The newest trend that is as mind blowing as ever. Cereal and Ice.
In my world, cereal is in its own food group. I could eat it for breakfast, lunch and dinner if that was acceptable. My mom says it’s not though and mom knows best, right? So, every morning I pour myself some cereal and milk and sit down to probably the most generic breakfast in the world.
Cereal and milk. Those are the only two ingredients I put in my breakfast. Special K Red Berries with skim milk. That’s all my little bowl needs to fill my tummy until lunchtime. However, social media says there is a new and different way to eat cereal and my mind is blown. Get ready for this: People are adding ice cubes to their cereal. ICE CUBES.
Why? Is your bowl not full enough with milk AND Reese’s Puffs or Lucky Charms or Mini Wheats? Do you need more obstacles to get in the way of scooping up your Cap’n Crunch? Won’t the milk get watery? I don’t get it. But, alas, I tried it to be fair and I was…um…underwhelmed.
The only thing it did to my cereal was make it colder which was not a bad thing. Obviously your cereal gets soggy and warmer the longer you take to eat it, and adding ice cubes definitely took away the warming part, but honestly, it just made it harder to scoop up my little red berries. And nobody has time for that, especially at eight in the morning when you’re just trying to start your day as easy as possible.
According to Business Insider and Time, the trend began when a Twitter user asked if she was the only one who added cubes to her cereal.
Surprisingly, she is not. Many Twitter users tweeted her back telling her she wasn’t alone, but, of course, some showed disapproval. One “tweeter” went so far as to say that people who add ice cubes to their cereal are “savages.” Dramatic? Yes. What else is social media for if not arguments over trivial things?
In summary, here’s a little guide on whether or not you should put ice cubes in your cereal.
If you eat your cereal as slow as people walk on campus then you should add ice cubes to prevent your cereal from floating in warm milk. If you’ve enjoyed your cereal the same way since you were born then don’t add ice cubes. Sure, try it once just to say you have, but I promise it’s nothing special.
That’s my verdict. Maybe you’ll love cereal more with ice cubes or maybe you won’t. Either way, this is just another trend that we’ll see at the end of 2015 when those “Weirdest Trends of the Year” lists pops up.
In the meantime, I’ll be arguing with my mom over how nutritious cereal for each meal really is.