When You Have A Cereal Obsession
Who made the rule that cereal should be eaten at breakfast only?
My mother visited my house the other day. When she opened the kitchen pantry, she let out an audible gasp. She stared at me with a perplexed look.
“Why on earth do you have so many breakfast cereals in here?” She asked, flabbergasted.
I shrugged. “Well, I eat granola for breakfast, and the kids eat Weetbix and Rice Bubbles in summer and porridge in winter. I’ve got Nutrigrain for after-lunch snacks. And then there’s Coco Pops Chex for dessert. Oh, and that box of limited-edition Unicorn Froot Loops is just for fun. Did you know they taste exactly like the one I used to eat as a kid in the 80s?”
It was the moment I realised I have a cereal obsession.
The problem is, I live in Australia where we have nowhere near the abundance of cereal choices as the lucky folk do in the United States.
I’ve dreamt of eating a bowl of Cap’n Crunch for as long as I can remember. And now I hear there are different flavours. (Stop teasing, Cotton Candy Crunch!)
Even worse, Australian cereal-makers have started to change breakfast cereals into ‘healthy’ options by taking out some of the sugar and salt content and replacing it with… to be honest, I don’t…
