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Sugar free cereal
"barbie gee" > wrote in message
hcrg.pbz...
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> On Fri, 15 Jan 2016, Cheri wrote:
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>> "Brooklyn1" > wrote in message
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>>> On Thu, 14 Jan 2016 20:10:27 -0800, "Cheri" >
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>>>> "Brooklyn1" > wrote in message
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>>>>> Kellogg's Corn Pops are not popcorn. They're made from milled corn
>>>>> (corn flour).
>>>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corn_Pops
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>>>> And a lot more unhealthy than popped corn for breakfast.
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>>>> Cheri
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>>> Actually popped corn is not unhealthful... depending how prepared
>>> popped corn can be a very healthful food... that horrid nuked popcorn
>>> will shorten your life, plus it literally stinks, but air popped corn
>>> is very healthful, it's a whole grain food with nothing added. I
>>> prepare a huge batch in my Wearever Popcorn Pumper at least once a
>>> week, I fill a 24 cup bowl, drizzle with about three Tbls of melted
>>> real butter and sprinkle with a couple three pinches salt... no pop
>>> corn is better... well okay, I used to love Cracker Jacks but they
>>> changed the recipe, doubled the price, halved the box size, and
>>> eliminated the good toys... a large box used to cost a nickle, and I
>>> still use a little plastic magnifier from more than 65 years ago. Oh,
>>> and Cracker Jacks used to contain a generous amount of peanuts, an
>>> excellent source of protein... last time I bought a box, some ten
>>> years ago, not one peanut... and the toy was a stupid bit of paper no
>>> better than from a Chinese fortune cookie. I don't know how Cracker
>>> Jacks stays in business. I can buy a two pound bag of generic popping
>>> corn for less than a dollar, look for it in the produce section.
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>> You obviously didn't read the post, I said Corn Pop cereal was a lot more
>> unhealthy than popcorn eaten for breakfast. I have 2 TBS of popcorn,
>> popped dry in a frying pan a couple of times a week. It's a good snack.
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> I'm wondering how much corn in the USA is GMO and/or monoculture. They
> must grow at least a few different varieties targeted for use as popping
> corn kernels vs. corn used for mass produced products vs. "on-the-cob"
> preparations...
If it doesn't specifically say that it is non-GMO, it's not.
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