The Cereal Thread
Feb 8, 2007 | 5:29 pm
#31
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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.
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.
Feb 8, 2007 | 5:33 pm
#32
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Post Crunchy Pecan. 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!
1/2 cup has 220 calories and 6g of fat!
Feb 8, 2007 | 6:18 pm
#35
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Top 3 Cereals:
1. Life - Original Flavor! Give it to Mikey he'll eat it! Yummy Yummy!
2. Kaboom :-:
3. Special K - It really is great, RICE AND MALT flavors you can't go wrong!
1. Life - Original Flavor! Give it to Mikey he'll eat it! Yummy Yummy!
2. Kaboom :-:
3. Special K - It really is great, RICE AND MALT flavors you can't go wrong!
Feb 8, 2007 | 7:27 pm
#36
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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!
Ohs
Apple Cinnamon Cheerios
Granola
Kellogg's Raisin Bran
Honey Bunches of Oats
Golden Grahams
and, when feeling nostalgic...Honeycomb or Sugar Pops!
Feb 9, 2007 | 12:40 am
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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.
Feb 9, 2007 | 9:58 am
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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.
* 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.
Feb 9, 2007 | 8:21 pm
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^ 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.
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.
Feb 9, 2007 | 10:32 pm
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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.
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.
Feb 12, 2007 | 6:44 pm
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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!
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!
Feb 12, 2007 | 7:04 pm
#44
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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...
For some reason, there was a period of about 2 years where I ate nothing but Kellogg's healthier cereals...
