Americans don't know how to eat their cereal.

[zacks_clone]

Why do they put so little milk on it? Obviously the way to eat cereal is with milk running off the sides of the bowl. Not only do you get the needed calcium, but you also get a more delicious cereal. Wheaties are dry, you can't <i>not</i> put a lot of milk on it without the risk of making you thirsty. Marshmallows taste better surrounded in milk. Chocolate-based cereals beg for lots of milk. Anyway, start eating your cereal the right way.

:: is american and eats cerial that way...as do all other americans I know....X.x :: ^_^ But I dont eat cerial for breakfast.When I have it is like...midnight or 6 am and I have yet to go to bed for a day or two...:: whistles :: whoops...

[Fuzakeru]

I eat my cereal with a spoon . . . between my toes.

[Optium]

Milk is bad for you.

.opt

[Fuzakeru]

Wasn't there a thread about what milk was made of and someone said that there was puss in milk? Gross. -drinks a tall glass-

[Doomgaze]

People who say milk (at least low fat milk) is bad for you don't actually give a damn about you, you know. They're just crying about the cows.

[TasteyPies]

I always put alot of milk on my cereal, everyone looks at me funny.

[Loony BoB]

I don't understand. Too little? Too much? What's up with that? I never knew anyone put anything but the required amount. Do people not have the same required amount as I do? I can't even imagine having cereal with a different amount. It would be noticably abnormal. And yes, you should fill your (normal-sized) bowl up so that it reaches about 1cm from the rim at a minimum. The exact amount depends on the rim.

This is all so very confusing. I just don't understand the concept of not putting in enough milk.

As for soggy food, eat your breakfast faster, idiot.

[eestlinc]

cereal is bad for you. well, processed american cereal is bad for you. maybe if you are eating plain shredded wheat it is good. but your body processes the refined grains and sugars in cereal as if it is all sugar. You rbody gets a quick surge of energy, all the sugar goes to waste, and then you feel hungry again. the myth of cereal being the essential part of breakfast is perpetuated by the food industry.

[Super Christ]

Now, Pizza and Mountain Dew, there's the breakfast of champions!

[Optium]

Thank you Doom for calling me a shallow, heartless vegan when I am none
of the above. Now notice how I'm speaking to you in the 2nd person
rather than in the 3rd because speaking about a person who is present
in the 3rd person is a form of insult.

Actually milk is bad for you because the cows have been given so many
unnatural hormones and chemicals that rather than building strong bones
and preventing osteoporosis, the calcium in milk is actually nullified by the
chemicals and many studies have showed that milk causes osteoporosis
more often than preventing it. Natural milk is alright, although if you think
about it naturally we're not even supposed to drink it after a few years of
age, but most milk sold today is not natural and most of it is very bad for
you.

.opt

[eestlinc]

organic milk is pretty good.

[Doomgaze]

I never called you heartless!

Now, if you could possibly stop regurgitating your peta statistics, that would be great.


EDIT: <a href = "http://www.straightdope.com/columns/030321.html">Cecil on the anti-milk propaganda sites</a>

[Del Murder]

Well I'm not dead or even sick so I'll keep eating it.

Holy Crap! Super Delete's real identity is revealed!! He's Emmitt Smith!!!!

Crap...

[Doomgaze]

Oh, as to the unhealthiness of cereal, I seem to remember reading that General Mills was going to start using whole grains in all their cereals. It's a start.

[Lindy]

Milk is bad in large quantities.

The protein in it actually leeches calcium from your bones, but that'd take a lot of milk.

Also, apparently, cereal has the reverse effect expected and is more likely to make you feel sleepy than wake you up and should be eaten before going to bed.

That said, Cheerios taste better without milk.