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We bought cereals depending on what offers came w/ them – you could get de-coder rings & official Space Patrol credentials & all kinds of really neat stuff free just by sending in boxtops. There weren’t any sugar versions when I was young – I think the Tony the Tiger one was the first & I was past cereals by then.
My mom would allow us kids, once every month, to pick out our OWN box of cereal. Anything we wanted. I think it was quite shrewd, because it kept us from feeling deprived, thus much less likely to inhale the stuff anytime we visited friends homes who had it, and gave us some control over it.
The rest of the time it was Kix, Cheerios, those shredded wheat biscuits…
Cap’n Crunch
Cap’n Crunch with Crunchberries
Froot Loops (No homo)
Quisp
Quake
Apple Jacks
Alpha Bits
Sugar Smacks
Frosted Flakes
Lucky Charms
Flintstones’ Fruity Pebbles (No homo)
“Not a from a cereal family. Could have used a bloody mary this morning.”
DeLepp, you’re no fun. You’re a real cereal killer.
Now they make those cereals that are like little chocolate cookies and Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups. At least they tried to fool us and make it look quasi-healthy in our day!
“Was I depraved as a child? ”
YIKES! Don’t answer that!
I meant deprived.
Not a from a cereal family. Could have used a bloody mary this morning.
I’ve never tried any of those sugary kid cereals 🙁 Was I depraved as a child?
“cereal is nothing more than human dog food.”
Did you think that up, Rob, or is that something the squirrel told you?
🙂