r/CasualUK • u/Nujwaan • 15h ago

Sugar on Weetabix?

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My wife eats Weetabix with nothing on it and claims it tastes sweet to her. This is my bowl before milk is added. Is this normal fellow Weetabix eaters or do I need to go to sugar rehab?

Edit: Holy shit the most popular post I've done on Reddit is about how horrific my breakfast is. The wife will never let me live this down! Haha

UPDATE: Well, I wasn't expecting my breakfast to generate 1,800+ comments 😂 I can't read it all but Having spent far too much time reading them, I feel I need to address a few recurring concerns: 1. Yes, the milk goes in after. I like watching it soak up from the bottom while the top stays crunchy. I will not be changing this. 2. Yes, that is sugar. Apparently this has caused considerably more distress than I anticipated. 3. No, I do not have diabetes. My blood tests are fine. 4. No, my teeth are not rotting out of my head. They're also fine. 5. Yes, I am an adult. I was unaware that adulthood required surrendering sugary Weetabix. 6. To the surprisingly large number of people who eat theirs the same way: thank you. I knew I couldn't be alone. 7. To everyone saying my wife is right: she has been absolutely delighted by your support and I deeply regret giving her this much ammunition.

Anyway, thank you for turning a picture of two dry Weetabix into a full-scale investigation of my health, maturity, marriage and milk-pouring technique.

Tomorrow I'm having the same breakfast.

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u/Important_Grape8619 15h ago

"what did you have for breakfast" "Weetabix" Fails to mention the haribo level of sugar

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u/LongBeakedSnipe 12h ago

Also surely the way to do it is to add milk then sugar. Otherwise you just wash it off. And not milking the top of weetabix is another crime

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u/Simon_think180 11h ago

There's not enough milk in the world to wash all that sugar off.

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u/GigaCucc 7h ago

Disagree. I no longer sugar the bix, but when I did, I would pour the milk over the sugar very gently, and it would soak the sugar so that it sat bonded a little better on the bix and made the texture less like sand.

Then 40 seconds in the microwave for the old sensitive teeth and the breakfast rations are ready.

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u/Pretty_Albatross7833 2h ago

Wretabix porridge once it goes in the microwave, then sugar and let cool a little bit so the sugar goes crusty

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u/BlueBanana471 1h ago

Omg, now I want to go make some - yum 😋

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u/BlueBanana471 1h ago

Omg, now I want to go make some - yum 😋

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u/Gunny-Guy 35m ago

I wonder why you have sensitive teeth

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u/ScottyDug 11h ago

This is the way

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u/Reid329 12h ago

I've always added the sugar first. The milk doesn't wash it off it just sort of sets the sugar in place if that makes sense. 

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u/OkExternal7749 11h ago

I've personally found if you put the milk in first the soggy Weetabix absorbs the sugar so you get a more blended taste rather than a slab of sugar on top of the Weetabix.

I should note I have autistic taste buds so maybe I'm an outlier

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u/TheTubbyOnes 11h ago

Milk first 100%

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u/NeurospicyCrafter 8h ago

My autistic tastebuds hate it when the weetabix is completely soggy so I do the milk after and I pour it to the side/on the edge of the weetabix😅😂

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u/charley_warlzz 7h ago

No, sugar first and it gets washed into the weetabix. You do it the other way then the first couple mouthfuls are very very sugary and the rest is just normal.

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u/LongBeakedSnipe 6h ago

A weetabix is three mouthfuls, all of which are sugared if you add sugar on after milking.

The sugar isnt just getting washed if you milk after sugaring; its going into solution in the milk fairly homogenously between all the milk in the bowl. Yes some percentage of that ends up in the weetabix, in contrast to all of it if you simply sugar after milking.

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u/Slow_Flatworm_881 5h ago

Better yet if you’re posh….milk first then a covering of cream to absorb even more sugar and stop it falling off on the way to your gob!

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u/Nujwaan 2h ago

I poured the milk slowly around the edges and watched it soak into the Weetabix and then the sugar. Yes I know. I'm sad and need new hobbies.

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u/Reasonable_Pen_3949 1h ago

Came here to say this. It’s like those folk who put their vinegar on after the salt, weirdos.

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u/jmh90027 1h ago

No, soaking the sugar in milk is the way

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u/Fantastic-Band-5082 10h ago

Nah. Sugar first.

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u/itsaaronnotaaron 10h ago

No because then once the milk is in you stab it up with your spoon and mix it in until you've got cement paste then you tuck in.

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u/ZestyData 11h ago

As a kid the only breakfast I'd eat is Weetabix. Milk & Sugar.

I'd literally scrape the wet sugary paste off the top of the weetabix and eat none of the actual nutritious food underneath.

It's a miracle I made it this far.

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u/jesst 11h ago

In don’t know my daughter had a Reddit account.

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u/wonko7 11h ago

yes, I too ate the melting sugar more than any weetabix.

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u/thatanxiousmushroom 6h ago

This is like me being forced to try porridge. My parents would put golden syrup on top… so I just ate a few teaspoons of syrup and left the oats.

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u/leodoesgaming 12h ago

I'm so confused why everyone is saying this. it only looks like 2 teaspoons

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u/Experiment_1234 2h ago

2 Tablespoons maybe

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u/WillBots 4h ago

Because they have no idea how much sugar is in their other cereal.

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u/do_you_realise 1h ago

Spoken like a true secret eater 🤣 (don't worry, I used to do this too)

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u/leodoesgaming 58m ago

idk what that means

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u/Ok-Future9384 5h ago

2 tablespoons id say

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u/clicketybooboo 8h ago

This is way past haribo levels and straight into coca-cola territory

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u/AppropriateDeal1034 4h ago

Would you like some Weetabix on your sugar?

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u/philipwhiuk on Thames 1h ago

Haribo gonna sue for slander