Cereal

Here’s just a dumb page on the cereals I’ve tried and liked. I don’t know why I’m making this page, maybe just because.

If you actually want good reviews, there’s some guy on YouTube that had a “cereal Wednesdays” series back when I was in college.

Cap’n Crunch

This is a kind of interesting cereal for a few reasons. One, I just like the flavor and crunch, but I’ve heard that some people actually hate it because they feel like it’s cutting the roof of their mouth. Weird. I’ve never experienced that. Two, a long time ago they supposedly had a whistle that happened to play a tone that, if you played the whistle into a phone, could get you free long distance phone calls. There was a phreaker named Captain Crunch. Three, I ate so much Cap’n Crunch while watching Breaking Bad in college that I now weirdly associate the two together. Four, Cap’n Crunch had an “Oops! All berries”, which had some pretty funny parodies.

Now, if you actually like the taste but not the price, you can just get “Berry Colossal Crunch” from Malt-o-Meal at like half the price.

Honey Nut Cheerios

Pretty decent. I think Lola Lucy used to buy this at Costco a lot. I remember having this more as a kid and liking it.

Cheerios

Plain Cheerios are for babies. Seriously, who eats this?

Chex

You’d think that because I hate plain Cheerios that I’d hate Chex, but no, Chex is great. I mean, normally I use normal Chex for Chex Mix and not cereal, but it’s probably fine for cereal. When I was living in Shanghai I used to buy chocolate Chex from Carrefour because it was made domestically and thus cheaper than foreign imports (which could go for like $10 a box for homesick children). The cereal there also had instructions in Chinese for how to eat cereal, for those that weren’t familiar with it. One of the recommendations from the instructions was to use yogurt instead of milk.

Another reason I like Chex is because of Chex Quest. I played this at like an after school day care when I was 5 or 6 years old.

Cinnamon Toast Crunch

Full of sugar, but a classic also when I was a kid. Now that I’m an adult, I buy the Trader Joe’s ripoff to look more sophisticated.

Puffins

Also from Trader Joe’s, Mr. Donnelly in Civics class used to hand these out as snacks.

Rice Krispies

Gramzie used to give this to me a lot when I was a kid. I remember she also had a bowl that had my first name on the bottom. She also used to make a lot of Rice Krispy Treats.

Kellogg’s

Well, I guess this isn’t a cereal but a brand. I think the brand is interesting because Kellogg supposedly made the cereal as a way to stop masturbation. Like, apparently the flavor was so mild or something that somehow that would calm you down? I don’t know exactly how that was supposed to work, but I just thought it was really interesting that he was so concerned about the issue.

Cocoa Puffs

Turns your milk into chocolate milk. The slogan of “I’m cuckoo for cocoa puffs!” is a warning of the addicition it will cause you.

Ancient Grains cereal

Recommended by my partner’s dad. Pretty close to granola.