Topic: SNAP, CRACKLE, AND POP (Read 31106 times)

S. Woody White · « **Reply #90 on:** May 30, 2007, 08:26:14 AM »

I don't remember the name of the cereal, or who made them (Post, perhaps, or General Mills), but during the 1960s there was a trio of cereals that had freeze dried fruit in them. One had freeze dried peaches, another freeze dried blueberries, and the third freeze dried strawberries.

I always preferred the strawberries.

One of the benefits of these cereals, besides the fruit that was in them, was that the fruit stained the milk the color of the fruit (the peaches died the milk yellow).

I never did try combining them, however. I wonder now if combining blueberries and peaches would have made the milk green.

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #91 on:** May 30, 2007, 08:30:34 AM »

PAGE 4 EAT YOUR CEREAL DANCE

MusicGuy · « **Reply #92 on:** May 30, 2007, 08:31:38 AM »

God morning DR dear Laura.....hope your men show up in a timely and efficient manner!

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #93 on:** May 30, 2007, 08:32:23 AM »

Alas, I'm having granola as my cereal. Close, and maybe a cee-gar?

MusicGuy · « **Reply #94 on:** May 30, 2007, 08:32:24 AM »

Good morning DR dear Jose...... I hope your men show up in a timely and energetic manner !!

S. Woody White · « **Reply #95 on:** May 30, 2007, 08:32:35 AM »

Page Four Stained Milk Dance!

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #96 on:** May 30, 2007, 08:33:23 AM »

Quote from: MusicGuy on May 30, 2007, 08:32:24 AM

Good morning DR dear Jose...... I hope your men show up in a timely and energetic manner !!

What? Should I be expecting a package? A big package today?

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #97 on:** May 30, 2007, 08:33:45 AM »

Good Morning, DR MusicGuy.

MusicGuy · « **Reply #98 on:** May 30, 2007, 08:34:10 AM »

TOD....

I like to mix half Frosted Mini-Wheats, and half Frosted Flakes. I try to tell myself that it is "healthier" because of the shredded wheat content.

Yea.... right !

S. Woody White · « **Reply #99 on:** May 30, 2007, 08:34:35 AM »

Quote from: DearReaderLaura on May 30, 2007, 06:16:46 AM

The tileman and the electrician should be here within the next couple of hours.

Are they there yet?
Are they there yet?
Are they there yet?
Are they there yet?
Are they there yet?
...

MusicGuy · « **Reply #100 on:** May 30, 2007, 08:34:49 AM »

Quote from: JoseSPiano on May 30, 2007, 08:33:23 AM

What? Should I be expecting a package? A big package today?

May your package be abundant and bursting!

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #101 on:** May 30, 2007, 08:36:09 AM »

Quote from: S. Woody White on May 30, 2007, 08:26:14 AM

I don't remember the name of the cereal, or who made them (Post, perhaps, or General Mills), but during the 1960s there was a trio of cereals that had freeze dried fruit in them. One had freeze dried peaches, another freeze dried blueberries, and the third freeze dried strawberries.

I always preferred the strawberries.

One of the benefits of these cereals, besides the fruit that was in them, was that the fruit stained the milk the color of the fruit (the peaches died the milk yellow).

I never did try combining them, however. I wonder now if combining blueberries and peaches would have made the milk green.

There's a cereal I usually see at Costco or Price Club that has lots(!) of freeze-dried strawberries. Good stuff.

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #102 on:** May 30, 2007, 08:37:36 AM »

Quote from: Ben on May 30, 2007, 06:18:01 AM

The last one for today

I told you they were drinkers.

Hmm... There's only four of us here at the apartment, but our bar is, how shall we say, a little better stocked.

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #103 on:** May 30, 2007, 08:38:16 AM »

Quote from: Dan (the Man) on May 30, 2007, 06:20:03 AM

The Tileman and The Electrician--wasn't that a Cat Stevens album?

I thought it was something in DR elmore's VCR?

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #104 on:** May 30, 2007, 08:40:56 AM »

Quote from: singdaw on May 30, 2007, 07:33:40 AM

Apparently. initial printing of the 7th and final Harry Potter novel has begun at a print factory in the small town of Poessneck, Germany. Reportedly, staff at the factory are searched when entering and leaving the factory each day. Furthermore, they are forced to work in "total darkness" to prevent them from reading the book.

Given the logistics of global distribution on this scale, it's amazing to me that there aren't more "leaks" than there are.

Hmm... I wonder if the "total darkness" will result in some "special editions" of the book. -Oh, look, Daddy, I have to turn the book upside to read this page!

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #105 on:** May 30, 2007, 08:43:21 AM »

Quote from: singdaw on May 30, 2007, 07:37:05 AM

Disappointment: I can view HHW from my new BlackBerry, but like DR Dan (the Man), I can't post. I get some sort of "session timeout" error message.

I'll have to check with my roommate (who has a BlackBerry), but he found a browser plug-in/update that made it able for him to Post to website. -He designs websites, and he tests some of them out on his BlackBerry if his client want a "mobile-friendly" site.

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #106 on:** May 30, 2007, 08:47:26 AM »

Quote from: singdaw on May 30, 2007, 05:26:52 AM

Isn't it kind of crazy how much breakfast cereals cost now? They seem to have risen in price out of proportion to everything else...

It is kind of crazy. Whenever I was on the road or working in the midwest, I was always surprised at how high the cereal prices were - especially in Indiana (at least in Evansville). I had figured they would be priced lower due to the lower transportation costs.

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #107 on:** May 30, 2007, 08:48:54 AM »

Quote from: FJL on May 30, 2007, 05:43:17 AM

Tomovoz - No blame to Jose for any of my bad moods. in fact, I have been in an almost continuous good mood since spending time with jose and singdaw on sunday (despite the Sunday Xanadu perfromance cancellation) - their general good spirits are a lesson for all.

Are you sure it wasn't the "fruit-filled" snack you had on Sunday that's to account for your continued good mood?

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #108 on:** May 30, 2007, 08:53:49 AM »

Quote from: Ben on May 30, 2007, 05:21:27 AM

After all these years what else could I say, though I do like the Kashi cereals and they are cheaper at Trader Joe's than they are at regular grocery stores.

Agreed.

One of my roommates has been running the shelves at Trader Joe's the past couple of months, and she's been buying one of each variety - usually three a time - in an informal quest to find her new favorite cereal(s). Some of TJ's "knock-offs" are pretty good. And healthy too. -At least according to the label.

MBarnum · « **Reply #109 on:** May 30, 2007, 08:54:38 AM »

As a kid I loved Fruity Pebbles, Honeycomb, and many other cereals, although the only one that I would specifically request, and that I would consider my ultimate favorite was the short lived FREAKIES...

I was obsessed with this cereal and on collecting all the little Freakies characters (which I still own). The back of the box had all the Freakies characters listed with little bios for each (I identified most with Hamhose, but I think Cowmumble was my favorite Freakie).

MBarnum · « **Reply #110 on:** May 30, 2007, 09:01:44 AM »

Fruity Freakies was even better tasting, but the prizes were not as good....artificial fruit flavor, yumm!!

Dan (the Man) · « **Reply #111 on:** May 30, 2007, 09:02:37 AM »

Quote from: singdaw on May 30, 2007, 07:37:05 AM

Disappointment: I can view HHW from my new BlackBerry, but like DR Dan (the Man), I can't post. I get some sort of "session timeout" error message.

The problem I have is that the "Post" button does nothing. I've been looking for another type of browser that I could use on my Palm TX but haven't come across one so far.

Dan (the Man) · « **Reply #112 on:** May 30, 2007, 09:04:41 AM »

Quote from: DearReaderLaura on May 30, 2007, 08:20:54 AM

They'll be here any minute now.

DR Laura, I hope you didn't make a soufflé for them.

MBarnum · « **Reply #113 on:** May 30, 2007, 09:06:13 AM »

And of course there was a documentary on the FREAKIES cereal that came out a few years back which I snapped up...it contains all of the Freakies tv commercials which played on Saturday morning television in between viewings of The Shazam/Isis Hour and HR Puffinstuff, or shows like that.

You can view one of the commercials right here (which is in Black and White for some reason). It is very cute.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1uQIokZizM

You can see that I have never gotten over my obsession with Freakies

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #114 on:** May 30, 2007, 09:06:24 AM »

As for the Topic of the Day...

I shudder to think the number of boxes of cereal that my parents bought for me and my three brothers while we were growing up. And since my father usually took one - if not all four(!) - of us to the weekly trips to the commissary, my brothers and I usually were able to select the cereals we wanted for that week. I think we tried everything that came out from 1973-1983. -And, yes, I do remember "C-3POs".

The ones that stick in my head: Cap'n Crunch (which never had enough of those "berries"), Life, Crispix, Cheerios, the whole Monster collection (Count Chocula, Boo-Berry, etc.), Fruity Pebbles, Cocoa Puffs(!), Trix, Lucky Charms, Kix, Cocoa Krispies, Cookie Crisp, Golden Grahams, Raisin Bran, etc., etc., etc.

MBarnum · « **Reply #115 on:** May 30, 2007, 09:08:52 AM »

Oh yes Trix and Lucky Charms were both quite tasty...!!

Unfortunately, now that I am diabetic I tend to eat only cereals that are low in carbs and high in protein and fiber.

DR Tomovoz, I see Weetbix at the store all of the time, although I have never tried it.

MBarnum · « **Reply #116 on:** May 30, 2007, 09:11:47 AM »

Of course being diabetic I shouldn't have had that slice of chocolate kahlua cake that I just ate

And now I don't feel so hot....but it sure was good.

DearReaderLaura · « **Reply #117 on:** May 30, 2007, 09:26:36 AM »

They are here! They are here!!!

DearReaderLaura · « **Reply #118 on:** May 30, 2007, 09:27:57 AM »

I wonder if the tree man arrived at Cillaliz's house.

singdaw · « **Reply #119 on:** May 30, 2007, 09:30:30 AM »

Quote from: DearReaderLaura on May 30, 2007, 09:27:57 AM

I wonder if the tree man arrived at Cillaliz's house.

DR DearReaderLaura - do your tileman and your electrician have great buns, too?

As DR JoseSPiano would say: "We need pictures!"

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