Cereal

wolf · 02-10-2005, 01:44 AM

That new cereal restaurant in Philadelphia which prepares special blends might just be the thing for you melidasaur ...

I go through cereal phases. Cheerios are certainly a favorite since childhood, and are a good snack without milk. There is something special and comforting in the dry oaty taste of them.

Most cereals I eat with a minimum of milk ... just enough to make the Rice Krispies Snap, Crackle and Pop! Too much milk and all you have is sog. The crunch is an important part of the experience.

There is one exception to this, however. Grape Nuts ... the "real" ones, not the flakes. A tiny wait lets them absorb just enough milk that they don't cause havoc with my dental work. I do credit not quite soggy enough grape nuts for helping with the eruption of my Wisdom Teeth. Those babies came through a lot faster than they would have otherwise, with the assistance of the abrasive action of the Grape Nuts.

I like some of the "healthier" cereal that aren't really healthier ... Total is okay, and Product 19 were really just basic flakes. Special K's flavor doesn't seem quite the same as it did when I was a kid, and I much preferred the smaller flakes to the big ones now available. The version with the dehydrated strawberries is an abomination that should not be allowed upon this earth. Ditto for anything with frankenfruit. If you're gonna put it in a cereal, be honest about it. Oversugar it, chemically process it, and don't use any of the actual fruit ingredient to make it.

Oh, and put a good damn toy in the box, even if it has to be a record that you cut off the back of the box and have to tape down to a 45 to get it to play without skipping.

It's a rare cereal that I can't enjoy dry ... but the best ones are the sugary goodness cereals ... Cocoa Puffs, Corn Pops, HoneyCombs. And it's easier to spell things with your AlphaBits if your working on dry land instead of in milk.

Anything containing marshmallows, I think, should really never see milk. Those are the classic eat-by-the-handful cereals. Lucky Charms are magically delicious, until you add the milk and the green clovers start to bloat like ticks on a Boy Scout.

garnet · 02-10-2005, 04:04 AM

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Originally Posted by wolf

The version with the dehydrated strawberries is an abomination that should not be allowed upon this earth.

Yeah, I love strawberries, but not in this bizarro dehydrated form. Nasty.

02-10-2005, 01:44 AM	#1
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	That new cereal restaurant in Philadelphia which prepares special blends might just be the thing for you melidasaur ... I go through cereal phases. Cheerios are certainly a favorite since childhood, and are a good snack without milk. There is something special and comforting in the dry oaty taste of them. Most cereals I eat with a minimum of milk ... just enough to make the Rice Krispies Snap, Crackle and Pop! Too much milk and all you have is sog. The crunch is an important part of the experience. There is one exception to this, however. Grape Nuts ... the "real" ones, not the flakes. A tiny wait lets them absorb just enough milk that they don't cause havoc with my dental work. I do credit not quite soggy enough grape nuts for helping with the eruption of my Wisdom Teeth. Those babies came through a lot faster than they would have otherwise, with the assistance of the abrasive action of the Grape Nuts. I like some of the "healthier" cereal that aren't really healthier ... Total is okay, and Product 19 were really just basic flakes. Special K's flavor doesn't seem quite the same as it did when I was a kid, and I much preferred the smaller flakes to the big ones now available. The version with the dehydrated strawberries is an abomination that should not be allowed upon this earth. Ditto for anything with frankenfruit. If you're gonna put it in a cereal, be honest about it. Oversugar it, chemically process it, and don't use any of the actual fruit ingredient to make it. Oh, and put a good damn toy in the box, even if it has to be a record that you cut off the back of the box and have to tape down to a 45 to get it to play without skipping. It's a rare cereal that I can't enjoy dry ... but the best ones are the sugary goodness cereals ... Cocoa Puffs, Corn Pops, HoneyCombs. And it's easier to spell things with your AlphaBits if your working on dry land instead of in milk. Anything containing marshmallows, I think, should really never see milk. Those are the classic eat-by-the-handful cereals. Lucky Charms are magically delicious, until you add the milk and the green clovers start to bloat like ticks on a Boy Scout. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

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