# 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:** 4
**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:** [November 12, 2010, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-milk-called-when-its-poured-on-cereal/560371/61 "2010-11-12T14:51:57Z")
> [@Hampshire](#): > > 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. Room for more cereal. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2010, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-milk-called-when-its-poured-on-cereal/560371/62 "2010-11-12T14:52:42Z")
Pour the milk from orbit. It’s the only way to be sure. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2010, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-milk-called-when-its-poured-on-cereal/560371/63 "2010-11-12T15:13:33Z")
Well of course one simply \*calls \*it milk, but I think the OP means to give it a definition in the context of its function. In that spirit, I think it could be considered a condiment. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2010, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-milk-called-when-its-poured-on-cereal/560371/64 "2010-11-12T15:21:35Z")
Well, if you’re like me and never, ever drink or consume the milk, then you could call it a “substratum,” I suppose. . . I started with “substrate” which sounds better, but really has an implication of supporting life, while “substratum” is more of a foundation or bottom layer. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2010, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-milk-called-when-its-poured-on-cereal/560371/65 "2010-11-12T15:26:00Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > Eucha-Crisp-the cereal of Christ. Corpus Crispies. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2010, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-milk-called-when-its-poured-on-cereal/560371/66 "2010-11-12T15:51:10Z")
Still milk. ---
**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, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-milk-called-when-its-poured-on-cereal/560371/67 "2010-11-12T15:57:12Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Bailey’s Irish Cream over Lucky Charms. Hurk! ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2010, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-milk-called-when-its-poured-on-cereal/560371/68 "2010-11-12T16:27:06Z")
Milk. You might describe it as a “medium.” ---
**Author:** ![kath94](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/67e7ee/32.png) [@kath94](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kath94)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2010, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-milk-called-when-its-poured-on-cereal/560371/69 "2010-11-12T16:39:19Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > It turns into sweet milk after you’ve eaten sugar pops, Capt Crunch or other sugary cereals. > > The best part is slurping the sweet milk after the cereal is gone. I’ve been beaten to this already, but Coco Puffs makes chocolate milk! Yum! > [@GuanoLad](#): > > Soggifier I vote for this one. But only if “milk” doesn’t win. ---
**Author:** ![enomaj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/59ef9b/32.png) [@enomaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enomaj)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2010, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-milk-called-when-its-poured-on-cereal/560371/70 "2010-11-12T17:05:50Z")
Milk++ Anti-milk Dark Milk The Liquid Formerly Named Milk Milk Diddy M!lk Milkalicious ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2010, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-milk-called-when-its-poured-on-cereal/560371/71 "2010-11-12T17:09:33Z")
The Liquid Which Is Not A Martyred Gay San Francisco Politician ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2010, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-milk-called-when-its-poured-on-cereal/560371/72 "2010-11-12T17:12:51Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > It becomes the blood of Christ, right?.. I thought so too. Christblood. In a bowl. ---
**Author:** ![tr0psn4j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2010, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-milk-called-when-its-poured-on-cereal/560371/73 "2010-11-12T17:19:59Z")
Milk. ---
**Author:** ![DonLogan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/51bf81/32.png) [@DonLogan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DonLogan)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2010, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-milk-called-when-its-poured-on-cereal/560371/74 "2010-11-12T18:12:27Z")
Dirty milk. Milk Plus. ---
**Author:** ![Emily\_Litella](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emily_litella/32/3370_2.png) [@Emily\_Litella](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emily_Litella)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2010, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-milk-called-when-its-poured-on-cereal/560371/75 "2010-11-12T18:16:49Z")
Topping? ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2010, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-milk-called-when-its-poured-on-cereal/560371/76 "2010-11-12T18:45:44Z")
> [@Emily\_Litella](#): > > Topping? Yes. I want to change my answer to topping. ---
**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, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-milk-called-when-its-poured-on-cereal/560371/77 "2010-11-12T20:50:26Z")
> [@EllisDee](#): > > 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. I’ve tried that and it’s always tasted horrible to me. Maybe you need particularly tasty water or cereal that melts a lot when wet. ---
**Author:** ![Tethered\_Kite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a5b964/32.png) [@Tethered\_Kite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tethered_Kite)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2010, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-milk-called-when-its-poured-on-cereal/560371/78 "2010-11-12T21:00:09Z")
A condiment? An accomplice to slow death by food additive poisoning? ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2010, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-milk-called-when-its-poured-on-cereal/560371/79 "2010-11-12T22:39:49Z")
What do you call cereal when you eat cereal in a bowl of milk? I think the answer you are looking for is “an ingredient” in “cereal and milk”. > [@guizot](#): > > I think the tradition of putting grains in a bowl with milk over them came from European immigrants who put bread in their coffee (perhaps because it was dried out). [This article](http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=F10A17FB395416738DDDAC0A94DD405B8785F0D3) (.pdf) from the New York times in 1987 indicates that it might also have been the origin of Postum as a child’s version of coffee. Postum was invented by C.W. Post (the cereal guy, who was a student of Dr. John Harvey Kellogg, the other cereal guy) who created it as a healthy alternative to coffee. He did not intend it merely for children, he intended it as a healthy replacement for coffee. Later marketing may have recognized that adults did not seem inclined to replace their coffee with [del]fake coffee[/del] a healthy alternative, so aimed the marketing for children, on the theory that the parents would think, “Gee, of course it is unfair that my kids can’t have their bread in coffee, but this stuff is too toxic for them. But _they_ can use the fake stuff.” > **[Postum](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postum)** > > Postum (.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}US: /ˈpoʊstəm/) is a powdered roasted grain beverage popular as a coffee substitute. The caffeine-free beverage was created by Post Cereal Company founder C. W. Post in 1895 and marketed as a healthier alternative to coffee.: 93  Post was a student of John Harvey Kellogg, who believed that c Th... ---
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