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to: MICHAEL LOO
from: ED VANCE
date: 2020-05-18 20:51:00
subject: Re: 129 Breakfast Cereal

05-16-20 13:48 MICHAEL LOO wrote to ED VANCE about 129 Breakfast Cereal
Howdy! Michael,

 ML> @MSGID: 
 ML> Fair enough. Do you like hot cooked cereal?
 > Sure, Oatmeal and Farina.

 ML> Just so you didn't say Wheatena!

Never heard of that one.

 ML> What brands are you fond of
 > I buy my Cereal at ALDI Grocery.
 > Chrispy Rice (aka Rice Krispies), Chrispy Oats (aks Cheerios)
 > and Honey WheatPuffs.

 ML> I was told that these generics are comparable, but
 ML> when I was staying on the Belmont line with my friend
 ML> Dave, he had the Os for his grandson, who is celiac,
 ML> because they are certified gluten-free, which Cheerios
 ML> were not, at least at the time, and I tasted them, and
 ML> they were similar to but not the same as the name brand.

I find those Store Brand foods acceptable.

 > I have been also crumbling a Rice Cake in it too, but planning
 > to quit buying those.
 > I can't find a Popped Rice Cereal anymore at the places I shop.

 ML> Like Krispies? Or the Quaker shot from guns stuff one
 ML> used to find on occasion.

Quaker.
I always liked the Puffed Rice over their Puffed Wheat but will eat both of
them.

 > Crunching up the Rice Cake disc take more time and I already
 > have some Chrispy Rice in the bowl.

 > I don't Save the "flavored milk" I go to the kitchen sink and
 > drizzle a bit of cold water in the bowl and drink it.

 > I don't want to feed the Sewer Rodents any of the GOOD STUFF.

 > I may have bought Apple Jacks years ago and tried it.
 > I may have tried Life Cereal, can't remember.

 ML> I never had Apple Jacks before this last trip east.
 ML> Next up: Cocoa Puffs and Cap'n Crunch.

I ain't had those two for a L O N G   T I M E.

 > Aldi Grocery sells Rice Chex's.
 > We use that and Corn Chex's in a Chex Mix recipe I posted here
 > some time ago.

 ML> As I recall, they have a milder flavor than other Chex
 ML> and an aroma that reminds me of the Gerber baby flaked
 ML> rice cereal.

 ML> Crispix - a kind of weird browny musty taste -
 ML> good crispiness, but I didn't like these at all.
 > I posted a recipe using Crispix long ago called "Puppy Chow".

 ML> Puppy chow, eh? I've eaten Milk-Bone and prefer them
 ML> to Crispix.

"Puppy Chow" looks like Dog Food but isn't.
You like to eat the R E A L    T H I N G, don't You?

73 de Ed W9ODR          .     .


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