When I was little we ate oatmeal and cooked grits for cereal, pancakes and bacon, eggs and toast, french toast....and while all these are still good I remember my favorote Store Bought cereal. My choice was Frosted Flakes, the tony the tiger one, because they're Great!
My brother chose between Sugar Smacks and Sugar Pops. I liked those too, but they weren't as good as Tony's. My dad's favorite was Wheaties. He ate so many of them that I am surprised they never put his picture on the box. These were special cereals. Back in the day it was the oddity, not the normalcy to have store bought cereal. And there were not many choices either.
Today eating cereal out of the box is the norm. We eat it for breakfast, lunch, and supper. Snack time too. The variety is so tremendous that I am sure you can find Something you will like.
Recently a family member came home with the Old Shredded Wheat in the Big Chunks. My hubby was surprised they still made it. Speaking of hubby, he was a farm boy so he had hot cereal and eggs a lot. He still likes those today. He will eat a cold cereal sometimes, but not too often. And when he does it is like this shredded wheat thing.
I bought boxed cereal for my little ones and also had hot cereals of oatmeal, mush, and Cocoa Wheats. Cocoa Wheats are made in Indiana. We can find them at the Walmart in the west though. The Big Walmart, not the Small one.
The cereals I bought were the generics of their day. Captain Crunch and the like. Occasionally we would buy the Real cereal for them, the kind with the commercials on tv. I am sure they had their favorites too. It seems like each child sat with a box infront of them.
And that thought brings me back to my childhood. I remember my brother and I sitting at the kitchen table with our little cowboy hat bowls and boot cups eating our cereal. Mine was red and his was yellow. Each with our favorite cereal box infront of us.
How about you, what was your favorite cereal?
3 comments:
i still like smurfberries. i wish they would bring it back permanently. recently, there was a hannah montana cereal that tasted like it, but now i can't find it in the stores. of course the people who work at the stores have no idea what i am talking about when i ask if they have it.
I like Special K with strawberries. I also like Frosted Mini-Wheats. I like to eat Wheaties (without sugar) and throw on a handful of dried blueberries or craisins.
As kids we liked Life. I enjoy the Cinnamon life. I remember we ate a lot of King Vitamin cereal, which wasn't as good as Cap'n Crunch.
I will always enjoy Trix. I remember one time they were having a vote on whether or not to let the rabbit have a bowl of Trix.
I like pretty much any cereal except cinnamon toast crunch. I like the sugar ones and the non sugar ones. I like oatmeal, grits, and even corn mush. I buy what is on sale and it must be under $3 per 16oz box (or larger) or it doesn't go in the cart.
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