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I've never eaten a Weetabix

53 replies

BugsyDrakeTableScape · 15/09/2023 06:38

We have them in the house, I make them for my kids. But I just can't bring myself to actually put it in my own mouth and eat it. It just looks so grim. I know they're really good for you but I've never been able to get past the look of it to try one.

Anyone else got anything similar??

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IbizaToTheNorfolkBroads · 15/09/2023 08:08

80 year old FiL has them every morning!

When MiL broke her foot and couldn't get upstairs (where their kitchen is) he had them for lunch too!

BriocheForBreakfast · 15/09/2023 08:11

Alternatively you can make the easiest fruit loaf ever with a couple of weetabix, sultanas, sugar, milk, egg and flour. I added a small-diced Granny Smith apple.

www.greedygourmet.com/recipes-by-national-cuisine/english-recipes/weetabix-cake/

TogetherWeLearn · 15/09/2023 08:15

I like weetabix for an easy breakfast.there’s so many chocolate cereals these days which I have never eaten.

I remember an impromptu lunch with a friend when our DC were toddlers & I dished up baked beans, I was surprised as her and her DC had never eaten them (& nor did they want to!)

DynamicK · 15/09/2023 08:22

Bananas1350 · 15/09/2023 08:05

Saw on one of those weight loss programs someone put butter on theirs before adding milk. Ugh. I actually like them.

Yuk. A work colleague disgusted us all by saying she puts butter on hers but would then eat it like a cracker. It must just crumble everywhere Confused

travelogue · 15/09/2023 09:09

They aren't particularly good for you - plenty of less revolting ways to get enough dietary fiber - put them in the bin. Wink

Devilsmommy · 15/09/2023 09:17

My little one won't eat the plain ones but loves the banana flavour ones, I used to eat them but not anymore. Oatibix are much nicer as a pp said

ShinyAppleDreamingOfTheSea · 15/09/2023 09:36

I used to eat them with butter and honey on top as a child .

Have them now sometimes with cold milk and fruit .

My body really doesn't do savoury stuff or eggs in the morning . Thought of it makes me feel quite sick .

00100001 · 15/09/2023 11:51

DynamicK · 15/09/2023 08:22

Yuk. A work colleague disgusted us all by saying she puts butter on hers but would then eat it like a cracker. It must just crumble everywhere Confused

Weirdly it doesn't, and it's actually really nice!

LetMeGoogleThat · 15/09/2023 11:55

My son is allergic to egg and dairy, I can't bring myself to let a dairy free or egg free version of anything pass my lips. But we still have them all in the fridge.

BugsyDrakeTableScape · 15/09/2023 12:17

Ha I'm an advertisers dream as I just assumed that they look so grim and health-foody they must be good for you!

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NowWhattt · 15/09/2023 12:22

Me neither . They make me heave .

I think it stems from when I first started my career of working with children. I was placed in day nurseries and would be with the small children at breakfast time.

TheYearOfSmallThings · 15/09/2023 12:23

LastHives · 15/09/2023 07:38

Try oatibix. I love them!

WARNING

Oatibix may cause gastrointestinal distress and dangerous levels of flatulence. I actually thought I was going to die and take the earth with me in a methane fuelled maelstrom.

Tiredmumno1 · 15/09/2023 12:23

Weetabix is disgusting, as soon as you put the milk in it's a soggy mess. I'd pick shredded wheat before weetabix, at least it doesn't suddenly end up like slop.

Although I prefer Special K nowadays.

BarryK3nt · 15/09/2023 12:25

I’ve never eaten one either, just doesn’t appeal to me. I’ve also never tried marmite or peanut butter for the same reason.

Caterina99 · 15/09/2023 12:28

DS has them every day. swimming in milk. Urgh.

I have eaten them so I know what they taste like. Which is not much. I have no intention of ever eating them again.

I do like the mini ones with chocolate though.

Sunshineandrainbow · 15/09/2023 12:30

00100001 · 15/09/2023 11:51

Weirdly it doesn't, and it's actually really nice!

My nan puts jam on them and eats them the same way!

BugsyDrakeTableScape · 15/09/2023 12:37

My eldest eats them dry. Grim.

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userxx · 15/09/2023 12:41

AuntieMarys · 15/09/2023 08:01

I'm in my 60s and have never eaten weetabix. Ds used to eat 7 at a time and it was a bowl of slop.

Jesus. How were his bowels?

xogossipgirlxo · 15/09/2023 12:50

I never had them too, they don’t look like something I’d want to eat.

MrsDanversGlidesAgain · 15/09/2023 12:53

I'm pretty sure the formulation has changed the last few years because as a child I LOVED Weetabix. Now it's a lot drier and crumblier.

Had a schoolfriend who had them with butter. Freak.

HeritageBlooms · 15/09/2023 13:00

BugsyDrakeTableScape · 15/09/2023 12:37

My eldest eats them dry. Grim.

I love them dry! (Hated milk as a kid)

piscofrisco · 15/09/2023 19:08

I congratulate you. I ate one once and that was enough.

Lagershandy · 15/09/2023 19:11

DH eats Weetabix spread with jam.

On the other hand, I have never ever eaten chicken.

strubidooo · 15/09/2023 19:18

You need to cover the weetabix in hot water, mush it all up then a splash of milk and a bit of sugar. Cold milk straight on the weetabix is like eating sawdust

Teddleshon · 15/09/2023 19:20

Never eaten weetabix or indeed any breakfast cereal of any type and have never tasted baked beans!