C'mon, you know you love them! What are your picks?
Some I rarely eat because they put me in a sugar coma, but some of my favorites: Cracklin' Oat Bran, PB Cap'n Crunch, Wheaties, Total, Golden Grahams, HNut Cheerios, CTC. Eaten with soy milk (tastes better I think), or chocolate milk on occasion.
-IB
"Wine only turns into alcohol if you let it sit."---Lindsay Bluth
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LOL! Funny this thread should come up. I just received this book the other day, about cereal and prizes in the '60's when I was a little kid. Cripes, you could win an brand new 1960 Chevy Corvair or Plymouth Fury if your mom grabbed the right box! There was an offer on the back of Post Grape Nuts Flakes, where for a box top and 25 cents, you could get a scale model of a Russian Tu-104 jetliner. I wonder how well that went over in 1960?
There are plenty in there that I don't recall, or never made it to the Seattle market, but plenty that I do. For years, I've debated my friend that there was a short-lived cereal with freeze-dried fruit in the 1960's, and now I can prove it. (Post Corn Flakes & Strawberries (or blueberries, or peaches.)) He maintained that the stable dehydration technology wasn't available way back then. Of course, it was probably 2 or 3 times more expensive so my mom only bought it once or twice.
While my tastes have changed since then (I think Quisp was my favorite) I still like the freeze-dried fruit, although I think they call it something else now. I now go for Mixed Berry Cheerio's, and Honey Bunches of Oats w/ Peaches.
If I want something hot, it's McCann's Irish Oatmeal.
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Cap'n Crunch Trix Lucky Charms I was Cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs Sugar Frosted Flakes (Tony the Tiger said they were Grrrreat!) Krispies Sugar Crisp Honeycomb Quake (LOVED this one and once sent off a coupon for a miner's helmet off the back of the box. It worked awesome in dark caves..err..I mean the closet) Raisin Bran
Some are long gone and some are still around. Still enjoy the occasional Corn Flakes and Cheerios. Tried Cap'n Crunch a couple of years ago for old times and about fell out of my chair there was so much sugar (AAAKK!)
Originally posted by KSC02: Actually, in my adolescence my parents turned granola and I was regularly served, and enjoyed, Grape Nuts. Still like it at times.
Today, I actually enjoy Go Lean and other Kashi similars.
I enjoy grape nuts as well. I do like Kashi Go Lean Crunch, but SO MUCH FIBER. . .Kaboom indeed.
-IB
"Wine only turns into alcohol if you let it sit."---Lindsay Bluth
Posts: 6190 | Location: Naptown | Registered: Nov 24, 2006
Originally posted by KSC02: Actually, in my adolescence my parents turned granola and I was regularly served, and enjoyed, Grape Nuts. Still like it at times.
Today, I actually enjoy Go Lean and other Kashi similars.
I enjoy grape nuts as well. I do like Kashi Go Lean Crunch, but SO MUCH FIBER. . .Kaboom indeed.
Do a big bowl of Grape Nuts and you'll need more than Kaboom! That stuff sets up like cement if you're not careful on the portion ratio of size/milk.
"What is man, when you come to think upon him, but a minutely set, ingenious machine for turning, with infinite artfulness, the red wine of Shiraz into urine?" -Isak Dinesen
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Truth be told, I rarely eat breakfast, and if I am doing a traditional 3 meal (plus late evening snack) day, my breakfast is most likely to be a bagel and some OJ.
When I was 8 I liked chocolate rice crispies, though...
"What contemptible scoundrel stole the cork from my lunch?" -- W.C. Fields
In the "hot cereal" department, I've been eating "Red River" which comes from Canada. Not sold in the US and they won't ship me any, so I have to rely on trips to Canada and friends to send it to me. Great stuff.
