foster)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2006, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-like-your-shredded-wheat/366570/19 "2006-07-31T14:23:19Z")
I had [this version](http://www.kashi.com/ourfood/OrganicPromise/CinnamonHarvest/Default.aspx) this morning, with milk. Not a huge shredded wheat fan, but this is alright. Susan