Cereal for lunch?

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Cereal for lunch?

Again, I'm told I am clueless about the world

weeks

2:39 pm on Jan 27, 2011 (gmt 0)

Several months ago I posted my shock to find out that "body wash" had replaced bar soap in most US homes.

Now I learn, thanks to the NYT, that...

Among consumers who buy cereal, 59 percent eat it for breakfast most mornings, while 40 percent have a bowl for lunch or dinner sometimes, according to Mintel, a market research firm. [nytimes.com...] percent?

I was interested in this article because Kelloggs killed off my favorite breakfast cereal, called Just Right. I've been trying different products and have more or less settle on a Post product which I don't even know the name of, but it's got dates and pecans in it, but is not as good as Just Right was.

LifeinAsia

4:37 pm on Jan 27, 2011 (gmt 0)

I can't remember the last time (if ever) that I had a bowl of cereal for dinner or even lunch. (Maybe night owls who don't wake up until the afternoon are calling their first meal of the day "breakfast" even if it's 2 P.M.?)

However, every once in a while I might have a small snack of some cereal (mostly granola or the rare Coco Puffs), maybe a cup's worth. But not as meal by itself.

engine

5:00 pm on Jan 27, 2011 (gmt 0)

To avoid snacking on fatty, sugary foods, I keep a container of the basic shredded wheat (bite size) cereal (the one with nothing in it but wheat) and eat it, dry, no milk, throughout the day. I'll just munch at a few at a time to help keep the hunger pangs at bay. I don't think i've ever eaten a bowlful of cereal at one sitting at any time other than breakfast.

weeks

2:55 am on Jan 28, 2011 (gmt 0)

To avoid snacking on fatty, sugary foods, I keep a container of the basic shredded wheat (bite size) cereal (the one with nothing in it but wheat) and eat it, dry, no milk, throughout the day.

That sounds like it would work, unless it has a lot of salt. A nutritionist friend of mine tells people to snack on dry roasted unsalted almonds.

topr8

5:41 am on Jan 28, 2011 (gmt 0)

... we're all getting old! i'll bet 'lazy' students regularly eat cereal for lunch or dinner to save cooking!

wyweb

7:31 am on Jan 28, 2011 (gmt 0)

I eat cold pizza for breakfast sometimes. Don't know if that qualifies or not but if nobody volunteers to cook I generally take the path of least resistance.

wyweb

7:33 am on Jan 28, 2011 (gmt 0)

A nutritionist friend of mine tells people to snack on dry roasted unsalted almonds.

I was told carrots or celery sticks. That lasted about a day and a half.

grandpa

4:50 pm on Jan 31, 2011 (gmt 0)

That lasted about a day and a half.

It's almost sad to watch carrots sticks wither in the fridge...

tangor

5:32 am on Feb 3, 2011 (gmt 0)

Bypass all above and get all the benefits in the world's best food:

Beer.

J_RaD

10:59 am on Feb 5, 2011 (gmt 0)

I can't remember the last time I even at cereal.....

wyweb

12:06 am on Feb 6, 2011 (gmt 0)

Tangor, you're clearly a man after my own heart. In fact I think I know you. Didn't we pass out together one night on the chest of a well endowed Amsterdam lady of the evening?

tangor

8:00 am on Feb 6, 2011 (gmt 0)

Probably not, but I do remember an Amazon of Texas wherein a similar situation occurred. :)

Let us all raise a glass of liquid bread and get on with our day.

thecoalman

2:55 pm on Feb 6, 2011 (gmt 0)

I don't eat much cereal but when I do it's usually late night snack.

Cereal for lunch?

Again, I'm told I am clueless about the world

weeks

LifeinAsia

engine

weeks

topr8

wyweb

wyweb

grandpa

tangor

J_RaD

wyweb

tangor

thecoalman

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