Poll #32  Leftover Milk in the Cereal Bowl:  ‘Drinkit’ / Don’t ‘Drinkit’

Results:  12 responses:  5 ‘Drinkit’ / 4 Don’t ‘Drinkit’ / 3 Other

I feel VERY strongly about this......it is DEFINITELY Don't drink it........it is the DIRTY milk and not for human consumption......(I do share it will Bella sometimes but Corrie reminds me to stop!!!!!!!)  Bette

I grew up poor and had to drink powdered milk that we rationed to make the week with my older brothers...as disgusting as that was ....I can never imagine me giving up any fresh milk ...to the trash or anyone else for that matter...I consume it..."Milk it does a body good"GARY MITCHELL, General Manager, BMR

drink it because milk does a body good...Fue

i always make an effort to keep a equal cereal to milk ratio.  in the past i would never want to have leftover milk because i didn't really like it so much- the flavor or its negative effects on my intestinal system- i only used it as the best possible moistener for the cereal (over other options such as, water, juice or beer).  however, now that i have discovered organic 1% milk, i am quite happy with the flavor and the lack of intestinal disturbance that i once experienced with non organic milk.  so now i don't mind so much if there is leftover milk and if there is I drink it down.  yuuummy goodness.  and good for you too.  thanks for giving me a happy reason to come to work on Thursdays.Krista

 i drink most of it....then give each one of the B-squad members an equal amount of time to gulp up as much as they can. word.  coco pebbles....use choco milk...then drink it...hhmmmm :) tyler

Don't drink it, there's floaties in there.  Sick.  Jeremy

Drink it.  Of course, I only put milk on non-sweetened cereal - I prefer my sugar pops (oh, sorry, Corn Pops - anyone else notice how they stopped putting the word "sugar" in the names of cereal - no more Sugar Frosted Flakes, Sugar Pops, Sugar Smacks, etc... just a cereal side note)  anyway, I prefer my Pops, Lucky Charms, Capn Crunch dry and crunchy.  So on Cheerios, milk, and drink it.  Add a little sugar, and that sweet milk is soooo good.  My cat waits for his share at the end...              laurie

 I dump it.  Thea

 Get more cereal!

-iAN

I have severe issues with particles of food in my beverages and I do not particularly care for milk.  The combination of these two factors makes the prospect of drinking the milk with bits of cereal floating in it almost unbearable.  Also, when I was little I stayed the night at a friend's house, and her mom made me drink the milk from my cereal bowl.  Childhood trauma is always bad. Holly

 “Depends on the cereal.”  (Paraphrase from conversations which occurred on account of an email failure resulting in the impending omission of response. jb)  Corrie

I often think of the leftover milk as the tea of breakfast.  It is the idyllic product of an enchantingly complex process.  By adding cereal to otherwise unaltered milk and allowing it to imbue its flavor properly by consuming said cereal at just the right pace, it is possible to create a delicatessen of sorts from what many view as a wasteful byproduct of the breakfast cuisine.  For those daring enough, it is even possible, and perhaps desirable in the case of some (including iAN and myself), to actually add more cereal to the bowl after ingesting the first helping.  In doing so, one can drastically increase the relative intensity of the ‘tea’ while garnering greater levels of the beneficial vitamins and minerals present in many of today’s cold cereals, such as coco puffs.  Drinkit.  Josh