# What is milk called when it's poured on cereal **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** soda-softdrinks\ **Created:** [November 11, 2010, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-milk-called-when-its-poured-on-cereal/560371 "2010-11-11T23:47:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**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:** [November 12, 2010, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-milk-called-when-its-poured-on-cereal/560371/41 "2010-11-12T05:43:11Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Y’all ever have an “Irish Breakfast”? You mean a pint of whiskey? Sure. ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2010, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-milk-called-when-its-poured-on-cereal/560371/42 "2010-11-12T06:04:09Z")
It’s called milk. ---
**Author:** ![Lanzy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/74df32/32.png) [@Lanzy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lanzy)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2010, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-milk-called-when-its-poured-on-cereal/560371/43 "2010-11-12T06:38:20Z")
Going waaay out on a limb here…MILK! ---
**Author:** ![Ostrya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/35a633/32.png) [@Ostrya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ostrya)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2010, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-milk-called-when-its-poured-on-cereal/560371/44 "2010-11-12T06:38:57Z")
For this you will need 3 items, one for each stage of the experiment - 1, bowl, 2, some milk, and 3, enough cereal to fill the bowl. Now the first thing to do is name your bowl. Pick a good name, any name. Have you done that? Okay, good. No, don’t reveal the name you chose just yet. Now pour some milk into the bowl. What’s the name of the bowl now? How about… now? Or now? Is the name still the one you chose? It is? okay. things are going well so far For the second part of the experiment, you’ll need to name that cereal. Once again, pick any name you want… ---
**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2010, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-milk-called-when-its-poured-on-cereal/560371/45 "2010-11-12T06:39:16Z")
It’s milk. Or dairy. Possibly cream. > [@Ranchoth](#): > > To clarify, are we trying to decide if there’s a name change for the milk itself when used for this purpose, or is the question more like “what do you call a liquid specifically used for soaking other food with?” Or more specifically, cereal. Even soy and rice beverages are called milk. I think it’s a fairly safe generic term. Is there anything people put in their cereal to make it wet besides dairy products (or ironically alcoholic things)? I guess it’s closest cousins would be cold soup (is there a non descriptive term for that?) and some sort of dessert (most cereals seem to be highly sweetened). I look forward to commentary by someone with a more expansive culinary lingua franca. I guess we should also examine other ingredients that play the role of milk but in other contexts, like as a drink creamer, or in baked goods or chocolate. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2010, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-milk-called-when-its-poured-on-cereal/560371/46 "2010-11-12T07:07:18Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > You mean a pint of whiskey? Sure. Bailey’s Irish Cream over Lucky Charms. ---
**Author:** ![Sunshine\_and\_Smiles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Sunshine\_and\_Smiles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunshine_and_Smiles)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2010, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-milk-called-when-its-poured-on-cereal/560371/47 "2010-11-12T07:15:54Z")
A suspension? ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2010, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-milk-called-when-its-poured-on-cereal/560371/48 "2010-11-12T07:54:07Z")
I usually call it leche, sometimes I call it milk, but it never answers back. Very impolite, I say! ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2010, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-milk-called-when-its-poured-on-cereal/560371/49 "2010-11-12T08:20:38Z")
> [@jackdavinci](#): > > Is there anything people put in their cereal to make it wet besides dairy products (or ironically alcoholic things)? An ex-football player now football pundit grew up so poor that as a kid he put water on his cereal, and that ended up such a normal thing for him that he still does it to this day. I think it’s Cris Carter, but not positive. I imagine he’s not the only person in the world to ever do this, though his co-pundits looked at him like he had three heads when he admitted t. ---
**Author:** ![Panurge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/fbc32d/32.png) [@Panurge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Panurge)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2010, 8:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-milk-called-when-its-poured-on-cereal/560371/50 "2010-11-12T08:32:04Z")
Mælk! ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2010, 8:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-milk-called-when-its-poured-on-cereal/560371/51 "2010-11-12T08:36:20Z")
> [@jackdavinci](#): > > Is there anything people put in their cereal to make it wet besides dairy products (or ironically alcoholic things)? An ex-football player now football pundit grew up so poor that as a kid he put water on his cereal, and that ended up such a normal thing for him that he still does it to this day. I think it’s Cris Carter, but not positive. I imagine he’s not the only person in the world to ever do this, though his co-pundits looked at him like he had three heads when he admitted t. ---
**Author:** ![Weedy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/weedy/32/301_2.png) [@Weedy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weedy)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2010, 9:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-milk-called-when-its-poured-on-cereal/560371/52 "2010-11-12T09:50:03Z")
My mother has water on her cereal, because milk makes her feel queasy. ---
**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:** [November 12, 2010, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-milk-called-when-its-poured-on-cereal/560371/53 "2010-11-12T12:45:32Z")
Maybe it’s a soup base? I mean, what you have when you are finished is pretty much an uncooked soup, right? ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2010, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-milk-called-when-its-poured-on-cereal/560371/54 "2010-11-12T13:18:28Z")
Uh? No it’s not, or at least not necessarily, and there is no such thing as “a soup base”. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2010, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-milk-called-when-its-poured-on-cereal/560371/55 "2010-11-12T13:58:55Z")
I love these answers! 😃 My original reaction was “milk” followed by “wetting agent.” But I much prefer some of the other alternatives. Of the poll answers, the only one I was even tempted to use beyond “other” was “sauce.” But milk is not a suace without other stuff being added to it, IMVHO. ---
**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:** [November 12, 2010, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-milk-called-when-its-poured-on-cereal/560371/56 "2010-11-12T14:06:52Z")
I’m tired of this motherfuckig milk in this motherfucking bowl. ---
**Author:** ![GoodOmens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@GoodOmens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GoodOmens)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2010, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-milk-called-when-its-poured-on-cereal/560371/57 "2010-11-12T14:08:24Z")
I call it a bad idea, but I’m one of those freaks who likes my cereal crunchy, so I have my milk on the side. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2010, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-milk-called-when-its-poured-on-cereal/560371/58 "2010-11-12T14:10:05Z")
I guess the OP’s brother is **KennerTheWayWayLessThanGreat**. Tell him it’s milk. ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2010, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-milk-called-when-its-poured-on-cereal/560371/59 "2010-11-12T14:16:20Z")
Milk. In a bowl. On cereal. For twenty minutes. ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2010, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-milk-called-when-its-poured-on-cereal/560371/60 "2010-11-12T14:40:19Z")
I think the OP asked the question wrong. The milk you pour on cereal is just milk, period. The typical ‘pop culture’ question is “what is the leftover milk in the bottom of a cereal bowl called?” The mixture of milk, tiny cereal bits, and sugar. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-milk-called-when-its-poured-on-cereal/560371.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-milk-called-when-its-poured-on-cereal/560371.md?page=4)