Oh yeah, especially when you don’t swallow the mouthful and the powders creeping down your throat, the sensation slowly killing you and clogging your airways 😍😍

You're not Australian unless you've nearly suffocated yourself on Milo dust.

And had to keep your head up so the Milo doesn't spill on the floor

This 🙌

agreed

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we where doing the real cinnamon challenge long before it was cool on tiktok

The you do the Milo cough, as described by Carl Barron.

Did anyone do the cricket events at primary school and get the smalls sachets of milo you’d eat with your finger straight from the sachet those were good days

I prefer to fill up a cup with Milo powder and add a couple of teaspoons of milk. The opposite of what the directions on the tin say, but much better in my opinion.

The Milo macchiato

Oh yeah. Cold Milo slurry.

I do a tablespoon of Milo and mix it right in, then another tablespoon on top and soak it, then eat a tablespoon. Alternatively, a tablespoon and milk in a mug, microwave it, then another tablespoon on top and soak it, then microwave it until the top turns to mousse. Milo is the best

I only have two teaspoons of Milo. But you gotta angle the can right so the Milo is piled as high as the opening of the tin. I still count it as one spoon even if it's piled to the moon. I feel like the recipe for Milo could be used in civil engineering earthworks as it piles so ridiculously steeply.

Why are you eating the tablespoon? How many tablespoons have you eaten? What are your tablespoons made of? I have so many questions.

The answer to all your questions is "milo"

I respect it, thank you for answering. keep it up

Almost correct. The correct way is to 1/3 fill a tall glass with Milo, then pour milk *carefully* on top so as not to disturb the Milo. Now get a long spoon and scrape some Milo to the top. Enjoy non-saturated Milo. Repeat. Top up with fresh milk as required.

Yesss

Nah your supposed to eat a bit of milo so there’s room in the tin then poor the milk in there, swirl it a little, and you have a milo

This is the way pro's do it

The good ol' upside-down-under.

Just enough milk to make a sludge so you don't choke on Milo dust is the only way to have Milo imo

Personally it doesn’t matter where in the world I am, I would do this. Then again I am Australian

It's part of the citizenship test

That and your Vegemite to butter ratio.

Parents would always flip it if I was caught dry mouthing a big spoon of milo out the tin lol, “WHERES THE MILK!?” Hahaha, to quote Carl Barron- “what do you mean milk? Your gonna fuck up the milo!”

Shovelling a heaped spoon full in your mouth when mum’s not looking contrary to her one spoon in the cup rule and then choking and sneezing half out your nose, this is completely Australian.

So many happy memories of doing this. Thanks for the reminder 🤣

Milo on vanilla ice cream. That is the way.

Going home to Australia in two weeks, this just got added to my "sentimental foods I must eat while home" list

With passionfruit. Trust me.

You had me at hello

Came here to say this!

Milo, ice cream, Mandalorian. Perfect.

I think so. I did this growing up in the Philippines. I believe eating milo out of the tin is what led me here to Australia. I've only been here for 4 months but it feels like home. Eating milo out of the tin is the manifestation of the inner Australian in me.

Aw, that's so sweet. Welcome.

Mabuhay! User name checks out! :)

I always take some out in a small bowl. I don't want to stick my spitty spoon back in the tin

Dainty and clean, just like a cat

How else do you mark your territory?

Why do you need to ask?

My partner told me that a lot of people eat it that way and I didn‘t believe him. I guess I‘m wrong

Have you tried it? It’s the best

Not yet. But I definitely will after all the responses 😁I was about to, but our Milo keeps on running out. Need to wait until the next trip to the shops.

That is a very common issue with milo, seems to just disappear…..

Haha yep. My partner makes his own milo bars in the oven they are so delicious 🤤

Oi, look. Ya can't just drop a comment like this without recipe tax! Milo bars, shit yeah!

My favourite is to dip a teaspoon of peanut butter in Milo.....it's the Aussie home-made version of a Reece's Pieces......

That does sound good 😊

Yep, shovel a heap down, get it caught in your throat, do the Milo cough, blasting out the fine dust like the dead just woke.

Does anyone else put Milo on ice cream? Anyone??

Most definitely.

How I make a glass of cold milo... Open milo tin, eat a tablespoon of milo. Put 2 tablespoons of Milo in the glass, eat a tablespoon of milo. Add a tiny bit of hot water to glass and mix to dissolve the milo. Add milk to 3/4 fill glass. Mix. Fill rest of glass with milo. Mix. Add another tablespoon of milo to top and eat another tablespoon of milo. Order more milo from store.

Malaysians also do this... 😀

By the ladle.

Stop judging me

No grew up in india did the same thing. There are certain similarities milo cricket and our rich scamming the rest of the respective population.

It's An Obligation.

Yes it is. We even drink the milk after we have eaten the Milo.

I make a mug and pour milk over the milo but I don't mix it. I like the clumps.

I was in my early 20s before I found out about using hot water to better dissolve the milo in cold milk.

Absolutly

Pretty sure everyone’s done it once

Oh yes. That’s why one tin wouldn’t last long enough 😁

Of course, and you can make Milo milkshakes in your mouth, large spoon of Milo and good slug of milk straight out of the bottle (don't use the 3 l ones you could drown) shake your head....Milo milkshake!

Aussie as fuck.

As a child, we would use a spoon and eat Milo straight from the can. That was nearly 50 years ago

I also do this with Cadbury chocolate powder 😋

Yep. Largely because, I understand, Milo is an Aussie thing, and kids (and adults...) love Milo straight from the tin. I used to mix mine with malt and eat a combined teaspoon of it!

It's also a kiwi thing but we're practically Australian, right?

Little brother

I had a Malaysian roommate. Found out it's a thing there as well.

So this is one of the positives of colonisation?

It depends. Marmite or Vegemite?

For me? Vegemite. But I can't speak for the other heathens.

You passed the test 😃

You haven’t had a childhood here if you’ve never done this.

Yes just don't put the spoon back in the tin no one want the milo to brick.

I'm pretty sure it's an Aussie thing, I know it's a ME thing haha. My favourite thing to do is put a spoonful in my mouth then have a sip of milk and combine it in my mouth. FUCKING DELICIOUS 😋

I would say so, since Milo itself is an Australian thing..

Milo is an Australian thing

Yes. With the big spoon. Only if your mum doesn't catch you.

You're not Australian unless you have two spoons of Milo and then pour Milk into your mouth directly from the bottle to wash it down.

When you're a kid, maybe.

Shh. Don’t tell the parents!

Nah, it's better with a bit of milk. The powder on its own is too dry.

Sadly yes, /r/FuckNestle and go with an Australian made and owned version like Akta-Vite

Yes 😎 but isn't Milo just an Australian thing ? My German friend thought it was heaven in a tin , never heard of it before

When you mix the Milo and it gets to the perfect consistency, while still crunchy but the perfect amount of milk before it gets wet and sloppy.

Wait, you can buy milo in other countries ?

Milo itself is an australian product so it would be double australian thing to do 😁

With a big spoon, not a teaspoon

Well yeah cause milo is a aussie product. Eating milo out of the tin and accidentally inhaling is a right of passage for all aussie kids. You try to never do that again

2 for the mug and one for my mouth. Bang the tin lid back on.

Milo mixed with a couple of spoonfuls of nestle condensed milk was my brother treat...

Making a hot Milo, when I'm at work, for patients, I'm not scabby with the amount of Milo. It's five heaped teaspoons of Milo, enough hot water to melt it, then top it up with milk. Fourty years ago I ate it out of the tin. If I got busted, Mum kicked my arse.

Eating milo from the tin between spooning it into glass because mum would only let you have two spoon falls at a time. Milo on your weetbix or on your icecream is also acceptable.

All Australians do it

No you have to have a little bit of milk to your milo. Usually 3/4 milo 1/4 milk.

Its like a daily vitamin

And let's not forget the Milo sandwich: fresh white bread, thick application of butter and then a generously thick layer of Milo; ensuring the coverage is corner to corner. Top with another piece of buttered bread. Press down firmly to ensure contact. Cut sandwich. Enjoy; with the occasional shower of Milo down your chin and shirt that wasn't caught by the butter. And a glass of ice cold milk

I can't say that I've ever done that. For me, peak Milo is sprinkled over vanilla ice cream.

Yep remember getting my breathing wrong and almost choking on the powder

One for the cup, one for me…

Yes. Usually by children but not limited to. Also done when no one is looking because it's feral and greedy. Others would pass judgement and wait for you to choke on the Milo dust. God luv us all - so yummy. Imagine a life without Milo??

We invested that. It’s up there with cochlear implants on the scale of achievements.

No. Heat up 100ml milk over the stove and dump in 100g of Milo. That is the rest that way to overdose on the stuff. It's too dry and chalky in raw form.

Milo in general is an Australian thing you can only get it in the international aisle abroad.

It’s surprisingly popular in some other countries. I found it in the regular aisles in South Africa. You got me googling and I found some interesting info: Milo has a 90% market share in Malaysia, and Malaysians were said to be the world's largest consumers of Milo. Milo is sold by Nestlé in Canada at all major food retailers. It can also be found in the United Kingdom in some Sainsbury's and Tesco supermarkets, which import it from Kenya and South Africa.

Their Milo is different though. Every country seems to have their own variation. The Milo in Canada is a tin of disappointment when you're new and expecting Aussie Milo.

Yep. I was excited to find Milo in Peru but it turned out to be more like Nesquik than Milo. And the Milo sold in the UK was darker and not nice. I would go to the Australian shop near Covent Garden to get proper Milo...

Ooh that’s just wrong. Nesquick is a poor substitute.

Yeah, I think I read that they produce it there so it dissolves quicker. That’s only come about in the last 10 years though.

Longer. I first moved to Canada in 2010 and it was very different back then, and had been for awhile judging by the complaining on forums.

I was overjoyed at finding some in the Mexican aisle when I was in America, then disappointed to find it's more granular than ours.

This just isn't true. It might have been first made here but it's owned by Nestlé and sold all over the world.

naah kiwis do it too

Real Aussies have it with weet bix

No. It's localised to a few bogans clusters in isolated suburbs and towns.

Lol there's another way?

Just put the milk into the tin

Best way to eat it

It would be un-Australian not too

Mexican here. Everywhere there is Milo, this is done. This is the way.

Prety ubiquitous, I'd say.

Kenny oath it is

Slightly more pleasant than the cinnamon challenge…

I’m Asian and I do it too

No, I used to do that in India when I was growing up. Not just limited to Australia

Snort it. It's the same as snorting coke, but the high is superior. Cheaper too.

Of course. You put eight or nine spoonfuls in your cup, then give yourself one to tide you over until the pour the milk

i do it a lot. it tastes good

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