# Poll: Do you like hot cereal? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 11, 2015, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-like-hot-cereal/709561 "2015-01-11T18:43:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2015, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-like-hot-cereal/709561/1 "2015-01-11T18:43:46Z")
Here in Southern California, it’s been cold enough to convince me to have hot cereal for breakfast, most of the time, instead of dry cereal. I enjoy oatmeal and Malt-O-Meal. What do YOU like? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ace309](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ace309/32/1050_2.png) [@Ace309](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ace309)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2015, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-like-hot-cereal/709561/2 "2015-01-11T18:56:07Z")
I like a lot of these options - I often make steel-cut oats in the crock pot overnight. I’ve also gotten very fond of Bob’s Red Mill brand brown rice farina, which comes out with a texture like cream of wheat. It’s great made with almond milk and a dash of brown sugar. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2015, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-like-hot-cereal/709561/3 "2015-01-11T19:01:29Z")
Blargh. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2015, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-like-hot-cereal/709561/4 "2015-01-11T19:02:19Z")
I like cream of rice better than cream of wheat. ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2015, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-like-hot-cereal/709561/5 "2015-01-11T19:12:24Z")
I want my Maypo ---
**Author:** ![Octarine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/22d042/32.png) [@Octarine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octarine)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2015, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-like-hot-cereal/709561/6 "2015-01-11T19:15:28Z")
I like both regular and instant oatmeal. Cream of wheat’s texture is weird to me - it’s like I’m eating baby food. However, 90% of the time I don’t eat breakfast anyway, and when I do, it’s rarely oatmeal. ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2015, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-like-hot-cereal/709561/7 "2015-01-11T19:21:34Z")
I was able to mark every single box on this poll. ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2015, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-like-hot-cereal/709561/8 "2015-01-11T19:39:20Z")
For those who marked Cream o’ Wheat–did you find lumps in it–or raisins? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2015, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-like-hot-cereal/709561/9 "2015-01-11T20:07:15Z")
Steel cut oatmeal cooks up in about 15 minutes or so. I like mine savory, with some dried thyme, butter, crumbled bacon and topped with a fried egg, salt & peppah. ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2015, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-like-hot-cereal/709561/10 "2015-01-11T20:11:25Z")
Having been low carb for a while now, I don’t eat any cereals anymore ☹ (ETA, I’m voting based on the ones I like, not the ones I eat which would be none.) That said, I like all on the poll list but my all-time favorite is [Wheatena](http://www.homestatfarm.com/Products/Wheatena/tabid/3009/Default.aspx). I swear, you can actually feel the fiber working. I would never in a million years add sugar to any of them, blech. I even used to like [Coco Wheats](http://mombrands.com/product/coco-wheats-2/), hold the sugar. The only hot cereal I don’t like are the sweet ones like the packets of instant oatmeal. ---
**Author:** ![GrumpyBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc8723/32.png) [@GrumpyBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrumpyBunny)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2015, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-like-hot-cereal/709561/11 "2015-01-11T20:26:34Z")
When I was a kid, my mom was convinced that if it was cold outside, I HAD to have hot cereal. I hate hot cereal. I hate Cream of Wheat, oatmeal, all of it. It all has a gross texture that I loathe. Why I couldn’t have a nice scrambled egg (which I did like), I don’t know. But no, it had to be hot goddamn cereal. **puke** ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Girlfriend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.girlfriend/32/193_2.png) [@Dr.Girlfriend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Girlfriend)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2015, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-like-hot-cereal/709561/12 "2015-01-11T20:37:38Z")
Are grits considered a hot cereal? Love me some grits. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2015, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-like-hot-cereal/709561/13 "2015-01-11T20:41:51Z")
Grits is strangely absent from your list of approved cereals. ETA: Ninja’d by 4 minutes. Curses!! ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2015, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-like-hot-cereal/709561/14 "2015-01-11T20:44:34Z")
> [@dougie\_monty](#): > > For those who marked Cream o’ Wheat–did you find lumps in it–or raisins? 😃 Mine is sometimes lumpy, but that doesn’t bother me any. It’s all just texture. (But, definitely, raisins are a bonus!) > [@LSLGuy](#): > > Grits is strangely absent from your list of approved cereals. . . . You’ll laugh, but I first had grits a few months ago. I live in southern California, where is just isn’t a thing. I was at a Hometown Buffet, and tried their “shrimp and grits.” Good! But I actually had to ask the manager, “What is this stuff?” ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2015, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-like-hot-cereal/709561/15 "2015-01-11T20:44:37Z")
50% maple-syrup-flavored Malt-O-Meal + 50% plain oat bran. (M-O-M alone: Toooo sweet. Oat bran alone: Toooo bland. Mix: Juuuuuuust riiiiiiiiight.) Cooked in 2% milk, not water. Also: Ever try Post Grapenuts? (Not the flakes.) Makes pretty good hot cooked cereal (likewise, cooked in milk). You might want to mix in some honey or other add-ons. ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2015, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-like-hot-cereal/709561/16 "2015-01-11T20:51:45Z")
I always liked Cream of Wheat but then I used to eat at a restaurant where they served it with little side dishes of raisins, brown sugar, and butter. Butter! Makes plain Cream of Wheat into ambrosia. Mmmm. I tend to use dates instead of the raisins and leave out the brown sugar when I make it, but never leave out the butter. Lumps? Were you not following directions and stirring “continuously”? ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2015, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-like-hot-cereal/709561/17 "2015-01-11T20:58:20Z")
> [@Trinopus](#): > > … You’ll laugh, but I first had grits a few months ago. I live in southern California, where is just isn’t a thing. I was at a Hometown Buffet, and tried their “shrimp and grits.” Good! But I actually had to ask the manager, “What is this stuff?” I too was raised in SoCal. My first experience with grits was after college after I reported to USAF active duty in Oklahoma. I had to ask “what \*is \*this stuff?” The waitress, who in her 50-plus years had only been out of Nowheresville, OK once or twice simply couldn’t comprehend the question. It turns out “Them’s grits”. Who knew? ---
**Author:** ![chiroptera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2015, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-like-hot-cereal/709561/18 "2015-01-11T21:00:58Z")
I almost never eat breakfast. However, I like rolled oats, high fiber “breakfast cereal” or bulgur wheat for dinner. Sweet with butter and fruit, or savory with eggs, it’s all good. ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2015, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-like-hot-cereal/709561/19 "2015-01-11T21:23:14Z")
> [@Dr.Girlfriend](#): > > Are grits considered a hot cereal? Love me some grits. Yes, I should have listed grits as a choice–I have Southern ancestry on both sides. From George Carlin: “What’s that white stuff?” ( asked in a diner by a serviceman stationed in the South.) “Hell, them ’ s grits!” “They’re movin’, man.” About Cream o’ Wheat, from Bill Cosby: "No chance! My throat knows a raisin from a lump of Cream o’ Wheat! " About scrambled eggs: Yes, I eat them; I eat other foods for breakfast; but cereal is easier to prepare, and we don’t always have eggs. ---
**Author:** ![jimbuff314](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c57346/32.png) [@jimbuff314](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jimbuff314)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2015, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-like-hot-cereal/709561/20 "2015-01-11T21:45:58Z")
Never cared for grits when I lived in Atlanta. Don’t know if it’s that my tastes have changed since getting older or that I finally made the linkage between grits and an American Indian staple, but I kinda like them now. Still don’t like hominy. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-like-hot-cereal/709561.md?page=2)