I like cereal. Maybe not as much as Seinfeld, but it's tasty. I'm a sugar fiend, so "healthy" cereals aren't my thing. My favs (in order of healthiness):

-Kellogg's Raisin Bran
-Honey Bunches o' Oats with Strawberries.
-Cinnamon Toast Crunch.
-Cap'n Crunch.
-Fruity Pebbles.

One more thing... a few weeks ago in the BA F Lounge at LHR, FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER... I ate cereal with fruit it in. And it was decent (came about because all they had were corn flakes, and the fruit was right there... why not dump in a scoop?).

I know... I'm weird. At least I don't put mayo it my cereal :p

EDIT: Oh yeah... how much milk do you put in? I flood mine. And it has to be ice cold. But once the cereal has reached the soggy state, I stop... I HATE soggy cereal.

Cheerios, add strawwberries or bananas
Post honey nut shredded wheat
Smart Start
Oatmeal with brown sugar

I love me some carbs. Mm Mm Mm.

I like the Safeway knockoffs. Cheaper but just as good, IMHO.

Cheerios too with strawberries and bananas, blueberries too.
For sugar rush, nothing beats Tony the Tiger :)

A few cereal bars -

http://www.cereality.com/exp_stores.php

ASU in Tempe, AZ
Northwestern Evanston, IL
EWR
Univ. of PA Philadelphia, PA

Cereal Barn is in Bloomington, IN at IU

http://www.cerealbarn.com/homepage.htm

I really enjoy cereal.

Honey-Nut Cheerios
Corn Flakes with Blueberries or Bananas
Rice Krispies with fruit as well
Honey Bunches o' Oats
Alpha-Bets (a favorite from my childhood)
Oatmeal with Brown Sugar (especially on the road in the winter)

I don't like Riasin Bran because I don't like raisins.

Steve

-Cap'n Crunch....with crunch berries. :D ^

For me, cereal's great for an evening snack, but an insult at breakfast.

Cocoa Puffs & Trix are still my favorites. Yes I still feel the way my handle portrays me. ;)

Frosted Mini Wheats and Raisin Bran are the winners here.

Lucky Charms and Cocoa Pebbles would also fit my list. Man am I feeling like a kid again............

I like Quaker Puffed Rice, but it's almost impossible to find in stores anymore. It's still around, but in limited production, you can get it direct from Quaker's online store. The cereal section in the grocery store has 200 different kinds of cereal, but they don't have room for one stupid box of puffed rice anymore. Invented it 1904, hard to believe it lasted all that time and then disappeared.

Honey Bunches of Oats (HBO) - banana, is my favorite. Also as a late night snack and the cereal bars are good, too.

I am a cereal addict. But living in Switzerland I can't get my favorite American cereals.

That list includes:

Lucky Charms
Multigrain Cheerios
Honey Nut Cheerios
Life
Fruit Loops
Cinimon Toast Chrunch (Cini Minis do not compare)
Rice Chex

My favorite combination of cereals is Life on bottom and Honey Nut Cheerios on top. MMMM. The Sweetness of the Honey Nut balences very nicely with the Life and the textures mix very nicely together.

As for Swiss cereals go:

Crisp Rice (The kind you get at Migros but not Migros brand)


So anyone willing to help my cause of not having American cereal and ship it to me?

I do QuickOats for breakfast and lunch. 3/4 cup of Oats, add hot water, mix in one scoop of Whey Protein, and I'm good to go ^ use milk instead of water, and it tastes like good 'ol Chocolate milk. Trying to stay healthy and fit

I even love my Cocoa puffs in chocolate milk! ^

My favorite is Grape Nuts with a little Cinnamon Life thrown in for a kick. I can play tennis four hours and hours off a nice, big bowl of Grape Nuts.

My favorite from when I was a kid was Quisp. Ah, the sweet tooth decay of youth.

Oh yeah... how much milk do you put in? I flood mine. And it has to be ice cold. But once the cereal has reached the soggy state, I stop... I HATE soggy cereal.

We used to mix the full-on sugar rush cereals with the plain versions for our kids. Mix rice crispies with cocoa pebbles or fruity pebbles. Mix Kix with Cocoa Puffs, etc.

Cap'n Crunch and Froot Loops make great finger food. ^

My favorite from when I was a kid was Quisp. Ah, the sweet tooth decay of youth.

The good old days, when the name of the cereal promised the sugar rush that it would deliver: Sugar Smacks, Sugar Pops, Sugar Frosted Flakes!

1. Wheaties w/srawberries
2. Cocoa Krispies
3. Cherrios
4. Captn Crunch w/ Crunchberries
5. Sugar Frosted Flakes

Oh yeah... how much milk do you put in? I flood mine. And it has to be ice cold. But once the cereal has reached the soggy state, I stop... I HATE soggy cereal.
I try to put a certain amount but not overflow and would eat them instantly as I too hate soggy cereals which happens if you dip them and leave it out long before eating them.

I should add Honey Smacks to my list as well.

Given FT's global audience, I'm pretty surprised nobody mentioned swiss muesli as their #1 cereal.

My long-time favorite breakfast has been muesli with milk and bananas.
Others at the top of my list include Kelloggs Raisin Bran and the relatively newer Kellogg K with Almonds and Vanilla.

Cracklin' Oat Bran.

I am a breakfast slave to Lucky Charms. :D

Wheetabix, no added sugar -just cold milk - hmmmmmmm

Oh yeah... how much milk do you put in? I flood mine. And it has to be ice cold. But once the cereal has reached the soggy state, I stop... I HATE soggy cereal.

We all have our little ways of doing things. I like to put just barely enough milk to cover up the cereal and then let it sit for a minute to soak it up some, so there is no excess liquid. I'm sure that says something psychological, but I don't want to know what it is!

count chocula ^^ ;)

...actually, multigrain cheerios :D (for the nutritional values, without tasting bad or getting really soggy)

Oatmeal Crisp, either the raisin or maple varieties.

Cereal is food of the gods, IMHO.

I've got so many favorites that I won't even bother listing them. I usually have three to seven different boxes at home.

This thread did make me remember a cereal that my parents used to eat - it was called TEAM, I think. As a little kid I didn't appreciate it (preferred Honeycomb or Golden Grahams -- mom rarely bought Cap'n Crunch or Cocoa Puffs), but later, apparently right before it was discontinued, I came to rather like it.

But when I'm in Europe, I love muesli with chocolate bits in it. Yes, I'm a chocoholic. :D

Post Crunchy Pecan (http://http://www.amazon.com/Post-Great-Grains-Crunchy-Cereal/dp/B000ILCK72). This stuff is so good, but must be some of the most fattening cereal on the planet. (which I'm sure is why I like it)
1/2 cup has 220 calories and 6g of fat!:eek:

1. LIFE - Cinnamon or Regular
2. Golden Grahams

Homemade granola, which we make with grains, nuts seeds and various dried fruits. Also home-ground mixed hot grain cereal. All with rice dream on top.

Yumm

Top 3 Cereals:

1. Life - Original Flavor! Give it to Mikey he'll eat it! Yummy Yummy! :D
2. Kaboom :-:
3. Special K - It really is great, RICE AND MALT flavors you can't go wrong!:D

Cap'n Crunch
Ohs
Apple Cinnamon Cheerios
Granola
Kellogg's Raisin Bran
Honey Bunches of Oats
Golden Grahams
and, when feeling nostalgic...Honeycomb or Sugar Pops!

1. Trader Joe's Organic High Fiber O's
2. Life
3. Cap'n Crunch

My least favourite is definately Bran Flakes......yuck! :td:

Back when Kelloggs had the AA certs on the box we got used to eating Special K and Smart Start - not for breakfast, but to make marshmallow cookies out of. I still mix up an occasional batch, and they're great to take on a foodless AM flight. Cereal on the go.

Some of my favorites:
* Smart Start (original)
* Cracklin' Oat Bran
* Low-Fat Granola with Raisins
* Honey Bunches of Oats with Almonds
* Frosted Mini-Wheats

Unfortunately, all of the above have been nixed in the Swede household because of the higher-than-normal sugar content and Baby Swede's nut allergies.

Now I'm stuck with Multi-Grain Cheerios, which isn't bad. Maybe I'll look into Life Cereal.

As for milk, I don't like a lot of it in the bowl, but it does have to be ice cold.

1. Trader Joe's Organic High Fiber O's

^ This is my new favorite, discovered recently. Significantly more fiber than most O's-type cereal but still tastes quite good, and cheap!

Crazy how much my tastes in this change, though. Growing up I would have had to put tons of sugar on a cereal that had so little already in it. Now I have regularly eaten this and many other very low sugar cereals without any sweetener added at all, and with skim (fat free) milk (or more recently, soy milk, though admittedly vanilla soy milk). I don't think I could eat any of those really sweet cereals anymore, just as I can't really drink a corn-syrupy regular soda. Thinking back though, Golden Grahams was probably my childhood favorite.

My two faves as a kid were Golden Grahams and Sugar Pops.

Now I'm a Crunchy Corn Bran dude. IMHO, best tasting of the high-fiber bunch.

I did eat Cracklin' Oat Bran for a while, but it was too heavy. And it reminds me of dog food.

1. Cocoa Krispies (or the bag equivalent from Safeway)
2. Cap'n Crunch (with or without crunchberries)
3. Frosted Flakes

I like oatmeal, too, the kind you have to cook. I usually add chopped dates to it, although I'm dismayed that Trader Joe's no longer carries the kind with oat flour coating. Dole dredges their chopped dates in sugar, which just seems wrong. Then I add in some brown sugar, maple syrup and whatever else I have that seems like a good idea at the time. Top with a little bit of milk or cream. Mmm! :)

Cocoa Puffs and Captain Crunch.

For some reason, there was a period of about 2 years where I ate nothing but Kellogg's healthier cereals... ;)

I'm surprised no one has mentioned Honey Nut Cherrios.

Frosted Flakes
Capn' Crunch
Frosted Mini Wheates

The milk has to be icy cold and I don't like soggy cereal. The CC and FMW hold up pretty well in milk!!

I do like Cream of Wheat Maple and Brown sugar for the winter! And on vacation I love a good oatmeal with brown sugar and honey. YUM!!!

Frosted Flakes
Capn' Crunch
Frosted Mini Wheates

The milk has to be icy cold and I don't like soggy cereal. The CC and FMW hold up pretty well in milk!!


I believe CC is plastic coated. It wouldn't get soggy in sulfuric acid. :D

Cocoa Puffs and Captain Crunch.

For some reason, there was a period of about 2 years where I ate nothing but Kellogg's healthier cereals... ;)

Yep. Those airline miles did it to me too. ;)

During Lenten fasting periods, I usually make up some McCann's Irish Oatmeal and add brown sugar, raisins, and cinnamon toward the end of the cooking or heating up process.

Other than this and for a little variety, I will eat Kashi GoLean Crunch from time to time with some soy milk.

I used to like Total Corn Flakes, but now I can no longer find it on the shelves of any store in my area, so I have to assume it has been discontinued.

Sincerely,


William R. Sanders
Customer Service Coordinator
Starwood Preferred Services

guest.forum@starwoodhotels.com

My two faves as a kid were Golden Grahams and Sugar Pops.

Now I'm a Crunchy Corn Bran dude. IMHO, best tasting of the high-fiber bunch.

I did eat Cracklin' Oat Bran for a while, but it was too heavy. And it reminds me of dog food.

Cracklin' Oat Bran = Colon Blow
I'm a Corn Flakes guy. With just enough milk so that you can see it in the bowl. Any more, and you have ruined a good cereal. And 2 1/2 tsps of sugar. And a banana (sliced) added.
And no...a Corn Flake with sugar added is not the same as a Frosted Flake.

Cocoa Pebbles
Cap'n Crunch
Special K with Strawberries

I eat vector 5 days a week. It's made by Kellogg's but you can't get it in the US. It's awesome!!! Best cereal out there!

The good old days, when the name of the cereal promised the sugar rush that it would deliver: Sugar Smacks, Sugar Pops, Sugar Frosted Flakes!

OK - in addition to all of those, a childhood favorite of mine was "Sugar Jets". Anyone else remember that one?

I'm sure that today's "Honey Smacks" are much healthier than yesteryear's "Sugar Smacks".

Meanwhile, when I'm trying to behave I eat the bagged, single grain, popped cereals - wheat, rice, corn without anything added.

My favorite is Grape Nuts with a little Cinnamon Life thrown in for a kick. I can play tennis four hours and hours off a nice, big bowl of Grape Nuts.

My favorite from when I was a kid was Quisp. Ah, the sweet tooth decay of youth.

Quazy for Quisp also. Available online. Though now I find Anahola Granola Tropical hard to resist. For a real splurge--forget the milk--corn flakes, freshly sliced peaches, (sugar if you must), and table cream. The kind you put in coffee.

Yeah!!! I see Quisp is available through Amazon.com's marketplace.

Interesting that only a couple of posters have mentioned hot cereal. When we were kids, my mother often served Wheatena [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheatena ] and my younger brother has maintained his taste for it.

I send him a case of it every so often. My sister-in-law hates it. ;)

I eat Target's version of Frosted Mini Wheats almost every day when I'm home. It has much more consistent frosting than the Kellog's version. I like a good amount of Skim milk over it.

I love Quaker Weight Loss Oatmeal (brown sugar) with a splash of skim milk and 2 splendas. I'll have it for lunch sometimes.

I also like cereal as snacks. Sugar Corn Pops (no milk), Fruity Pebbles (usually milk), Golden Grahams, Frosted Flakes, Cap'n Crunch with Crunchberries. Usually I'll buy the Target brand on these too. All healthy choices ;)

When I travel I usually do shredded wheat with raisin bran mixed in.

Frosted Mini-Wheats
Raisin Bran
Life
Steel cut oats aka oat groats

Frosted Mini-Wheats
Raisin Bran
Life
Steel cut oats aka oat groats

I would have thought Life would be Number One on your list, Mikey likes it! :)

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OK - in addition to all of those, a childhood favorite of mine was "Sugar Jets". Anyone else remember that one?

I'm sure that today's "Honey Smacks" are much healthier than yesteryear's "Sugar Smacks".

Meanwhile, when I'm trying to behave I eat the bagged, single grain, popped cereals - wheat, rice, corn without anything added.

Sugar Jets. Had to think about that one. Kept my brother so 'jet-propelled' he ran in circles around the living room, dining room and kitchen, until he got dizzy.

Kashi Go Lean. Fruit (banana, pear, strawberries, blueberries, blackberries, even Raisins and Walnuts). Soy Milk.

On occasion, i've mixed in any of the Post Great Grains cereals with the Kashi.

My favorite is Grape Nuts with a little Cinnamon Life thrown in for a kick. I can play tennis four hours and hours off a nice, big bowl of Grape Nuts.

That's my fave, too (Grape Nuts), with some sliced banana or raspberries.
Unfortunately impossible to find when traveling - have not found a hotel yet that carries it.

At home, I have to fend off the "vultures" when I fix a bowl. My cats absolutely adore Grape Nuts, so I don't dare set my bowl down unattended for even a second.

I love Frosted Mini Wheats, Reeses Puffs, Peanut Butter Captain Crunch. I like Frosted Flakes (especially with cut up banana) and Frosted Cheerios.

Having a wheat-allergy, I'm stuck Kellogs Corn Pops and Rice Krispies! :(

The limited edition Dino-Pebbles spin-off from Fruity Pebbles and Cocoa Pebbles was heavenly. Unfortunately, I think they just ran it from 1988-1989 or so...

These days, I have a mix of mostly All Bran (extra fiber) along with All Bran Flakes with Yogurt every weekday morning. :( Sad, but true.

About half the time, cereal for breakfast, as follows:

Microwaved oatmeal, topped with a few spoonfuls of wheat germ. Over this I pour low-fat plain, unsweetened kefir, the very sour kind (Lifeway). If I am out of kefir, I use buttermilk. (No rolling of the eyes, please. ;) )

Sometimes, for variety, I use shredded wheat (unsweetened, of course :) ) instead of oatmeal/wheat germ. With that, I usually opt for buttermilk instead of kefir.

Sometimes--I say this on the grounds that confession is good for the soul ;) -- I have a slice of homemade cornbread (the type with no sugar on it), baked ahead of time and frozen, to be microwaved for breakfast. Over the cornbread, I pour buttermilk. (It's an old Southern dish, one I remember from childhood, although even then no one would have had it for breakfast. :eek: Very good, however.)

Yes, I am not joking. This is all very good. :) :)

Occasionally I add fresh blueberries if I have them.

On rare occasions I have corn flakes (eek! all that sugar!) with a banana, but when I do, I have that for a light evening meal, not for breakfast.

It's a free world. . . . :p

The best bowl of cereal ever is Quaker Corn Bran garnished with the Trail Mix variant of Grape Nuts. Quaker Corn Bran is hard to find (yellow box). Quaker Oat Squares will do in a pinch, but the Corn Bran is to die for. I bring some to work with me every day.

Kellogg's Smart Start is excellent also. We used to buy Smart Start for the grownups and Fruity Cheerios for our kid, but when said kid sampled the Smart Start one day he ate all of it, leaving us with the Fruity Cheerios, which take some getting used to.

I'm sorry, I've really tried to like the Kashi cereals but they all taste like rough-cut shards of shirt cardboard to me. Yccch.

to work with me every day.

Kellogg's Smart Start is excellent also. We used to buy Smart Start for the grownups and Fruity Cheerios for our kid, but when said kid sampled the Smart Start one day he ate all of it, leaving us with the Fruity Cheerios, which take some getting used to.


Smart Start's name is a kind of a mktg ploy. It does taste great, but it is not very good for you (or so I was reading in CR or some cereal nutrition analysis article). Same goes with the oh-so-addictive tasting Cracklin' Oat Bran.

...Sometimes--I say this on the grounds that confession is good for the soul ;) -- I have a slice of homemade cornbread (the type with no sugar on it), baked ahead of time and frozen, to be microwaved for breakfast. Over the cornbread, I pour buttermilk. (It's an old Southern dish, one I remember from childhood, although even then no one would have had it for breakfast. :eek: Very good, however.)...

LOL. I usually crumble the cornbread up into a glass of buttermilk and eat it with a spoon. But, I usually do this as a late-nighter before bed, not for breakfast. :)

Sincerely,


William R. Sanders
Customer Service Coordinator
Starwood Preferred Services

guest.forum@starwoodhotels.com

My office got those little boxes of Kellogg's cereals and little cartons of milk. We are all now cereal fiends and fight over our favorites. I had burned out on cereal after eating so much for the Kellogg's AA miles, but have found that I enjoy it again.

Our office munches are free. Another topic to discuss.

I love "Special K with Strawberries", although I'm trying to move away from that to brands that are a little healthier (i.e. less sugar, more fiber). I always try to add fresh fruit to whatever cereal I'm eating and I really appreciate it when hotels have fruit or nuts available to add to the cereal. Summer time is the best - for me, nothing beats fresh berries (especially strawberries) or peaches!

I love plain Cheerios with enough very cold skim milk to cover the cereal. I also like "Old Fashioned" Quaker Oats cooked in the microwave. I like fruit on the side not in my cereals.

[QUOTE=pbjag;7300833]That's my fave, too (Grape Nuts), with some sliced banana or raspberries.
Unfortunately impossible to find when traveling - have not found a hotel yet that carries it.[QUOTE]

In the beginning, soon after filling the void and creating the waters and the earth, the Inspirer of Belief gave us Raisin Bran. Later, having created fruits of all sorts to be borne upon it, he gave unto us Grape Nuts. Having done so, a variey of cheap imitators, false prophets, and evil angels came upon the scene and filled the cereal aisles with the sum of all vanities.

I'm going to run out and invest in sugar a.s.a.p.! ;)

I eat Barbara's Organic Grain Shop cereal topped with blueberries. I use skim milk and let it soak up the milk for about 15-30 minutes and then put in some more. The soggier the better!

Reese's Peanut Butter Cup cereal and Frosted Mini-wheats. Also any version of Lucky Charms (store brand or whatever).^

In my office mini boxes of cereals are now bribes. If someone wants to make friends or butter up someone, cereal is it. Nothing else is allowed. You can buy them at the store or obtain them in our kitchen (favorites go fast). Anything with sugar tops the demand list. No one seems to want (or admit to wanting) bran flakes.

cocoa krispies, honey nut cheerios, + lucky charms are my favs

Frosted Flakes (also known as Frosties)
Fruit Loops
Golden Grams
Cornflakes (with milk in Europe, tastes really good for some reason).

Favs, not what I eat (don't really buy cereal, but I do love it)

-KIX (not the airport)
-Lucky Charms
-Rice Crispie Treat Cereal (do they still make this, it was basically rice crispie treats in milk)
-Cracklin' Oat Bran (amazingly overpriced, yet delicious)
-Cinnamon Toast Crunch

Being a fully paid up Scot, I naturally eat porridge (oatmeal). And, of course, the proper way, with salt, not sugar, and a little cream*

* Well, no, not really. I generally end up using the semi-instant, sweet stuff that you put milk & water in and lob it in the microwave. But don't tell anyone!

I eat Barbara's Organic Grain Shop cereal topped with blueberries. I use skim milk and let it soak up the milk for about 15-30 minutes and then put in some more. The soggier the better!


Here I thought I was the only one who prefers soggy cereal? ^

Raisin Bran and Corn Flakes would be my top choices. Museli works.

Can't handle Cheerios at all - a texture thing I guess.

Anyone remember the days of Booberry and Sir Grapefellow?

I like Grape Nuts (even moreso grapenut pudding!), but I have to nuke them (in milk) for a bit first to get them soft enough to eat.

I am a big fan of cereal and eat it most mornings. I like most of the cereals in the Quaker Essentials line (including the aforementioned Oat Squares and Crunchy Corn Bran, both of which are regulars in my pantry).

I also like the Newman's Own Blueberry/Pecan cereal. IMHO better than the Macadamia/Cranberry variety. These cereals are sold under the Kirkland brand at Costco. However, the blueberry/pecan version only appears for a few weeks at a time and then disappears for months from the stores in this area, at least.

On this St. Patrick's Day, I'm craving a bowl of Lucky Charms. However, I generally stick to Frosted Shredded Mini Wheat.

Cracklin oat bran and crispex, I liked these even when I wasn't old.

Uncle Sam

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New Favorite... Raisin Bran CRUNCH... yum.

Changes from time to time, for the last 4 or 5 months Kellogs Cornflakes with a sliced banana and some 0.1% fat yoghurt.

Before that I ate Dr. Oetker Knusper Schoko with milk for almost 2 years.

I bought Grape-nuts last week for the first time in awhile. I don't remember it being so hard! I have to cook it now to save my poor, old teeth.