I nearly fell off my breakfast stool. On the box of GrapeNuts was a recipe for hot grapenuts. HUH?

Combine in a bowl 1/2 C grapenuts and 1/3 C milk. Microwave etc.......

Do they think we're morons, or do people really need this kind of guidance?

If they really wanted to do something, they'd publish the recipe for GrapeNut custard, a fave dessert of mine, and get some nutrition into folks.

Rant over.

On 2015-01-23 5:13 PM, Kalmia wrote:
> I nearly fell off my breakfast stool. On the box of GrapeNuts was a
> recipe for hot grapenuts. HUH?
>
> Combine in a bowl 1/2 C grapenuts and 1/3 C milk. Microwave
> etc.......
>
> Do they think we're morons, or do people really need this kind of
> guidance?

The sad fact is that a portion of the population are morons. So, yes,
some people do need that kind of guidance.



> If they really wanted to do something, they'd publish the recipe for
> GrapeNut custard, a fave dessert of mine, and get some nutrition into
> folks.
>
You should contact them and suggest that.

On Friday, January 23, 2015 at 2:14:03 PM UTC-8, Kalmia wrote:
> I nearly fell off my breakfast stool. On the box of GrapeNuts was a recipe for hot grapenuts. HUH?
>
> Combine in a bowl 1/2 C grapenuts and 1/3 C milk. Microwave etc.......
>
> Do they think we're morons, or do people really need this kind of guidance?
>
> If they really wanted to do something, they'd publish the recipe for GrapeNut custard, a fave dessert of mine, and get some nutrition into folks.
>
> Rant over.

Quantities matter. Let me give you my recipe for Scotch and soda.

On Friday, January 23, 2015 at 5:41:42 PM UTC-5, wrote:


> Quantities matter. Let me give you my recipe for Scotch and soda.

Yeah. I know. Light on the soda, heavy on the scotch.

On 1/23/2015 4:13 PM, Kalmia wrote:
> I nearly fell off my breakfast stool. On the box of GrapeNuts was a recipe for hot grapenuts. HUH?
>
> Combine in a bowl 1/2 C grapenuts and 1/3 C milk. Microwave etc.......
>
> Do they think we're morons, or do people really need this kind of guidance?
>
> If they really wanted to do something, they'd publish the recipe for GrapeNut custard, a fave dessert of mine, and get some nutrition into folks.
>
> Rant over.
>
>

Can we have the recipe for GrapeNut custard, please?

--
From somewhere very deep in the heart of Texas

On Fri, 23 Jan 2015 17:17:51 -0600, Janet Wilder >
wrote:

>On 1/23/2015 4:13 PM, Kalmia wrote:
>> I nearly fell off my breakfast stool. On the box of GrapeNuts was a recipe for hot grapenuts. HUH?
>>
>> Combine in a bowl 1/2 C grapenuts and 1/3 C milk. Microwave etc.......
>>
>> Do they think we're morons, or do people really need this kind of guidance?
>>
>> If they really wanted to do something, they'd publish the recipe for GrapeNut custard, a fave dessert of mine, and get some nutrition into folks.
>>
>> Rant over.
>>
>>
>
>Can we have the recipe for GrapeNut custard, please?

Years ago, there used to be a recipe on the back of the GrapeNuts
package for a GrapeNuts "pudding cake" - you know - the kind that
forms a custard on the bottom with a cake on the top. IIRC, it was
lemon flavoured.

I googled GrapeNut custard and the recipes that came up weren't like
that. Maybe someone here remembers the pudding cake recipe.

Doris

On Friday, January 23, 2015 at 4:32:20 PM UTC-6, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2015-01-23 5:13 PM, Kalmia wrote:
> > I nearly fell off my breakfast stool. On the box of GrapeNuts was a
> > recipe for hot grapenuts. HUH?
> >
> > Combine in a bowl 1/2 C grapenuts and 1/3 C milk. Microwave
> > etc.......
> >
> > Do they think we're morons, or do people really need this kind of
> > guidance?
>
> The sad fact is that a portion of the population are morons. So, yes,
> some people do need that kind of guidance.


It's more like a serving suggestion than a recipe.

On 1/23/2015 7:42 PM, Christopher Helms wrote:
> On Friday, January 23, 2015 at 4:32:20 PM UTC-6, Dave Smith wrote:
>> On 2015-01-23 5:13 PM, Kalmia wrote:
>>> I nearly fell off my breakfast stool. On the box of GrapeNuts was a
>>> recipe for hot grapenuts. HUH?
>>>
>>> Combine in a bowl 1/2 C grapenuts and 1/3 C milk. Microwave
>>> etc.......
>>>
>>> Do they think we're morons, or do people really need this kind of
>>> guidance?
>>
>> The sad fact is that a portion of the population are morons. So, yes,
>> some people do need that kind of guidance.
>
>
> It's more like a serving suggestion than a recipe.
>
Or how to make GrapeNuts not break your teeth.

Jill

On Fri, 23 Jan 2015 14:13:58 -0800 (PST), Kalmia
> wrote:

>I nearly fell off my breakfast stool. On the box of GrapeNuts was a recipe for hot grapenuts. HUH?
>
>Combine in a bowl 1/2 C grapenuts and 1/3 C milk. Microwave etc.......
>
>Do they think we're morons, or do people really need this kind of guidance?
>
>If they really wanted to do something, they'd publish the recipe for GrapeNut custard, a fave dessert of mine, and get some nutrition into folks.
>
>Rant over.
>
No. Some people just wouldn't have thought of doing that. I heard of
it recently and never would have thought of doing it.
Janet US

On Friday, January 23, 2015 at 7:42:30 PM UTC-5, Christopher Helms wrote:
> On Friday, January 23, 2015 at 4:32:20 PM UTC-6, Dave Smith wrote:
> > On 2015-01-23 5:13 PM, Kalmia wrote:
> > > I nearly fell off my breakfast stool. On the box of GrapeNuts was a
> > > recipe for hot grapenuts. HUH?
> > >
> > > Combine in a bowl 1/2 C grapenuts and 1/3 C milk. Microwave
> > > etc.......
> > >
> > > Do they think we're morons, or do people really need this kind of
> > > guidance?
> >
> > The sad fact is that a portion of the population are morons. So, yes,
> > some people do need that kind of guidance.
>
>
> It's more like a serving suggestion than a recipe.

No. If you get a chance, look at a box. It clearly calls it a 'recipe'.

On 1/23/2015 8:36 PM, Kalmia wrote:
> On Friday, January 23, 2015 at 7:42:30 PM UTC-5, Christopher Helms wrote:
>> On Friday, January 23, 2015 at 4:32:20 PM UTC-6, Dave Smith wrote:
>>> On 2015-01-23 5:13 PM, Kalmia wrote:
>>>> I nearly fell off my breakfast stool. On the box of GrapeNuts was a
>>>> recipe for hot grapenuts. HUH?
>>>>
>>>> Combine in a bowl 1/2 C grapenuts and 1/3 C milk. Microwave
>>>> etc.......
>>>>
>>>> Do they think we're morons, or do people really need this kind of
>>>> guidance?
>>>
>>> The sad fact is that a portion of the population are morons. So, yes,
>>> some people do need that kind of guidance.
>>
>>
>> It's more like a serving suggestion than a recipe.
>
> No. If you get a chance, look at a box. It clearly calls it a 'recipe'.
>
So someone in Marketing f'd up. Send them an email and tell them it
should be "Serving Suggestion". They'll probably send you a coupon.

Jill

On 1/23/2015 8:21 PM, Janet B wrote:
> On Fri, 23 Jan 2015 14:13:58 -0800 (PST), Kalmia
> > wrote:
>
>> I nearly fell off my breakfast stool. On the box of GrapeNuts was a recipe for hot grapenuts. HUH?
>>
>> Combine in a bowl 1/2 C grapenuts and 1/3 C milk. Microwave etc.......
>>
>> Do they think we're morons, or do people really need this kind of guidance?
>>
>> If they really wanted to do something, they'd publish the recipe for GrapeNut custard, a fave dessert of mine, and get some nutrition into folks.
>>
>> Rant over.
>>
> No. Some people just wouldn't have thought of doing that. I heard of
> it recently and never would have thought of doing it.
> Janet US
>
I've seen ads about it on TV. There's a wintry, snowy background
outside that warm cozy kitchen. An actor portraying a grandpa is having
a hot breakfast of microwaved GrapeNuts with the grandkids.

It's just another way for them to try to sell the product.

Jill

On Fri, 23 Jan 2015 21:32:49 -0500, jmcquown >
wrote:

>On 1/23/2015 8:21 PM, Janet B wrote:
>> On Fri, 23 Jan 2015 14:13:58 -0800 (PST), Kalmia
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> I nearly fell off my breakfast stool. On the box of GrapeNuts was a recipe for hot grapenuts. HUH?
>>>
>>> Combine in a bowl 1/2 C grapenuts and 1/3 C milk. Microwave etc.......
>>>
>>> Do they think we're morons, or do people really need this kind of guidance?
>>>
>>> If they really wanted to do something, they'd publish the recipe for GrapeNut custard, a fave dessert of mine, and get some nutrition into folks.
>>>
>>> Rant over.
>>>
>> No. Some people just wouldn't have thought of doing that. I heard of
>> it recently and never would have thought of doing it.
>> Janet US
>>
>I've seen ads about it on TV. There's a wintry, snowy background
>outside that warm cozy kitchen. An actor portraying a grandpa is having
>a hot breakfast of microwaved GrapeNuts with the grandkids.
>
>It's just another way for them to try to sell the product.
>
>Jill

That sounds so bad. I couldn't ever do it. GrapeNuts are a bad
enough concept -- add hot milk and make it gluey? shudder
Janet US

On 1/23/2015 9:46 PM, Janet B wrote:
> On Fri, 23 Jan 2015 21:32:49 -0500, jmcquown >
> wrote:
>
>> On 1/23/2015 8:21 PM, Janet B wrote:
>>> On Fri, 23 Jan 2015 14:13:58 -0800 (PST), Kalmia
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> I nearly fell off my breakfast stool. On the box of GrapeNuts was a recipe for hot grapenuts. HUH?
>>>>
>>>> Combine in a bowl 1/2 C grapenuts and 1/3 C milk. Microwave etc.......
>>>>
>>>> Do they think we're morons, or do people really need this kind of guidance?
>>>>
>>>> If they really wanted to do something, they'd publish the recipe for GrapeNut custard, a fave dessert of mine, and get some nutrition into folks.
>>>>
>>>> Rant over.
>>>>
>>> No. Some people just wouldn't have thought of doing that. I heard of
>>> it recently and never would have thought of doing it.
>>> Janet US
>>>
>> I've seen ads about it on TV. There's a wintry, snowy background
>> outside that warm cozy kitchen. An actor portraying a grandpa is having
>> a hot breakfast of microwaved GrapeNuts with the grandkids.
>>
>> It's just another way for them to try to sell the product.
>>
>> Jill
>
> That sounds so bad. I couldn't ever do it. GrapeNuts are a bad
> enough concept -- add hot milk and make it gluey? shudder
> Janet US
>
Hot milk to make it soft and less likely to break your teeth? I
never could deal with the original GrapeNuts and I've always had pretty
strong teeth.

Jill

On 1/23/2015 5:13 PM, Kalmia wrote:
> I nearly fell off my breakfast stool. On the box of GrapeNuts was a
> recipe for hot grapenuts. HUH?

To respond to the subject line, someone posted this website
with a number of 2 ingredient recipes. I'd say they are more
recipe than serving suggestion, like the Grapenuts.

http://crazyfood.net/the-34-simple-t...dient-recipes/

nancy

On Fri, 23 Jan 2015 22:01:28 -0500, jmcquown >
wrote:

>On 1/23/2015 9:46 PM, Janet B wrote:

snip
>>
>> That sounds so bad. I couldn't ever do it. GrapeNuts are a bad
>> enough concept -- add hot milk and make it gluey? shudder
>> Janet US
>>
>Hot milk to make it soft and less likely to break your teeth? I
>never could deal with the original GrapeNuts and I've always had pretty
>strong teeth.
>
>Jill
Hot milk and I have not been friends from my childhood. It makes me
gag -- well, actually, milk itself makes me gag. My mother put cod
liver oil in warm milk for my breakfast drink I eat cereal dry or
not at all.
Janet US

On Fri, 23 Jan 2015 14:13:58 -0800 (PST), Kalmia
> wrote:

> I nearly fell off my breakfast stool. On the box of GrapeNuts was a recipe for hot grapenuts. HUH?
>
> Combine in a bowl 1/2 C grapenuts and 1/3 C milk. Microwave etc.......
>
> Do they think we're morons, or do people really need this kind of guidance?

Not you, of course... but what used to be word of mouth is now in
print. There are actually people who have never heard of it and
wouldn't think of trying it until they see it mentioned on the box.
>
> If they really wanted to do something, they'd publish the recipe for GrapeNut custard, a fave dessert of mine, and get some nutrition into folks.
>
> Rant over.
>
The recipe might be copyrighted.

--
A kitchen without a cook is just a room

On Fri, 23 Jan 2015 17:17:51 -0600, Janet Wilder >
wrote:

> On 1/23/2015 4:13 PM, Kalmia wrote:
> > I nearly fell off my breakfast stool. On the box of GrapeNuts was a recipe for hot grapenuts. HUH?
> >
> > Combine in a bowl 1/2 C grapenuts and 1/3 C milk. Microwave etc.......
> >
> > Do they think we're morons, or do people really need this kind of guidance?
> >
> > If they really wanted to do something, they'd publish the recipe for GrapeNut custard, a fave dessert of mine, and get some nutrition into folks.
> >
> > Rant over.
> >
> >
>
> Can we have the recipe for GrapeNut custard, please?

If I used GrapeNuts (I don't), this one would peak my interest.
http://www.saveur.com/article/Recipe...e-Nuts-Pudding

--
A kitchen without a cook is just a room

On Fri, 23 Jan 2015 20:48:15 -0700, Janet B >
wrote:

> Hot milk and I have not been friends from my childhood. It makes me
> gag -- well, actually, milk itself makes me gag.

I had read so much about how awful hot milk and toast was + my mother
told me is was awful too. Maybe I tried it because my mother was
convinced that I wouldn't like and I loved it. For a short time, it
was my snack of choice when it was cold outside. I haven't made it in
decades, wondering now if I'd still like it.

--
A kitchen without a cook is just a room

On 1/23/2015 10:48 PM, Janet B wrote:
> On Fri, 23 Jan 2015 22:01:28 -0500, jmcquown >
> wrote:
>
>> On 1/23/2015 9:46 PM, Janet B wrote:
>
> snip
>>>
>>> That sounds so bad. I couldn't ever do it. GrapeNuts are a bad
>>> enough concept -- add hot milk and make it gluey? shudder
>>> Janet US
>>>
>> Hot milk to make it soft and less likely to break your teeth? I
>> never could deal with the original GrapeNuts and I've always had pretty
>> strong teeth.
>>
>> Jill
> Hot milk and I have not been friends from my childhood. It makes me
> gag -- well, actually, milk itself makes me gag. My mother put cod
> liver oil in warm milk for my breakfast drink I eat cereal dry or
> not at all.
> Janet US
>
I actually prefer dry cereal, although I have no problems with milk. I
love the stuff and drink milk practically every day. I did try to eat
original GrapeNuts once, dry. As I said, I've got strong teeth but that
was like trying to chew rocks! GrapeNuts *flakes* were better but by
then I'd moved on to Wheaties.

Jill

On Fri, 23 Jan 2015 23:59:19 -0500, jmcquown >
wrote:

> On 1/23/2015 10:48 PM, Janet B wrote:
> > On Fri, 23 Jan 2015 22:01:28 -0500, jmcquown >
> > wrote:
> >
> >> On 1/23/2015 9:46 PM, Janet B wrote:
> >
> > snip
> >>>
> >>> That sounds so bad. I couldn't ever do it. GrapeNuts are a bad
> >>> enough concept -- add hot milk and make it gluey? shudder
> >>> Janet US
> >>>
> >> Hot milk to make it soft and less likely to break your teeth? I
> >> never could deal with the original GrapeNuts and I've always had pretty
> >> strong teeth.
> >>
> >> Jill
> > Hot milk and I have not been friends from my childhood. It makes me
> > gag -- well, actually, milk itself makes me gag. My mother put cod
> > liver oil in warm milk for my breakfast drink I eat cereal dry or
> > not at all.
> > Janet US
> >
> I actually prefer dry cereal, although I have no problems with milk. I
> love the stuff and drink milk practically every day. I did try to eat
> original GrapeNuts once, dry. As I said, I've got strong teeth but that
> was like trying to chew rocks! GrapeNuts *flakes* were better but by
> then I'd moved on to Wheaties.
>
I don't remember anything about texture, just a lack of any
discernable flavor.


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"Janet B" > wrote in message
...
> On Fri, 23 Jan 2015 14:13:58 -0800 (PST), Kalmia
> > wrote:
>
>>I nearly fell off my breakfast stool. On the box of GrapeNuts was a
>>recipe for hot grapenuts. HUH?
>>
>>Combine in a bowl 1/2 C grapenuts and 1/3 C milk. Microwave etc.......
>>
>>Do they think we're morons, or do people really need this kind of
>>guidance?
>>
>>If they really wanted to do something, they'd publish the recipe for
>>GrapeNut custard, a fave dessert of mine, and get some nutrition into
>>folks.
>>
>>Rant over.
>>
> No. Some people just wouldn't have thought of doing that. I heard of
> it recently and never would have thought of doing it.
> Janet US

I wouldn't have thought of it either. Nor would I do it.

"jmcquown" > wrote in message
...
> On 1/23/2015 9:46 PM, Janet B wrote:
>> On Fri, 23 Jan 2015 21:32:49 -0500, jmcquown >
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On 1/23/2015 8:21 PM, Janet B wrote:
>>>> On Fri, 23 Jan 2015 14:13:58 -0800 (PST), Kalmia
>>>> > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I nearly fell off my breakfast stool. On the box of GrapeNuts was a
>>>>> recipe for hot grapenuts. HUH?
>>>>>
>>>>> Combine in a bowl 1/2 C grapenuts and 1/3 C milk. Microwave
>>>>> etc.......
>>>>>
>>>>> Do they think we're morons, or do people really need this kind of
>>>>> guidance?
>>>>>
>>>>> If they really wanted to do something, they'd publish the recipe for
>>>>> GrapeNut custard, a fave dessert of mine, and get some nutrition into
>>>>> folks.
>>>>>
>>>>> Rant over.
>>>>>
>>>> No. Some people just wouldn't have thought of doing that. I heard of
>>>> it recently and never would have thought of doing it.
>>>> Janet US
>>>>
>>> I've seen ads about it on TV. There's a wintry, snowy background
>>> outside that warm cozy kitchen. An actor portraying a grandpa is having
>>> a hot breakfast of microwaved GrapeNuts with the grandkids.
>>>
>>> It's just another way for them to try to sell the product.
>>>
>>> Jill
>>
>> That sounds so bad. I couldn't ever do it. GrapeNuts are a bad
>> enough concept -- add hot milk and make it gluey? shudder
>> Janet US
>>
> Hot milk to make it soft and less likely to break your teeth? I never
> could deal with the original GrapeNuts and I've always had pretty strong
> teeth.

Me either. Love the taste of them but I could never eat more than one
serving from the box as my jaws would be too sore.

"Janet B" > wrote in message
...
> On Fri, 23 Jan 2015 22:01:28 -0500, jmcquown >
> wrote:
>
>>On 1/23/2015 9:46 PM, Janet B wrote:
>
> snip
>>>
>>> That sounds so bad. I couldn't ever do it. GrapeNuts are a bad
>>> enough concept -- add hot milk and make it gluey? shudder
>>> Janet US
>>>
>>Hot milk to make it soft and less likely to break your teeth? I
>>never could deal with the original GrapeNuts and I've always had pretty
>>strong teeth.
>>
>>Jill
> Hot milk and I have not been friends from my childhood. It makes me
> gag -- well, actually, milk itself makes me gag. My mother put cod
> liver oil in warm milk for my breakfast drink I eat cereal dry or
> not at all.
> Janet US

I'm with you on the dry cereal. I never had hot milk aside from my mom's
potato soup which I think was just potato cubes in milk or hot cocoa,
neither of which were things I could stand. I just never liked milk no
matter how it was but hot seemed to make it even more vile.

Julie Bove wrote:
>
> I wouldn't have thought of it either. Nor would I do it.

You always talk about dinner food, Julie. What do you eat for
breakfast? Just wondering.

"sf" > wrote in message
...
> On Fri, 23 Jan 2015 20:48:15 -0700, Janet B >
> wrote:
>
>> Hot milk and I have not been friends from my childhood. It makes me
>> gag -- well, actually, milk itself makes me gag.
>
> I had read so much about how awful hot milk and toast was + my mother
> told me is was awful too. Maybe I tried it because my mother was
> convinced that I wouldn't like and I loved it. For a short time, it
> was my snack of choice when it was cold outside. I haven't made it in
> decades, wondering now if I'd still like it.

I used to hear of milk toast but never actually had it. I had some ancient
book of health remedies and one was tea toast. It was supposed to be given
to people who were recovering from being ill. Very well toasted bread was
grated into hot water then the water was strained and served.

Another such thing was a small amount of white rice boiled in a huge amount
of water. You just kept on boiling it until the rice was nothing but mush
and it too was strained.

I couldn't really see the point of either except perhaps to very slowly
introduce calories into a system that hadn't had food in days. The patient
was only given spoonfuls at a time.

"sf" > wrote in message
...
> On Fri, 23 Jan 2015 23:59:19 -0500, jmcquown >
> wrote:
>
>> On 1/23/2015 10:48 PM, Janet B wrote:
>> > On Fri, 23 Jan 2015 22:01:28 -0500, jmcquown >
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> >> On 1/23/2015 9:46 PM, Janet B wrote:
>> >
>> > snip
>> >>>
>> >>> That sounds so bad. I couldn't ever do it. GrapeNuts are a bad
>> >>> enough concept -- add hot milk and make it gluey? shudder
>> >>> Janet US
>> >>>
>> >> Hot milk to make it soft and less likely to break your teeth? I
>> >> never could deal with the original GrapeNuts and I've always had
>> >> pretty
>> >> strong teeth.
>> >>
>> >> Jill
>> > Hot milk and I have not been friends from my childhood. It makes me
>> > gag -- well, actually, milk itself makes me gag. My mother put cod
>> > liver oil in warm milk for my breakfast drink I eat cereal dry or
>> > not at all.
>> > Janet US
>> >
>> I actually prefer dry cereal, although I have no problems with milk. I
>> love the stuff and drink milk practically every day. I did try to eat
>> original GrapeNuts once, dry. As I said, I've got strong teeth but that
>> was like trying to chew rocks! GrapeNuts *flakes* were better but by
>> then I'd moved on to Wheaties.
>>
> I don't remember anything about texture, just a lack of any
> discernable flavor.

I think they have a very strong flavor! I ate the flakes last year for a
time. I did like them but they contain something I can't eat now. Perhaps
barley. Not sure.

Julie Bove wrote:
>
> I just never liked milk no
> matter how it was but hot seemed to make it even more vile.

Ever see sometimes on television?...someone goes down to the kitchen
to make a glass of warm/hot milk - to help them go to sleep. weird!

jmcquown wrote:
>
> but by then I'd moved on to Wheaties.

There we go again, Jill. I also grew up eating Wheaties (the breakfast
of champions). This was because it was my Dad's favorite cereal, so we
kids got it too. I did like it.

About 2 months ago, I bought a small box on sale. (10.9oz for .99).
The date says best used by Oct 1014 but I know it will last way longer
than that. Still haven't had any though. It was a "blast from the
past" impulse buy. I rarely eat cereal.

:-D

On Sat, 24 Jan 2015 06:42:51 -0500, Gary > wrote:

>Ever see sometimes on television?...someone goes down to the kitchen
>to make a glass of warm/hot milk - to help them go to sleep. weird!

Not so weird. Calcium has a soporific effect in some people.
https://www.google.com.tr/?gfe_rd=cr...orific+calcium

--
Bob
www.kanyak.com

On Sat, 24 Jan 2015 06:53:43 -0500, Gary > wrote:

> jmcquown wrote:
> >
> > but by then I'd moved on to Wheaties.
>
> There we go again, Jill. I also grew up eating Wheaties (the breakfast
> of champions). This was because it was my Dad's favorite cereal, so we
> kids got it too. I did like it.
>
> About 2 months ago, I bought a small box on sale. (10.9oz for .99).
> The date says best used by Oct 1014 but I know it will last way longer
> than that. Still haven't had any though. It was a "blast from the
> past" impulse buy. I rarely eat cereal.
>
I'm not a wheaties fan, but it's good with warm/hot milk.


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On Sat, 24 Jan 2015 06:42:51 -0500, Gary > wrote:

> Julie Bove wrote:
> >
> > I just never liked milk no
> > matter how it was but hot seemed to make it even more vile.
>
> Ever see sometimes on television?...someone goes down to the kitchen
> to make a glass of warm/hot milk - to help them go to sleep. weird!

Ever drink hot milk with chocolate in it?

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sf wrote:
>
> Gary wrote:
> > About 2 months ago, I bought a small box on sale. (10.9oz for .99).
> > The date says best used by Oct 1014 but I know it will last way longer
> > than that. Still haven't had any though. It was a "blast from the
> > past" impulse buy. I rarely eat cereal.
> >
> I'm not a wheaties fan, but it's good with warm/hot milk.

Oh, how gross and sick! I ASSume you were just kidding. ;-0

;-D

sf wrote:
>
> Gary wrote:
> > Ever see sometimes on television?...someone goes down to the kitchen
> > to make a glass of warm/hot milk - to help them go to sleep. weird!
>
> Ever drink hot milk with chocolate in it?

Certainly. I was just talking about plain milk heated. Regardless, I
don't see the sleep factor of drinking that. I can drink coffee late
and still go to sleep fine.

G.

"Gary" > wrote in message ...
> Julie Bove wrote:
>>
>> I wouldn't have thought of it either. Nor would I do it.
>
> You always talk about dinner food, Julie. What do you eat for
> breakfast? Just wondering.

For the longest time it was just toast. I was making my own bread but then
something started not going right with the bread. I had switched to a
longer pan because the bread was rising too high, then falling. The longer
pan seemed to fix that problem. Then as I reached the bottom of the jar of
yeast, the bread began not rising enough. I chalked that up to old yeast,
even though it wasn't technically all that old. But the new jar didn't do
any better.

Then Costco put instant oatmeal on sale. I have since been eating that for
breakfast and occasionally snacks. Last week I did have some toast with
purchased honey white bread. Daughter and I both had a stomach bug. I had
it first and didn't realize that it was a bug until she came down with the
symptoms. She had nicknamed me "Octo Mom" because whatever it was, caused
you to bloat up so badly that your stomach would look like you were about to
give birth to a lot of babies. It was a very miserable thing. Stomach
pains, headache, chills. And it would come and go. You'd start to feel
better then *wham* you'd get sick again.

Once in a while I'll have some bacon with that but I think we all pretty
much burned ourselves out on bacon. That was one thing that Angela could
easily make when I was down with my foot injury last year so we ate a lot of
it.

I have just never been much of a breakfast eater. Although I do wake up
hungry, I also wake up grouchy and it takes me a good two hours to fully
wake up. Food is the last thing on my mind but if I don't eat, I have
either low blood sugar or my body will do a liver dump and then I'll have
high blood sugar. So it is important for me to eat soon after I get up. So
I just eat something that I can get in my quickly.

I went through a phase in the past where I ate Cinnamon Toast Crunch and
more recently, Grape Nuts flakes. But the last time I tried Cinnamon Toast
Crunch, I hated it so badly I couldn't imagine ever having eaten it to begin
with. I still like the Grape Nuts but can't eat them. And many years ago I
had pancakes for breakfast. I would stay up late at night making them and
freezing them. Also went though a phase of doing the same with muffins.
Whole wheat flour, oats, dried fruits, nuts, applesauce and egg white. I
was on a weight loss diet. And they worked for that but damn, how I hated
those muffins!

I also used to eat cottage cheese or boiled eggs for breakfast along with my
toast but since I can no longer have either of those things, that's a no go.
And I went through a period of time with eating polenta slices with red
sauce and some pine nuts or pumpkin seeds for protein. But I can no longer
have corn so that is out.

I just bought another box of oatmeal so I will stick with that for a while
but I suspect I will soon get burned out on it as oats were never a favorite
food. But then neither was bread and I was starting to grow tired of the
toast.

"Gary" > wrote in message ...
> Julie Bove wrote:
>>
>> I just never liked milk no
>> matter how it was but hot seemed to make it even more vile.
>
> Ever see sometimes on television?...someone goes down to the kitchen
> to make a glass of warm/hot milk - to help them go to sleep. weird!

Yeah but I've also read that this is an urban legend and you'd do better to
eat half of a turkey sandwich for the tryptophan.

I was watching some old black and white TV show the other night and one of
the guys got up to have a nightcap. What ever happened to those? Common
when I was a kid. You never hear people mention that term now.

When I was a teen, I used to babysit for these two girls. They had a
Siamese cat that they kept locked in the basement. I was told that it would
attack me. Once I made the mistake of trying to go down there to see it.
They were right! It did attack.

They were very different people. The wife was a dietician. She told me to
give the girls a bowl of ice cream before bed. It would help them to sleep.
But that not to worry when they began coughing while eating it. They had
the kind of asthma that was induced by cold. So to get rid of the cough, I
had to put the cool air vaporizer on in their room.

The whole thing was quite dramatic. The ice cream did indeed induce a
horrible, almost whooping like cough. And it seemed to me that it had the
opposite effect of getting them ready for bed. What it did was make them
really hyper to the point where they were sort of zinging off the walls.
Now maybe this is what she wanted because they would be exhausted after they
finally calmed down but I had to put up with about a half an hour of out of
control, whooping and coughing kids. Had it been me, I wouldn't have
brought any ice cream into the house. To me, they seemed fine and ready for
bed without it.

And once I just forgot to give it to them. The next time I sat for them
they even thanked me for not giving it to them because they felt better not
having it. But they said that their mom had noticed that they hadn't had
it. She kept keep track of the food and noticed every bite that was eaten.
So I had to dish out some ice cream and then melt it down the sink, leaving
the bowls and spoons there as if it had been eaten. Thankfully it was just
vanilla with no chunks of anything as they didn't have a disposal.

"sf" > wrote in message
...
> On Sat, 24 Jan 2015 06:42:51 -0500, Gary > wrote:
>
>> Julie Bove wrote:
>> >
>> > I just never liked milk no
>> > matter how it was but hot seemed to make it even more vile.
>>
>> Ever see sometimes on television?...someone goes down to the kitchen
>> to make a glass of warm/hot milk - to help them go to sleep. weird!
>
> Ever drink hot milk with chocolate in it?

Pyyyyuck!

"Gary" > wrote in message ...
> sf wrote:
>>
>> Gary wrote:
>> > Ever see sometimes on television?...someone goes down to the kitchen
>> > to make a glass of warm/hot milk - to help them go to sleep. weird!
>>
>> Ever drink hot milk with chocolate in it?
>
> Certainly. I was just talking about plain milk heated. Regardless, I
> don't see the sleep factor of drinking that. I can drink coffee late
> and still go to sleep fine.

Me too. In order for caffeine to have an effect on me, I need to drink a
ton of it. As in three pots of coffee, all by myself, in rapid succession.

"Gary" > wrote in message ...
> jmcquown wrote:
>>
>> but by then I'd moved on to Wheaties.
>
> There we go again, Jill. I also grew up eating Wheaties (the breakfast
> of champions). This was because it was my Dad's favorite cereal, so we
> kids got it too. I did like it.
>
> About 2 months ago, I bought a small box on sale. (10.9oz for .99).
> The date says best used by Oct 1014 but I know it will last way longer
> than that. Still haven't had any though. It was a "blast from the
> past" impulse buy. I rarely eat cereal.
>
> :-D

I've never had them. My dad often ate them but we were told they were not
for kids. As a kid I remember getting Honeycomb for the prizes but I hated
the cereal. My mom liked me to eat Cheerios but I hated those. I sometimes
got some sort of chocolately cereal. But if allowed to choose, I would
always choose Special K. My mom didn't like me eating it though as they
always pushed it for weight loss and I was severely underweight.

On 1/24/2015 7:24 AM, Gary wrote:
> sf wrote:
>>
>> Gary wrote:
>>> Ever see sometimes on television?...someone goes down to the kitchen
>>> to make a glass of warm/hot milk - to help them go to sleep. weird!
>>
>> Ever drink hot milk with chocolate in it?
>
> Certainly. I was just talking about plain milk heated. Regardless, I
> don't see the sleep factor of drinking that. I can drink coffee late
> and still go to sleep fine.
>
I have never liked plain hot milk; it always had to have some sugar
added to make it palatable. I don't like even that nowadays but with a
spoonful of instant coffee or cocoa added with the sugar before heating,
it's not bad. I don't know if it is particularly soporific.


--
Jim Silverton (Potomac, MD)

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