You could be forgiven for thinking that I think Bitesize Shredded Wheat is the best breakfast cereal. Such is not the case. I believe that Shreddies are the best breakfast cereal - well, with one or two provisos. The real category is breakfast cereals of the basic types, you know, with no added sugar and other such piffery.
So, in my estimation, the basic choice is:
Cornflakes
Shreddies
Shredded Wheat (and Bitesize too)
Rice Crispies
Puffed Wheat
Weetabix
Bran Flakes
Cheerios
There may be others - please do enlighten me - but my choice from this list for flavour, texture and all-round cereal enjoyment would certainly be Shreddies.
So - what of Bitesize Shredded Wheat?, I hear you ask. Well, to be perfectly honest, I /wish/ I hear you ask. Heck, I'm going to tell you anyway. Bitesize Shredded Wheat, in common with Shredded Wheat itself, has one property which raises it far above its lowly roots as a sugar-free breakfast cereal. I am not referring to them being 100% whole wheat, either. It is simply this:
Even when the milk has sunk into them, they are still nice to eat.
Yeah, take a moment. Drink in the truth.
Sure, Shreddies are delicious - but, the pressure! As soon as that milk goes on, the clock is ticking. Eat eat EAT! Quickly now, or all you will have is a malty mushy mess.
Weetabix - yeah, fine enough in their own way, but the window of crispiness whilst milk has been applied is painfully small. Should you be one of the brave individuals who have two at once - well.... you'd better be in top form if you don't want to complete your morning repaste with a barrage of soggy baby food hitting your palette.
Similar can be said of all the others. Only Shredded Wheat knows how to survive.
Anyway, that is my view - and I am not ashamed of it. So there.
You utter much sensible truth here Andy. A personal favourite of mine is a quality (quality mind you not rabbit food!)...muesli with probably a strawberry flavoured yoghurt poured liberally over the top. This is essentially a summer breakfast. At the moment I am indulging in porridge 'of a morning'. Best regards and happy breakfasting.
Posted by: Tim the Enchanter | October 29, 2004 at 10:32 AM
Shredded Wheat is fine as long as it is really soggy. Otherwise it is like trying to eat straw. When eating Shredded Wheat I like to spend plenty of time squashing it into the milk substitute.
Cornflakes are really good because they don't all go soggy at once so you get a nice mix of textures.
Posted by: Pat | October 29, 2004 at 10:56 AM
Are sausages, bacon, eggs, haggis, fried bread, beans, hash browns, mushrooms and fried tomato considered a breakfast cerial? If not, then I vote for chips.
Posted by: Jason Thompson | October 29, 2004 at 11:30 AM
I agree with dad. Healthy muesli with yoghurt (mind you in order for this to not contradict itself it should be the healthy sort of yoghurt). I like Kelloggs Crunchy Nut Clusters at the minute and also Tesco's Maple and Pecan crisp - they're really more-ish. Then there's always black pudding sarnies and a bowl of fresh tripe.
Posted by: Aaron the fast breaker | October 29, 2004 at 02:33 PM
I'm hearing a lot about museli - but is it really one of the basic types of cereal?
Maybe it is.
As for you, Jason - it's chips.
Posted by: AndyC | October 30, 2004 at 12:08 AM
Hey! What's with all the dissing of soggy cereal? Some of us like the soggy bits! Does that make me, er, I mean, us, a bad person, I mean, people? For me, er, I mean us, Weetabix et al reaches a state of perfection when you, by which I mean we, can suck it through a straw. Now that's good eating!!
or rather, good slurping...
Posted by: Zil | October 30, 2004 at 01:57 AM
If you want a cereal that stays crisp then
Cheerios are in my humble opinion
definately the best option.
I have no idea how healthy they are but they are high on entertainment value -you can suck the milk thru the hole and very tiny people can use them for hoopla.
Posted by: karrie | October 30, 2004 at 11:33 PM
Of all the aforementioned cereals, I have to say that I think Weetabix is fine with just a spattering of milk. It does look rather like cement after a short time however, and if it's left in the bowl while one goes shopping, and the bowl is left in the sunlight, it's utterly impossible to scrape off. *ponders possibility of marketing as new adhesive*
Personally, I think that Cinnamon Crunch is unbeatable as a breakfast cereal, if indeed one has to eat cereal at all.
Toast could count as a cereal couldn't it? That stays lovely and crispy!
Posted by: Jo | November 04, 2004 at 12:31 AM
Mini Wheats with a lil brown sugar, pour on the milk and pop in the microwave for 1 minute...MMM!
Posted by: BabyG | March 07, 2005 at 05:03 PM
If only I knew what mini-wheats were...
Posted by: AndyC | March 07, 2005 at 05:46 PM
Anyone like Kix. I like them a lot. I like me cereals soggy, I can't stand them all crispy, so I normally let them sit in the milk for a while before I eat them. A lot of people don't like it this way for some reason.
Posted by: JT | March 17, 2005 at 01:43 AM