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Water in My Cereal: Taste Testing Various Liquid Accompaniments to Raisin Bran

2016-02-09 · review / recommendation · John · 2:41 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Everyday life (also: Personal life) · mode: Comedy & performance · tags: community lore

After Nerdfighteria condemned his podcast confession that he eats cereal with water, John taste-tests Raisin Bran with water, orange juice, lemon-lime Gatorade, black coffee and milk, ranks water best and orange juice worst, and accepts an intractable but respectful disagreement with milk-loving Hank.

What is said

The parts of the video and what is said in each (★ — how much it matters to the video).

00:00:00 — The podcast confession, Nerdfighteria's condemnation, studies on what people put on cereal, choosing Raisin Bran

  • ★★★ On the brothers' podcast Dear Hank and John, John recently confessed that he pours water rather than milk on his cereal. — 00:00:05 · Dear Hank and John
  • ★★ Nerdfighteria, usually very supportive, condemned his habit swiftly and nearly universally, sending studies on eating cereal with milk and a Vine recreating cereal with water. (playful) — 00:00:10 · Nerdfighteria
  • ★★ John learned of a secret community like him: per one study, 13% of Americans put coffee in their cereal and 12% orange juice. — 00:00:26
  • ★ John picked Raisin Bran as between healthy and delicious, noting it has more calories, sugar and sodium than Lucky Charms. (playful) — 00:00:43

00:00:58 — Taste test: water, orange juice, lemon-lime Gatorade, coffee and milk, each rated in raisins

  • ★★★ Raisin Bran with tap water is delicious and magnificent: five raisins. (playful) — 00:00:58
  • ★★ With Florida orange juice the two great ingredients turn out horribly: one raisin out of five, and even that is generous. (playful) — 00:01:13 · Florida
  • ★★ Lemon-lime Gatorade seemed almost good after the orange juice but still wasn't good: two raisins. (playful) — 00:01:30
  • ★★ Hot black coffee from his AFC Wimbledon mug tasted almost only of coffee, but he likes coffee: three raisins. (playful) — 00:01:45 · AFC Wimbledon
  • ★★ Raisin Bran with cow's milk is disgusting and too rich, like eating cake rather than breakfast: two raisins. (playful) — 00:01:58

00:02:11 — Aside: Sarah's Lego Louvre attacked by John and Henry

00:02:15 — Final ranking and the intractable but respectful disagreement with Hank

  • ★★★ By 'a scientific study of his taste buds', the best liquid for Raisin Bran is water, then coffee, lemon-lime Gatorade, milk and orange juice. (playful) — 00:02:15
  • ★★ John notes Hank said on the podcast that he tried cereal with water and disliked it: Hank is a milk guy. — 00:02:27 · Hank Green
  • ★★ Despite their intractable disagreement, John thinks the brothers will keep respecting each other and collaborating, and there may be a lesson in that. (playful, hedged) — 00:02:32 · Hank Green

Humor (dominant)

  • Having noted Raisin Bran has more calories, sugar and sodium than Lucky Charms, John concludes about Lucky Charms — 00:00:55

    “Speaking of which, I also picked up some Lucky Charms, because it turns out it's healthy.”

  • Praising American tap water as delicious and safe before his first taste test, John adds a caveat — 00:01:02

    “Note: only 'safe and delicious' in certain jurisdictions.”

  • In his final ranking of cereal liquids, John refuses to call milk by its name — 00:02:20

    “that stuff that comes out of the nether regions of a cow”

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Mentioned

Central: Raisin Bran

Also: People: Henry Green · Sarah Urist Green

Projects: Dear Hank and John

Organizations: AFC Wimbledon · Louvre · Vine

Places: Florida

Products: Gatorade · Lego · Lucky Charms

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