Cereal Connoisseur

I may not be able to properly evaluate fine wines, but I do know a good cereal when I find it. Of late my weakness has been Honey Bunches of Oats with Real Peaches. “With Real Strawberries” is also very good.

My breakfast staple for the past two years has a large bowl of oatmeal with a sprinkling of brown sugar—one of those cholesterol lowering deals. So I have not been as adventurous during the early morning hours as I once was. However, about once a week I treat myself to some sugar-laced, pre-packaged, overly-marketed, chemical-fortified, coupon-bearing breakfast cereal. Sometimes it’s General Mills (that British hero from the Falklands conflict), other times it’s Kellogg’s, but this time it’s Post.

And today’s Post treat was not an early morning event—oatmeal filled my ever-expanding gut before work. The HBOOWRP was both an appetizer and dessert for this evening’s leftovers meal. The main course was yesterday’s refried (make that remicrowaved) tacos. But being limited to one, I was forced to supplement.

HBOOWRP has been my cereal of choice for about a month now. It has reminded me of some of my past loves, like Cinnamon Toast Crunch, Honey Nut Cheerios, Oatmeal Crisp Apple Cinnamon, Corn Pops (back when they were “Sugar Pops”), Brown-sugar Mini-Wheats, Grape Nuts, and Grape Nuts Flakes. I’m sure there have been more, but these have won my heart and tummy and stuck in my memory.