I recently counted the boxes of cereal in our house. Combined tally from the cupboard, the pantry, and the arsenal bunker, we have 18 boxes. Not all of these are full, mind you. Even though we love to eat cold cereal, we really don't like to finish off the box. Only three boxes are mostly full. The rest have just a few flakes, nuggets, combs, or puffs each left inside. You know how it is -- you pour that seemingly last bowl but really there's too much for one bowl but not enough for a second bowl so a "half-bowl" simply languishes in the box for weeks, months, even weeks. I suppose I could just make a "suicide" bowl of Special Lucky Cocoa Trix, but then I wouldn't have 18 boxes anymore.
My favorite is Christmas Crunch. I was introduced to Christmas Crunch on Columbus Day 1988. I don't know what it is about Red #40 and Green #7, but they sure taste good. Much better than that Agent Orange stuff they used to put in Very Scary Halloween Crunch. I'm also partial to Kroger brand fake Honey Smacks. (Not so much for the taste or the 78% sugar content, but for the fact that I can buy them on sale for only $1.79). (That is a good price, but mind you, it isn't easy to come by. That price is only available whenever there is a fifth Wednesday, only between the hours of 11 and 11:20 am, only if I have a coupon for $1 off, and it's limited to the first seven customers.) (As I type this I realize that maybe it's not worth it to take a vacation day just to save $1 on a box of cereal.) (I'll stop using parentheses now.)
So, there you have it. Eighteen boxes. And not a whiff of oatmeal or Cream of Wheat in the house. Because, as my mother used to say, "If it doesn't give you hyperglycemia, Ace, it doesn't belong in your face."
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Yay! You're back. I've gotta run upstairs and count how many partially anything in them boxes of cold cereal are in our cupboard. They languish there, too, until they get all weevily.
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