# 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:** 3
**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:** [January 12, 2015, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-like-hot-cereal/709561/41 "2015-01-12T03:03:56Z")
I don’t eat it for breakfast but I love a pack of cinnamon instant oatmeal with a pat of butter for a snack when I’m cold. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2015, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-like-hot-cereal/709561/42 "2015-01-12T03:43:44Z")
I like instant oatmeal and instant grits. I’m not ambitious enough in the morning to do any cooking. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2015, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-like-hot-cereal/709561/43 "2015-01-12T03:47:56Z")
2 1/2 min Cream of Wheat is my favorite. With raisins and brown sugar. Oatmeal is ok. Malt-O-Meal has an odd taste. I’ve made it before and never acquired a fondness for it. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2015, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-like-hot-cereal/709561/44 "2015-01-12T06:03:30Z")
Oatmeal (instant or regular) with brown sugar and cinnamon. Yummy! Sometimes I’ll even eat it for dinner. ---
**Author:** ![scootergirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e99b99/32.png) [@scootergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scootergirl)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2015, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-like-hot-cereal/709561/45 "2015-01-12T06:12:19Z")
For me, there could be nothing worse than starting my day with a bowl of oatmeal. I’ll spare you the never forgotten childhood memory around my “issues” with hot cereal. I’ll take fruit, egg and toast, or nothing at all for breakfast instead of oatmeal any day. ---
**Author:** ![jimbuff314](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c57346/32.png) [@jimbuff314](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jimbuff314)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2015, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-like-hot-cereal/709561/46 "2015-01-12T08:26:05Z")
> [@May\_20](#): > > […] I prefer eggs for breakfast over any cereal, though. It stays with me longer. Tried poached eggs over Cap’n Crunch once. Not so much. Didn’t stay with me very long either. Milk might have been a bit off. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2015, 8:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-like-hot-cereal/709561/47 "2015-01-12T08:33:42Z")
I like oats, frumenty, farina, maize and also sorghum porridge, which I don’t think is common outside SA. Basically any porridge is good by me. I also use hot milk with my cornflakes and rice crispies. ---
**Author:** ![JLynn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/977dab/32.png) [@JLynn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JLynn)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2015, 8:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-like-hot-cereal/709561/48 "2015-01-12T08:57:29Z")
> [@dougie\_monty](#): > > 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? 🙂 Cream of Wheat. Remind me of my grandma. Very much a comfort food. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2015, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-like-hot-cereal/709561/49 "2015-01-12T12:33:14Z")
I like Quaker instant oatmeal, but I don’t eat it very often. ---
**Author:** ![DrumBum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e79b87/32.png) [@DrumBum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrumBum)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2015, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-like-hot-cereal/709561/50 "2015-01-12T12:44:44Z")
I never liked hot cereal. There was just something about the consistency that would induce the gag relex. When I went off to university, freshmen classes usually started at 8am and I decided that an extra 20 minutes of sleep was much better than going to breakfast. These days, I take some fruit or a granola bar to tide me until lunch. ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2015, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-like-hot-cereal/709561/51 "2015-01-12T13:09:22Z")
The closest thing to what we Americans think of as hot cereal that I will eat is [buckwheat kasha](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kasha). I’ll eat it with a little butter or some onion fried with a little minced [salo](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salo_%28food%29). Oatmeal, cream of wheat, and all that stuff are very unappealing to me. I don’t like the colors or the textures of any of them and I find the flavor of oats disgusting. ---
**Author:** ![May\_20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce7236/32.png) [@May\_20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/May_20)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2015, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-like-hot-cereal/709561/52 "2015-01-12T15:05:10Z")
> [@jimbuff314](#): > > Tried poached eggs over Cap’n Crunch once. Not so much. Didn’t stay with me very long either. Milk might have been a bit off. :eek: :rolleyes: 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Pai325](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Pai325](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pai325)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2015, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-like-hot-cereal/709561/53 "2015-01-12T16:23:51Z")
Hodgson Mills Oat Bran. It cooks quickly, and I like the taste. ---
**Author:** ![GrumpyBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc8723/32.png) [@GrumpyBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrumpyBunny)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2015, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-like-hot-cereal/709561/54 "2015-01-12T19:13:02Z")
> [@scootergirl](#): > > For me, there could be nothing worse than starting my day with a bowl of oatmeal. I’ll spare you the never forgotten childhood memory around my “issues” with hot cereal. Your mom made you finish the goddamn oatmeal, too, huh? ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2015, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-like-hot-cereal/709561/55 "2015-01-12T20:26:58Z")
Malt-O-Meal is my favorite, but I can’t have it any more. Malt just seems to make things good. And “other hot serial” is grits–both corn and rice. I wish I could find some with corn malt–I bet I could mix that with rice grits and get someting like Malt-O-Meal. ---
**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 12, 2015, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-like-hot-cereal/709561/56 "2015-01-12T21:53:47Z")
You guys think you had it bad with the oatmeal. Hah! I was born allergic to milk and had to eat oatmeal with NO MILK. Cold, congealing oatmeal with brown sugar on it, me sitting at the table trying to choke it down through my tears…GAH. **Big T** , why can’t you have Malt-o-Meal? ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2015, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-like-hot-cereal/709561/57 "2015-01-12T22:08:17Z")
> [@JLynn](#): > > Cream of Wheat. Remind me of my grandma. Very much a comfort food. Me too - my grandmother was white and lumpy too. I kid, I kid. I love Cream of Wheat and oatmeal. Never cared for Malt-o-Meal or grits, but I never had either growing up. I did have Cocoa Wheats, which is sort of like chocolate-flavored lint, and which I have managed to avoid ever since. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2015, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-like-hot-cereal/709561/58 "2015-01-13T00:29:33Z")
I have a friend from India who has a taste for toasted Cream of Wheat. She toasts it in a dry hot pan before preparing it the usual way. Sometimes, she doesn’t even bother cooking it but just eats the dry, toasted bits. If you try it, be sure not to burn it! ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2015, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-like-hot-cereal/709561/59 "2015-01-13T00:33:51Z")
Heh…when I was going through Air Force basic training at Lackland AFB–near San Antonio, Texas…grits were served with breakfast as Og intended. The yankee boys in the flight apparently thought it was cream of wheat or something equally vile, because they promptly–and before tasting–added milk and sugar to their grits, much to the amusement of the rest of us. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2015, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-like-hot-cereal/709561/60 "2015-01-13T01:18:36Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Blargh. One vote for Cream 'o Wheat it is! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-like-hot-cereal/709561.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-like-hot-cereal/709561.md?page=4)