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Julie Bove wrote:
> "Jean B." > wrote in message
> ...
>> 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.
>
>

True re the teeth. I don't eat those dry, but I do consume some
other cereals that way.

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Jean B.