Board 8 > Pouring cereal before milk is overrated.

(+) Yeah! (+)

Seriously. I've been debating this for years and though Board 8 has tried to change my opinion many times, my opinion stays the same.

First off, you can see if the milk is any good before trying to consume it. Take today for example. I decided to eat some cereal today with some milk bought yesterday that should have been good. I don't eat cereal with milk often so I was excited as I poured the milk in. Sadly, it was chunky and the milk is already bad. The milk is ruined, but imagine if I had poured cereal first and the milk was bad. After listening to Board 8 once, I did that once and found chunky milk and got sick from it. Of course, since I poured the milk first, I didn't have to throw out any cereal.

Then, there's the fact that lactose intolerant people can sometimes have milk, but only a limited amount. Like me. I know I have a limit. I can use the bowl with a spoon inside to measure how much milk I'm having without the need to pull out my measuring cup and needing to clean something else. If I pour in cereal first, I can't tell easily how much milk I'm putting in unless I use a measuring cup. Which is more likely to upset your stomach, milk that could possibly be spoiled even before the due date, or cereal?

Finally, there's taste and sogginess. When you splash a liquid all over everything, things tend to get soggier faster. Pour something onto liquid and it happens too, but at a slower rate. Putting in cereal after milk causes your cereal to become a bit more crunchy and retain more of the taste before the milk dissolves it away. Putting in cereal first makes it sooner get mushy with approximately the consistency of milk chunks.

Therefore, in my opinion, pouring cereal after milk > spoiled milk.

Discuss.
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1. Don't buy shitty milk
2. Don't be lactose intolerant
3. Eat more quickly
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Zachnorn posted...

pouring cereal after milk > spoiled milk.

well duh
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^ Can't help one of those three things.
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Stop buying shit milk
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If you're lactose intolerant just do what one of my friends does and eat cereal with water

oh god for the love of all that is holy don't do this
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Of the past 10 years, I've only had milk go bad before expiration maybe like 2-3 times. I'd say the milk is of an acceptable quality!
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woodman posted...

If you're lactose intolerant just do what one of my friends does and eat cereal with water

I gagged.
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woodman posted...

If you're lactose intolerant just do what one of my friends does and eat cereal with water

oh god for the love of all that is holy don't do this

And yet no one bats an eye when you make hot chocolate with water

Equally disgusting
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First off, you can see if the milk is any good before trying to consume it.

You can do that by looking at the date.

I don't eat cereal with milk often so I was excited as I poured the milk in.

Books could be written on how strange this sentence is.

Sadly, it was chunky and the milk is already bad.

Sounds like your fridge is acting up. Maybe you should pour milk all over it. Excitedly.

After listening to Board 8 once, I did that once and found chunky milk and got sick from it.

Your milk should not be chunky on the regular. Your milk should never be chunky. Your refrigerator is not running down the street. Get help.

Of course, since I poured the milk first, I didn't have to throw out any cereal.

And what did you do with that saved cereal? Eat it as if it were a bag of chips? Your problems run deep in this equation.

Then, there's the fact that lactose intolerant people can sometimes have milk, but only a limited amount. Like me.

And me. But this is a weird premise.
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If you pour cereal after milk, won't it create a bunch of little milk splashes and make a mess?
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can use the bowl with a spoon inside to measure how much milk I'm having without the need to pull out my measuring cup and needing to clean something else.

I cannot lie: if you need a measuring cup to gauge the amount of milk you're adding to your cereal, you should err on the side of another breakfast item.

Which is more likely to upset your stomach, milk that could possibly be spoiled even before the due date, or cereal?

Flawed logic. Trick question. The only way to win is to never play this game.

en you splash a liquid all over everything, things tend to get soggier faster. Pour something onto liquid and it happens too, but at a slower rate. Putting in cereal after milk causes your cereal to become a bit more crunchy and retain more of the taste before the milk dissolves it away. Putting in cereal first makes it sooner get mushy with approximately the consistency of milk chunks.

You're one of those people who expects to get hit by a falling anvil faster than a feather, aren't you?
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Jeff Zero posted...

You can do that by looking at the date.

I do! My milk is supposed to expire on June 30th. But it's only the 22nd and it's already bad.

Jeff Zero posted...

Books could be written on how strange this sentence is.

oh

Jeff Zero posted...

Sounds like your fridge is acting up. Maybe you should pour milk all over it. Excitedly.

Nope, everything including the milk is cold! I suspect someone at the store left it out.

Jeff Zero posted...

Your milk should not be chunky on the regular. Your milk should never be chunky. Your refrigerator is not running down the street. Get help.

I'd have bigger problems if my refrigerator were running down the street.

Jeff Zero posted...

And what did you do with that saved cereal? Eat it as if it were a bag of chips? Your problems run deep in this equation.

That's what I did!

Jeff Zero posted...

And me. But this is a weird premise.

no u
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Jeff Zero posted...

I cannot lie: if you need a measuring cup to gauge the amount of milk you're adding to your cereal, you should err on the side of another breakfast item.

But cereal with milk is so good!

Jeff Zero posted...

Flawed logic. Trick question. The only way to win is to never play this game.

This isn't a war game.

Jeff Zero posted...

You're one of those people who expects to get hit by a falling anvil faster than a feather, aren't you?

I'm one of those people that thinks both things are overrated.
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Emeraldegg posted...

If you pour cereal after milk, won't it create a bunch of little milk splashes and make a mess?

If you're sloppy about it and have a lot of milk in the bowl, I guess it can.
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no
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Mixing milk and cereal at all is overrated tbqh.

Dry, plain Cheerios >>> all
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Cheerios are disgusting. I might as well be eating wooden pencil shavings.
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This isn't a war game.

Wait, what? ugh fml
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If I'm eating Cheerios, I better be eating some kind of flavored Cheerios. It's like Corn Flakes. I'd rather have Frosted Flakes because they're GRRRREAT!
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GranzonEx posted...

Cheerios are disgusting. I might as well be eating wooden pencil shavings.

You must be getting some awful off-brand (and I mean awful because most off-brands aren't any different than the name brand) because even regular cheerios have a decent flavor for me.

Anyways, I like to add the cereal first because I love cereal and I can add the amount of cereal I want and add enough milk to fill in the gaps, rather than trying to add the milk first and ending up with more milk than I actually wanted.
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BowserCuffs posted...

Anyways, I like to add the cereal first because I love cereal and I can add the amount of cereal I want and add enough milk to fill in the gaps, rather than trying to add the milk first and ending up with more milk than I actually wanted.

If you put the cereal first, how can you determine if you're putting in more milk than you wanted to put? Because this post kind of implies that you might want to put milk in first so you can limit that since you love cereal more.
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Plain Cheerios are decent snack food, yeah, but they don't have much flavor.
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Zachnorn posted...

BowserCuffs posted...

Anyways, I like to add the cereal first because I love cereal and I can add the amount of cereal I want and add enough milk to fill in the gaps, rather than trying to add the milk first and ending up with more milk than I actually wanted.

If you put the cereal first, how can you determine if you're putting in more milk than you wanted to put? Because this post kind of implies that you might want to put milk in first so you can limit that since you love cereal more.

Because I know how much cereal I want, and I can base the milk around that.
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You need your ass kicked Zachnorn.
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BowserCuffs posted...

Because I know how much cereal I want, and I can base the milk around that.

There are good reasons to pour cereal in first and this is one.
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If you're pouring chunky milk, you've got bigger problems than your milk-cereal order.
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azuarc posted...

If you're pouring chunky milk, you've got bigger problems than your milk-cereal order.

I blame the people that decide they no longer want milk and just leave it out somewhere in the store until someone puts it back.
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If you pour the milk first, you could wind up pouring out too much cereal--and then you'd either have to add more milk (AND eat more cereal than you were intending) or you'd have to throw some of it away.

Also Milk shouldn't go bad that quickly unless you leave it out. Or your refrigerator isn't doing its job.
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Dancedreamer posted...

If you pour the milk first, you could wind up pouring out too much cereal--and then you'd either have to add more milk (AND eat more cereal than you were intending) or you'd have to throw some of it away.

The key is to pour cereal multiple times and adjust as needed. I usually pour three times. A moderate amount for the first two times and then a little for whatever milk is left. That way, there's no excess milk and the cereal is always crunchy.
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who needs milk

if I buy cereal I just eat it straight out of the box
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Zachnorn posted...

The key is to pour cereal multiple times

gross
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from my point of view, the Jedi are evil
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1. I ALWAYS smell and look at my milk before pouring it. Sometimes I do a dab in the sink if it doesn't smell perfect to check for consistency.

2. After years of pouring milk one should know how long to pour for the correct amount of milk. 1/4 cup (or whatever) pour is always the same.

3. That's why you pour the milk in the bowl at one centralized location. It limits the sogginess factor. Although most cereal tastes better when wet, it's made to do so.
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LOLIAmAnAlt posted...

Sometimes I do a dab in the sink

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I think the biggest argument against milk before cereal is that Zachnorn appears to have an elaborate cereal-pouring ritual that is way more complicated than "pour cereal, then milk" and yet somehow doesn't include checking the milk to see if it's bad.
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I'm glad this topic exists because it's easy to compare the writing styles and confirm that you're LameJokeAlt
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StealThisSheen posted...

I'm glad this topic exists because it's easy to compare the writing styles and confirm that you're LameJokeAlt

just the fact that the account name is "LameJokeAlt" should be enough confirmation because it has all the subtlety of a brick
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oh geez this topic is horrendous
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I eat cereal everyday.

Cereal before milk, all day every day. It's easier for me.
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LOLIAmAnAlt posted...

1. I ALWAYS smell and look at my milk before pouring it. Sometimes I do a dab in the sink if it doesn't smell perfect to check for consistency.

My sense of smell is damaged to the point where good and spoiled milk smell the same. I can only check by visually seeing it.

LOLIAmAnAlt posted...

2. After years of pouring milk one should know how long to pour for the correct amount of milk. 1/4 cup (or whatever) pour is always the same.

Seeing it visually is easier!

LOLIAmAnAlt posted...

3. That's why you pour the milk in the bowl at one centralized location. It limits the sogginess factor. Although most cereal tastes better when wet, it's made to do so.

That just makes the cereal in that location soggier.

HeroDelTiempo17 posted...

I think the biggest argument against milk before cereal is that Zachnorn appears to have an elaborate cereal-pouring ritual that is way more complicated than "pour cereal, then milk" and yet somehow doesn't include checking the milk to see if it's bad.

Pouring cereal then guesstimating the amount of milk needed isn't any more complicated.

StealThisSheen posted...

I'm glad this topic exists because it's easy to compare the writing styles and confirm that you're LameJokeAlt

If I were LameJokeAlt, wouldn't I have used that account to post this topic instead of my main?

Dark_Koopatrol posted...

I eat cereal everyday.

Cereal before milk, all day every day. It's easier for me.

Try it the other way around. Trust me.
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Zachnorn posted...

If I were LameJokeAlt, wouldn't I have used that account to post this topic instead of my main?

further confirmation
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The next person to accuse me of being LameJokeAlt admits to being LameJokeAlt!
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suddenly we've reverted to kindergarten and started using the classic "I'm rubber, you're glue" defense
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Zachnorn posted...

HeroDelTiempo17 posted...

I think the biggest argument against milk before cereal is that Zachnorn appears to have an elaborate cereal-pouring ritual that is way more complicated than "pour cereal, then milk" and yet somehow doesn't include checking the milk to see if it's bad.


Pouring cereal then guesstimating the amount of milk needed isn't any more complicated.

Zachnorn posted...

The key is to pour cereal multiple times and adjust as needed. I usually pour three times. A moderate amount for the first two times and then a little for whatever milk is left. That way, there's no excess milk and the cereal is always crunchy.

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Zachnorn posted...

The next person to accuse me of being LameJokeAlt admits to being LameJokeAlt!

dude

you're LameJokeAlt right
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Wait you guys don't also go to the rural outskirts of Eastern India for the purest of cows and then tickle its udders to obtain the optimal freshest milk which is then carried in a bucket made from jade to the local village to be transported by ox to your cereal bowl?
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Crunchy cereal is pretty overrated.
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Bane_Of_Despair posted...

a bucket made from jade

lost it here
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