“Gooooood morning, Donny!” Michelangelo over-enthusiastically greeted, drawing out his words in order to convey his cheerful disposition. Donatello welcomed the turtle with a quick smile, though he didn’t move from his seat at the dining table.
“Morning,” Don greeted, though his words definitely lacked the excitement that was heard in his brother’s voice. Mike didn’t seem to notice Don’s lack of enthusiasm as he instead focused his mind on what he was going to eat for breakfast. Donatello watched silently as Mike whipped out a bowl and a box full of cereal. Sniffing the milk to make sure that it hadn’t gone out of date, Mike sloshed the white contents of the carton onto his crispy flakes of rice and sultanas. Before he even had a chance to sit down, Mike had already dug his spoon into his cereal, haphazardly bouncing towards the table in order to eat breakfast with his brother.
With his head resting on one hand, Don used his other hand to mindlessly spin his spoon around in his three-fingered grip, not really becoming bothered that his cereal was getting more and more soggy the more time he wasted. After cramming a spoonful of food into his mouth, Mike looked up and stared at his brother while he noisily crunched on his morning meal. “Something wrong?” Mike asked, causing a few snippets of cereal to spring out of his overloaded mouth.
“It’s nothing. Really,” Don murmured before slowly swallowing another spoonful of his meal.
“Tell me,” Mike persisted. He watched as Don started to absentmindedly twirl his spoon around in his hand again.
“Well… have you ever had a human dream?”
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b361/tapestore/cereal.jpg
Dear ILX, I'm announcing my first ever poll, a survey dedicated to the most immaculate of foods: cereal.
Rules: You can nominate up to THREE cereals...I'll announce a deadline in the upcoming days (you'll probably have until the end of this week). Then, based on how many nominations we receive, I'll create a ballot/email, and you know how the rest works...
So for now, nominate away!
DEADLINE: SATURDAY, MARCH 31
― Tape Store, Monday, 26 May 2008 06:02 (seventeen years ago)
Shredded Wheat Bran Flakes Muesli
― krakow, Monday, 26 May 2008 06:56 (seventeen years ago)
Trix Honey Nut Cheerios Smart Start
― Mordy, Monday, 26 May 2008 07:03 (seventeen years ago)
You realise this is going to be a mess what with the different countries having diff names for same thing (eg coco pops v cocoa puffs, rice bubbles v rice crispies etc)
Anyway:
Weet-Bix instant porridge Just Right
― Trayce, Monday, 26 May 2008 07:06 (seventeen years ago)
Production 19, bitches
― Jordan, Monday, 26 May 2008 07:09 (seventeen years ago)
Cookie Crisp Rice Krispies Treat Cereal Cracklin Oat Bran
― phil-two, Monday, 26 May 2008 07:16 (seventeen years ago)
wheat chex
― Jordan, Monday, 26 May 2008 07:22 (seventeen years ago)
normal cheerios
― Jordan, Monday, 26 May 2008 07:26 (seventeen years ago)
Can we nominate specified brands of cereal, as opposed to generic Bran Flakes, Corn Flakes, Museli ect? I mean, there is a galaxy of difference between all the different makes.
Mine would be:
Kelloggs Just Right Kelloggs Crunchy Nut Nutty Alpen Unsweetened Museli
If I'm not allowed museli then change it for Co-Op Fruit n' Fibre
― DavidM, Monday, 26 May 2008 07:28 (seventeen years ago)
Honey Bunches of Oats Oh's Crispix
Much respect for undertaking an old-school poll, hope it turns out well.
― en i see kay, Monday, 26 May 2008 07:37 (seventeen years ago)
quisp quisp quisp
― gershy, Monday, 26 May 2008 07:40 (seventeen years ago)
Oh shit, I should add to my first entry: with Almonds.
― en i see kay, Monday, 26 May 2008 07:49 (seventeen years ago)
Further to my generic Muesli nomination I second DavidM's specification of Alpen Unsweetened Muesli; it is my default Muesli choice in the supermarket.
― krakow, Monday, 26 May 2008 08:00 (seventeen years ago)
fruit loops frosted flakes life
― J0rdan S., Monday, 26 May 2008 08:02 (seventeen years ago)
should really be 2 polls healthy/crunchy/hippie cereals intense sugar rush kiddie cereals
― gershy, Monday, 26 May 2008 08:03 (seventeen years ago)
I tend to eat muesli with soymilk. Not that outstanding - I sometimes expect horses to barge in and steal my bowl - but it helps me through the morning.
― stevienixed, Monday, 26 May 2008 08:20 (seventeen years ago)
Oreo O's Kellogg's Frosted Mini Wheats aka Frosted Wheats aka Toppas Kellogg's Crunchy Nut Red
― ledge, Monday, 26 May 2008 08:47 (seventeen years ago)
Dorset Muesli, any flavour The Food Doctor muesli Weetabix with hot milk and raisins
― ljubljana, Monday, 26 May 2008 09:30 (seventeen years ago)
oh sdlfkldfj, I mean not the Food Doctor, the other one... Eat Natural Muesli. I eat it out of the tub in fistfuls.
― ljubljana, Monday, 26 May 2008 09:31 (seventeen years ago)
Alpen Muesli Shreddies Kellogg's Crunchy Nut Cornflakes
― snoball, Monday, 26 May 2008 11:53 (seventeen years ago)
All so bad they're good, all denied in childhood except when at dad's for visitation weekends or as part of Kellogg's snack packs:
Cinnamon Toast Crunch Honey Comb Sugar Pops
― suzy, Monday, 26 May 2008 11:56 (seventeen years ago)
Barbara's Puffins Original Alpha Bits Kashi GoLean
― pj, Monday, 26 May 2008 14:27 (seventeen years ago)
Although regular Cheerios is probably the best cereal ever.
YES. Thank you Trayce/DavidM. Please indicate brands of cereal
― Tape Store, Monday, 26 May 2008 15:22 (seventeen years ago)
krakow, can you specify a shredded wheat and a bran flake? thanks!
― Tape Store, Monday, 26 May 2008 15:29 (seventeen years ago)
regular cheerios lucky charms wheat chex
― warmsherry, Monday, 26 May 2008 15:32 (seventeen years ago)
Two more things: Muesli is cool. Second, I'm not dividing into healthy/sugary because...well, it would be like dividing an end-of-the-year music poll into different genres, which isn't really a bad thing. It's just tradition not to.
― Tape Store, Monday, 26 May 2008 15:35 (seventeen years ago)
ezekiel 4:9 golden flax
― bell_labs, Monday, 26 May 2008 15:43 (seventeen years ago)
Sort of honey nut cluster sorts of things, accent on the nutty rather than the honey, oh what are they called? I've had them but didn't know the name. Probably M&S.
Those.
― Mark G, Monday, 26 May 2008 17:26 (seventeen years ago)
kashi golean crunch optimum power (the one w/ ginger and cranberry) coco puffs
― tehresa, Monday, 26 May 2008 17:41 (seventeen years ago)
Anhedonia with Crunchberries
― Aimless, Monday, 26 May 2008 17:44 (seventeen years ago)
oh i just realized i think i meant optimum zen rather than power
― tehresa, Monday, 26 May 2008 17:44 (seventeen years ago)
now that's my kinda breakfast! er xp.
http://www.oxforddiecast.co.uk/images/c057%20logo.jpg
― ledge, Monday, 26 May 2008 17:45 (seventeen years ago)
Quaker Oat Squares Otameal BooBerry Count Chocula Frankenberry
― Abbott, Monday, 26 May 2008 17:46 (seventeen years ago)
Fruity Pebbles
― Surmounter, Monday, 26 May 2008 17:48 (seventeen years ago)
Life
Cream of the West, tho hot cereal choice of lonely Montana cowboys:
http://www.creamofthewest.com/images/cereals_3_boxes_140.jpg
― Abbott, Monday, 26 May 2008 17:52 (seventeen years ago)
My mom bought a box of Zoom hot cereal once, and my dad got upset.
http://www.krusteaz.com/images/brands/krusteaz/Baking_Mixes__Hot_Cereal/zoom_quick_hot_cereal/Krusteaz_-_Hot_Cereal_-_Zoom.jpg
He says it's "for retards."
???
― Abbott, Monday, 26 May 2008 17:54 (seventeen years ago)
mix: shredded wheat granola fresh peach fresh strawberries
― gabbneb, Monday, 26 May 2008 18:19 (seventeen years ago)
rice chex kix special k
― jergïns, Monday, 26 May 2008 18:24 (seventeen years ago)
grape nuts grits w/butter & pepper oatmeal w/brown sugar
― tipsy mothra, Monday, 26 May 2008 18:45 (seventeen years ago)
guys, just to be sure, you do realize that coming here and saying, 'shredded wheat with fresh strawberries and whip cream' is the equivalent of going on a music poll and nominating, 'that sufjan stevens album on a relaxing car trip to Napa Valley,' right?
― Tape Store, Monday, 26 May 2008 19:12 (seventeen years ago)
my noms:
http://math.hope.edu/newsletter/hexagons2.jpg http://farm1.static.flickr.com/45/181646552_2531adce33.jpg?v=0 http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x101/80sfan_01/MrT.jpg
― chaki, Monday, 26 May 2008 19:25 (seventeen years ago)
Shredded Wheat = Nestle Shredded Wheat Bran Flakes = Kellogg's Bran Flakes
"Shredded Wheat" is trademarked though, so doesn't really need qualifying, it's a specific brand already.
― krakow, Monday, 26 May 2008 20:11 (seventeen years ago)
My three nominations in pictures:
Nestle Shredded Wheat http://www.cerealpartners.co.uk/images/packet-sw.jpg
Kellogg's Bran Flakes http://www.kelloggs.co.uk/content/images/brands/branflakes/Cereal/ab-bf.jpg
Alpen No Added Sugar http://www.weetabix.co.uk/dynamicimages/producttranslation/live/en/image47.jpg
― krakow, Monday, 26 May 2008 20:14 (seventeen years ago)
I think Weetabix should definitely be in the poll as well though.
http://www.weetabix.co.uk/dynamicimages/producttranslation/live/en/image71.jpg
It would seem a crime if not.
― krakow, Monday, 26 May 2008 20:15 (seventeen years ago)
are you all 85 years old? waiting for someone to say corn bran, buncha liars.
spongebob squarepants ghostbusters fruit & fiber - peaches, raisings and almonds
all extinct. i'm not excited about any cereal out now. health valley raisin bran is good but too expensive
― tremendoid, Monday, 26 May 2008 20:20 (seventeen years ago)
cereal needs accouterments. oatmeal w/nothing is bleh. oatmean w/brown sugar melting into it is an entirely different food.
― tipsy mothra, Monday, 26 May 2008 20:35 (seventeen years ago)
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51ryTXH6QyL._SL500_AA280_PIbundle-24,TopRight,0,0_AA280_SH20_.jpg
― Tape Store, Monday, 26 May 2008 21:03 (seventeen years ago)
but that's not as good as if i make my own.
― tipsy mothra, Monday, 26 May 2008 21:14 (seventeen years ago)
Are grits like a corn porridge?
― Trayce, Tuesday, 27 May 2008 05:01 (seventeen years ago)
as always on these threads, my nomination is:
http://www.retroland.com/files/forum_pics/kaboom_2772.jpg
the cereal that back in the day could've united ravers (b/c of its candy-raver colors) and gangstas (b/c it's got the BLING! BLING!! if you look close enough).
― Eisbaer, Tuesday, 27 May 2008 05:06 (seventeen years ago)
and it HAS to be the old-school kaboom box, not this wack-ass shit that it comes in nowadays:
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51HAFHDoBAL._SL500_AA280_PIbundle-12,TopRight,0,0_AA280_SH20_.jpg
― Eisbaer, Tuesday, 27 May 2008 05:07 (seventeen years ago)
either way, kaboom is an advertisement for early diabetes or something.
― Eisbaer, Tuesday, 27 May 2008 05:08 (seventeen years ago)
We weren't allowed to eat any cereals with artificial colours and tons of sugar in them. So stuff like Froot Loops was out. I'm very glad of this.
(We did eat coco pops tho)
― Trayce, Tuesday, 27 May 2008 05:09 (seventeen years ago)
We weren't allowed to eat any cereals with artificial colours and tons of sugar in them.
DEPRIVED CHILD, YO.
― Eisbaer, Tuesday, 27 May 2008 05:12 (seventeen years ago)
yeah. you have to get the consistency right or they're all clumpy. but done well, they're creamy and delicious.
― tipsy mothra, Tuesday, 27 May 2008 05:14 (seventeen years ago)
Hey Tad I still have all my teeth, y0! ;P
― Trayce, Tuesday, 27 May 2008 05:24 (seventeen years ago)
Hey Trayce, wikipedia says WeetBix and WeetaBix are the same thing, so that one won't be a problem. I see your point, though; I guess I'll deal with it as it comes up.
― Tape Store, Tuesday, 27 May 2008 06:19 (seventeen years ago)
Post Raisin Bran
Rice Chex
Grape Nuts Flakes
― sleeve, Tuesday, 27 May 2008 06:44 (seventeen years ago)
cracklin oat bran 2nded
― roxymuzak, Tuesday, 27 May 2008 06:49 (seventeen years ago)
This thread really should have been called
ILX Cereal Poll: OM NOM NOM NOMINATIONS THREAD
― Mark G, Tuesday, 27 May 2008 08:15 (seventeen years ago)
Frosties Cinnamon Grahams Shreddies
― Thomas, Tuesday, 27 May 2008 08:26 (seventeen years ago)
so, so underrated (and obviously totally different to "smart start", whatever that is):
http://www.kelloggs.co.uk/images/brands/other/Cereal/mg_start.jpg
― grimly fiendish, Tuesday, 27 May 2008 09:21 (seventeen years ago)
(that's my nomination, btw. i considered adding another from the dorset range ljubljana mentions but it's too fucking expensive for what it is. and i prefer toast anyway.)
― grimly fiendish, Tuesday, 27 May 2008 09:23 (seventeen years ago)
Of course, when the actual poll is done, every nominated cereal should get one vote, but many will not get any. The winner will get 3 votes.
― Aimless, Tuesday, 27 May 2008 17:34 (seventeen years ago)
Why is that? Not to sound overconfident, but I expect more than five ballots!
― Tape Store, Tuesday, 27 May 2008 17:52 (seventeen years ago)
Multiple ballots?! Lawzy! And I thought secret boards were bad.
― Aimless, Tuesday, 27 May 2008 17:58 (seventeen years ago)
Kellogg's Frosted Mini Wheats
^^^forgot about these. also one of the few cereals that i will eat out of the box.
― Jordan, Tuesday, 27 May 2008 18:06 (seventeen years ago)
Why isn't anyone repping 4pple J4cks and C4pn Crunch?!?!?
― Tape Store, Tuesday, 27 May 2008 18:11 (seventeen years ago)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcayngErSMg
― roxymuzak, Tuesday, 27 May 2008 18:12 (seventeen years ago)
I remember eating that shit. One half of the box was Mario Bros and the other half was Zelda. I liked Zelda better.
I also remember reminiscing about this with friends every year since 1994.
― burt_stanton, Tuesday, 27 May 2008 18:15 (seventeen years ago)
remember those mini boxes of cereal? why did they always taste better?
― sunny successor, Tuesday, 27 May 2008 18:21 (seventeen years ago)
still available at motel continental breakfasts everywhere.
― Jordan, Tuesday, 27 May 2008 18:24 (seventeen years ago)
Weetabix Non-brand shreddies (fuck a Nestle) Quaker oats
― Ned Trifle II, Tuesday, 27 May 2008 18:33 (seventeen years ago)
Grits should take this in a walk.
― B.L.A.M., Tuesday, 27 May 2008 18:46 (seventeen years ago)
Cheerios Grape Nuts kix Corn Chex
― Michael White, Tuesday, 27 May 2008 18:51 (seventeen years ago)
grits are impossible to fuck up, that's the thing. even clumpy, even soupy, even crunchy they're gooood
― tremendoid, Tuesday, 27 May 2008 19:35 (seventeen years ago)
Cinnamon Grahams
^^^Bloody awful. Couldn't get past a second mouthful and I had to chuck the box away. And I (thought I) liked cinnamon.
http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s236/mezxspectrum/vlcsnap299313at4.png
"What are grits anyway?"
― DavidM, Tuesday, 27 May 2008 19:37 (seventeen years ago)
i don't know, they can be pretty bland. nothing a little http://www.cajunmarket.com/images/crystal12ozm.jpg can't fix.
xp
― Jordan, Tuesday, 27 May 2008 19:37 (seventeen years ago)
but of all the rustic colon blow nominations here I could eat grits without condiments way easier
― tremendoid, Tuesday, 27 May 2008 19:40 (seventeen years ago)
I like the scene in My Cousin Vinnie where Joe Pesci is like, "what's a grit?" I've still never seen grits in my life
― burt_stanton, Tuesday, 27 May 2008 19:40 (seventeen years ago)
Nature's Path Pumpkin FlaxPlus Granola Banana Nut Crunch Shredded Spoonfuls
― jaymc, Tuesday, 27 May 2008 19:48 (seventeen years ago)
Mark G, I like that title and wish I was clever. Were you thinking about http://www.quakeroats.com/qfb_OurBrands/images/ProductArray/OatmealCereal.jpg?
'cause that's an awesome cereal
― Tape Store, Tuesday, 27 May 2008 22:31 (seventeen years ago)
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b269/anthonypence/specialk.jpg
― chaki, Tuesday, 27 May 2008 23:19 (seventeen years ago)
oh chalki
― burt_stanton, Tuesday, 27 May 2008 23:35 (seventeen years ago)
Cinnamon Life Peanut Butter Cap N' Crunch Cheerios
― Yerac, Wednesday, 28 May 2008 03:16 (seventeen years ago)
special k is rad
― Curt1s Stephens, Wednesday, 28 May 2008 03:43 (seventeen years ago)
Peanut Butter Cap N' Crunch 4 life. I might have a bowl right now. I'm also 10 years old.
― burt_stanton, Wednesday, 28 May 2008 03:43 (seventeen years ago)
;_;
― Tape Store, Thursday, 29 May 2008 17:33 (seventeen years ago)
Last day! (actually, it's prob. tomorrow...have an "all-night" party today)
― Tape Store, Saturday, 31 May 2008 16:16 (seventeen years ago)
ok, TWO more hours
― Tape Store, Sunday, 1 June 2008 18:50 (seventeen years ago)
my nominations dissappeared!!
― sunny successor, Sunday, 1 June 2008 18:53 (seventeen years ago)
disappeared too
oh nevermind. ctrlF doesnt work too well on hidden messages. duh.
anyway im adding: NUTRIGRAIN (Kelloggs)
― sunny successor, Sunday, 1 June 2008 18:56 (seventeen years ago)
This is not a nomination, but this seems as good a place as any. On the side of the Shredded Wheat box there used to be a cross section diagram of a grain of wheat, and one of the parts was labelled "endosperm" - because of that I didn't eat Shredded Wheat for years as a kid.
― snoball, Sunday, 1 June 2008 18:58 (seventeen years ago)
very smart
― sunny successor, Sunday, 1 June 2008 19:00 (seventeen years ago)
Eating dinner...last chance before i make this list official:
Alpha Bits (Post) Apple Cinnamon Cheerios (General Mills) Apple Jacks (Kellogg) Banana Nut Crunch (Post) Boo Berry (General Mills) Bran Flakes (Kellogg) Cap’n Crunch (Quaker Oats) Cap’n Crunch Crunch Berries (Quaker Oats) Cheerios (General Mills) Cinnamon Life (Quaker Oats) Cinnamon Mini-Buns (Kellogg) Cinnamon Toast Crunch/Cinnamon Grahams (General Mills) Cocoa Krispies/Coco Pops (Kellogg) Cocoa Pebbles (Post) Cocoa Puffs (General Mills) Cookie Crisp (General Mills) Corn Chex (General Mills) Corn Flakes (Kellogg) Count Chocula (General Mills) Cracklin' Oat Bran (Kellogg) Creamy Stone-Ground Grits (Dixie Lily) Crispix (Kellogg) Crispy Critters (Post) Crispy Hexagons (Ralston) Crunchy Nut Cornflakes (Kellogg) Crunchy Nut Nutty (Kellogg) Crunchy Nut Red (Kellogg) Donkey Kong Cereal Ezekiel 4:9 Golden Flax (Food for Life) Muesli (Flavor Doctor) Frankenberry (General Mills) French Toast Crunch (General Mills) Frosted Cheerios (General Mills) Frosted Flakes/Frosties (Kellogg) Frosted Mini Wheats (Kellogg) Fruit Loops (Kellogg) Fruit n' Fiber - Peaches, Raisins and Almonds (Kellogg) Fruity Pebbles (Post) Ghostbusters Golden Grahams (General Mills) GoLean (Kashi) GoLean Crunch (Kashi) Good Friends High Fiber Cereal Grape Nuts (Post) Grape Nuts Flakes (Post) Great Grains (Post) Honey Bunches of Oats with Almonds (Post) Honey Nut Cheerios (General Mills) Honeycombs (Post) Instant Porridge (Kellogg) Irish Oatmeal (John McCann) Just Right (Kellogg) Kaboom (General Mills) King Vitaman (Quaker Oats) Kix (General Mills) Life (Quaker Oats) Lucky Charms (General Mills) Mario Bros (Ralston) Mr. T Crispy Corn and Oats Cereal (Quaker Oats) Muesli (Dorset) Multi-Grain Start (Kellogg) Nesquik (General Mills) Nintendo Cereal System (Ralston) Nutri-grain (Kellogg) Oh's (Quaker Oats) Optimum Zen: Ginger and Cranberry (Optimum) Oreo O's (Post) Peanut Butter Cap’n Crunch (Quaker Oats) Peanut Butter Toast Crunch (General Mills) Product 19 (Kellogg) Puffed Kashi (Kashi) Puffins Original (Barbara's Bakery) Pumpkin FlaxPlus Granola (Nature's Path) Quaker Oat Squares (Quaker Oats) Quaker Oat Squares: Cinnamon (Quaker Oats) Quaker Oats (Quaker Oats) Quaker Oats Crunch Berries (Quaker Oats) Quaker Oats Toasted Oatmeal (Quaker Oats) Quisp (Quaker Oats) Raisin Bran (Healthy Valley) Raisin Bran (Post) Raisin Bran Crunch (Kellogg) Reese's Puffs (General Mills) Rice Chex (General Mills) Rice Krispies (Kellogg) Rice Krispies Treats Cereal (Kellogg) Shredded Spoonfuls (Barbara's Bakery) Shredded Wheat (Nestle) Shreddies (General Mills) Smacks (Kellogg) Smart Start (Kellogg) Smorz (Kellogg) Special K (Kellogg) Spongebob Squarepants Cereal (Kellogg) Corn Pops/Sugar Pops (Kellogg) Total (General Mills) Trix (General Mills) Unsweetened Muesli (Alpen) Waffle Crisp (Post) Weet-Bix/Weetabix (Weetabix Limited) Wheat Chex (General Mills) Wheaties (General Mills)
― Tape Store, Sunday, 1 June 2008 22:51 (seventeen years ago)
3 minutes
― Tape Store, Sunday, 1 June 2008 23:28 (seventeen years ago)