"Jean B." > wrote in message
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> gloria.p wrote:
>> On 7/27/2011 6:13 PM, Pete C. wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Actually, while we're on the CT / New England thing, how about Grape Nut
>>> pudding and Grape Nut ice cream? Both are great and I've not seen them
>>> outside the northeast.
>>
>>
>> Born and raised in Massachusetts, I've never had Grape Nut ice cream
>> but my mother used to make Grape Nut custard (pudding) often. I remember
>> liking it.
>>
>> My late mother-in-law ate Grape Nuts for breakfast so we usually had a
>> box of it available for her visits. Our kids called it "Grandma's Gerbil
>> Food." (Yeah, we are a very irreverent bunch.)
>>
>> gloria p
>>
> Well, since you are not in Massachusetts now, I won't tell you about
> Toscanini's Grapenut ice cream.
>
> Grapenuts are about the only normal cereal I eat. I am not much of a
> cereal person, and I am apt to eat it at night, maybe for dessert, instead
> of breakfast. The draw is that they don't get mushy very fast--probably
> an understatement.

I LOVE grapenuts but they are not kind to my teeth. I don't like milk or
any liquid on my cereal. I just ate them as is.