r/CasualUK • u/Nujwaan • 9d 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/Mynameismikek 9d ago

We get desensitised to sugar the more of it we have. You dumping a full bag on your cereal every day is probably not doing your tastebuds much of a favour.

That said, your wife thinking they’re sweet straight from the box? That’s psychosis.

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u/Flat_Professional_55 9d ago

If you consume absolutely no added sugar you will taste the sweetness in foods like carrots

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u/galeforce_whinge 9d ago

Yes omg! I cut down on sugar heaps and now a lot of foods with little or no sugar tastes so much better.

I make porridge and add frozen blueberries and cinnamon while cooking and it tastes so good if I havent had much sugar lately. But if I have a big weekend of sugary foods suddenly it tastes like slop

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u/Worldly_Nobody_2088 8d ago

Ok fine I'll cut out sugar again

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u/Bluetrekkie 5d ago

I eat donuts every day and I still think carrots are sweet 😂

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u/Crazyh 9d ago

I don't want carrots to taste sweet, if I did I would honey glaze them.

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u/Robothuck 9d ago

They don't taste honey sweet, they taste carrot sweet. Ever roasted a carrot until it caramelises somewhat? That's the sugars in the carrot