I used to when younger... 3 crowns precludes me from pulling the Euell Gibbons
Cereal and milk
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Krogen…. Gotta get the Grape Nuts flakes. Not those little hard ones.
Back in my band bus days I would eat Grape-Nuts out of the box chased with beer (quite good actually). Chipping a molar put an end to that.
Countrycuz
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Does anyone think today's cereal is more bland than it used to be? Maybe it's just my taste buds. Of course I'm trying to use less sugar than I used to. Sometimes just go with fruit and a muffin. Eggs once or twice a week.
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I have to say I've never had cereal with chocolate milk. I'll have to put that on my bucket list.
I'm not a big fan of oatmeal but some nuts and a shot of that Jack Daniels Honey helps a lot.
I'm not a big fan of oatmeal but some nuts and a shot of that Jack Daniels Honey helps a lot.
When younger and sweating alot, had scrapple, eggs, home fries and toast at least 3 times a week.
Normal breakfast now a days is either oatmeal, or 2 hardboiled eggs and banana, or home fries with onions. Old fashioned oatmeal with cinnamon, diced apple, raisins, blueberries then microwaved 5 minutes. Slice some banana and add some milk.
edited cause i forgot the raisins
Normal breakfast now a days is either oatmeal, or 2 hardboiled eggs and banana, or home fries with onions. Old fashioned oatmeal with cinnamon, diced apple, raisins, blueberries then microwaved 5 minutes. Slice some banana and add some milk.
edited cause i forgot the raisins
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ancient-one
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I eat a mixture of approx. one third Honey Nut Cheerios and two thirds Crunchy Honey Nut Oats topped with sinful H&H. I use the store brand
cereal, just as good and a lot cheaper.
cereal, just as good and a lot cheaper.
OLDSTER
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Bowl of mini Shredded Wheat with milk every morning 
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Our father told us scrapple was made from sawdust - that way he didn't have to share
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I learned to eat cereal in a smaller bowl, less milk, eat tge first bowl, then add fresh cereal. This way it is always crunchy. The best part the milk at the end is super concentrated with sugar.
We used to tell the younger generation some story about where shrimp and blue crabs came from, while extolling the culinary value of hot dogs.
Good one! Now, if he had told you what scrapple was really made of, would you have been any more interested to share?
Decades ago due to my dad's changing health we went to skim milk. Regardless it was always cereal during the week. Weekends allowed mom to strut her stuff in the kitchen a little more lol.
These days for me it's Special K, either with berries or the fruit and yogurt variety, and Fair Life skim.
On weekends, as I post this as a matter of fact, I treat myself at an amazing pancake restaurant in my neighborhood. Everything in moderation.
These days for me it's Special K, either with berries or the fruit and yogurt variety, and Fair Life skim.
On weekends, as I post this as a matter of fact, I treat myself at an amazing pancake restaurant in my neighborhood. Everything in moderation.
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Good one! Now, if he had told you what scrapple was really made of, would you have been any more interested to share?
As a Boy Scout spam and eggs over a wood fire was a five star meal but I am still suspect of scrapple. We lived in Reading, PA at the time so lots of ring bologna and other "meats." Good eatin'.
AJ
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Can anyone spell Ham & cheese omelet for breakfast with a side of hash browns & toast? Or may be biscuits & gravy?
LVSteve
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I never stopped having cereal with milk for breakfast. The larder isn't properly stocked without multiple types of cereal to give variation during the week. Never did chocolate milk or orange juice on my cereal.
As for the "don't have time for breakfast, straight out of the house" folks, I did it once back in England. By 0930 most of my coworkers were either cowering under their desks or had gone to other buildings to get away from me. After lunch a delegation told me, "We don't care how late you get to work, just make damned sure you've had breakfast before you come through the gate." Hangry didn't cover my mood, apparently.
As for the "don't have time for breakfast, straight out of the house" folks, I did it once back in England. By 0930 most of my coworkers were either cowering under their desks or had gone to other buildings to get away from me. After lunch a delegation told me, "We don't care how late you get to work, just make damned sure you've had breakfast before you come through the gate." Hangry didn't cover my mood, apparently.
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Big cereal fan here, often eat it for lunch, especially when it's hot out. Kashi cinnamon shredded wheat or Cinnamon Life are my top picks.
Capt. Crunch right out the bag....Everybody knows what happens when you start eating it before it gets soaked with your milk or substitute, razor blade cuts all over your mouth.
We never use milk, I made my daily oatmeal with apple juice and raisens, added enough cream for smooth, like eating oatmeal cookies for breakfast. The chocolate milk thread was also of interest to me.
When I was a kid we had our choice of cereals: Kix, Cheerios or Corn Flakes...got caught using more than a tablespoon of sugar it was yerass.
We never use milk, I made my daily oatmeal with apple juice and raisens, added enough cream for smooth, like eating oatmeal cookies for breakfast. The chocolate milk thread was also of interest to me.
When I was a kid we had our choice of cereals: Kix, Cheerios or Corn Flakes...got caught using more than a tablespoon of sugar it was yerass.
Good one! Now, if he had told you what scrapple was really made of, would you have been any more interested to share?
Later in live learned how to make scrapple. Called it yuppie scrapple cause it had real meat and minimum of fat in it. No nostrils
Would I be wrong to assume you've also had Cocoa Puffs with Chocolate milk?
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You did just fine!
Yeah, you get me.
I like chocolate milk on nearly ANY cereal.
Like a fool, I strenuously avoid the really healthy stuff, with the exception of Crunchy Raisin Bran (which is only healthy because it has "bran" in the name).
Those sweet raisins and sugary crunchy bits marinating in the chocolate milk in the refrigerator until the bran flakes soften, which creates a heavenly, chewy mixture that is well worth the 30 minute wait.
Often times, I will discipline myself to put white milk on chocolate flavored cereals and chocolate milk on the others, but sometimes, I weaken.
John
I love the idea of bacon, ham, eggs, potatoes, pancakes, even oatmeal, etc. for breakfast, and have many, many times, I just usually don't feel like cooking or (cleaning up) for the first meal of the day.
I typically save the above ingredients for the evening repast.
And my hat is off to you who choose more healthy fare.
I'm blessed that I'm still young, active, and healthy (I'm only a few months shy of 70), but my time must inevitably arrive and my Doctor will have the "healthy diet" talk with me.
John
I typically save the above ingredients for the evening repast.
And my hat is off to you who choose more healthy fare.
I'm blessed that I'm still young, active, and healthy (I'm only a few months shy of 70), but my time must inevitably arrive and my Doctor will have the "healthy diet" talk with me.
John
AJ
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I love the idea of bacon, ham, eggs, potatoes, pancakes, even oatmeal, etc. for breakfast, and have many, many times, I just usually don't feel like cooking or (cleaning up) for the first meal of the day.
I typically save the above ingredients for the evening repast.
And my hat is off to you who choose more healthy fare.
I'm blessed that I'm still young, active, and healthy (I'm only a few months shy of 70), but my time must inevitably arrive and my Doctor will have the "healthy diet" talk with me.
John
Big breakfast's in the morning are done at the local eatery. Breakfast for dinner is done at home.
This Reaper squadron used to have "Cereal Killers" on their mission patches. It was dropped as it was later deemed insensitive by the locals.
Jeff, rest assured that the dulcet nectar, conjured by the wizards of the cocoa bean at Hershey, Pa., has not been a stranger at my breakfast table.
Oddly enough, I've never been a fan of the stuff mixed with milk!
Store bought whole chocolate milk has always been Numero Uno, with Nestle's Quik coming in at a weak second place.
I regard Ovaltine as some sort of patent medicine.
John
