I have been doing this for years I also put icecubes in hot soup. 

posted on 8/12/2010 1:30:29 PM

The ice cube idea is a great idea! My Mom always added a little cold milk to cool our cereal.

posted on 8/7/2010 11:27:25 AM

We use plain oatmeal and a little less water, then stir in cold applesauce and some cinnamon. Instantly edible apple cinnamon oatmeal without the added sugar or artifical flavoring.

posted on 8/5/2010 9:43:27 AM

My Mother used to put an icecube in our soup at lunchtime. It was fun to watch it melt and never burned our tongues.lol:) Memories......PEACE

posted on 8/4/2010 10:56:10 AM

I remember adding a little milk when I was a kid, but that was in the day of no microwaves and everything was cooked on the stove ... so that cereal was too hot to eat immediately!

posted on 8/3/2010 6:55:00 PM

This is a great tip.  We use milk for our oatmeal and only add enough to get the oatmeal wet.  After we heat the oatmeal in the microwave for a minute we then add some cold milk to cool it down.  It brings it to the right consistency and cools at the same time.

posted on 7/31/2010 6:46:05 PM

I add a handful of frozen blueberries to my daughter's hot cereal.  It cools off quickly and she loves the addition of blueberries!  An added bonus....I don't add sugar to sweeten her cereal because the berries do that for me!!

posted on 7/30/2010 10:18:01 AM

I'm usually so smart about doing something like this but for some reason never thought about this one!  Great tip!  It seems so obvious that I'm mad at myself for not coming up with it myself!!!!

posted on 7/30/2010 1:14:52 AM

its funny in the caribbean where we are from we only eat hot cereal so my daughter thinks cold cereal is weird

posted on 7/29/2010 10:41:33 PM

I do the add milk...but still a great tip

posted on 7/29/2010 7:47:07 PM

i like hot but we eat cold all the time ...

posted on 7/29/2010 5:30:17 PM

That is brilliant!  :)  Why didn't I think of that already?  LOL!  I agree that the milk would be even better.

posted on 7/29/2010 5:17:14 PM

I use milk too instead of water. add a little, heat up, mix, then add some cold milk to cool down and thin out. works great.

posted on 7/29/2010 3:56:48 PM

Its best to add milk instead of water!

posted on 7/29/2010 3:28:23 PM

Good tip! I do this everytime for my little ones.

posted on 7/29/2010 10:02:55 AM

For my own kids when they were little I always added cold milk or cream to their cereal instead of ice.

posted on 7/29/2010 3:28:56 AM

I have actually used this hint

posted on 7/29/2010 12:36:52 AM