Cereal killer
Taking a break from anything serious on an incredibly hot and humid afternoon, this post turns to a breakfast ritual. Cereal here, for me, after coffee, juice, and water, watered down by an hour with the Times and overnight e-mails.
The formula - first an initial dose of Uncle Sam, cereal of such healthy credibility that here it cannot stand on its own, rough whole wheat flakes and flax seed so dense that it take a rough sponge always to get the stuff off of the offending bowl. To cut Uncle Sam, Trader Joe's raisin bran, or honey, almond, and , yeah, flax whole grain crunch cereal is added. Then maybe, depending on the day, a portion of Post Great Grains cereal, with either raisins, dates, and pecans, or dried cranberries and almond. The coup de gras is a topping of either corn flakes or cheerios. Hey, I am of this country.
To all of this will be added, depending on what's in store, walnuts, blueberries, blackberries, or raspberries. Then there is the fat free milk. I call it "cereal killer" in the title because it is a filling meal that sets me back for awhile, especially on those days when I decide to add a couple of fried eggs with salt, pepper, and tabasco just to make sure that my cholesterol is not too low.
That's the non-message from this relief of a post.
Two follow up thoughts --- one could wish that those everywhere would have these choices, and I can wonder whether given Snowden's revelations the title of this will lead to some technological misinterpretation and have the police at my door.
The formula - first an initial dose of Uncle Sam, cereal of such healthy credibility that here it cannot stand on its own, rough whole wheat flakes and flax seed so dense that it take a rough sponge always to get the stuff off of the offending bowl. To cut Uncle Sam, Trader Joe's raisin bran, or honey, almond, and , yeah, flax whole grain crunch cereal is added. Then maybe, depending on the day, a portion of Post Great Grains cereal, with either raisins, dates, and pecans, or dried cranberries and almond. The coup de gras is a topping of either corn flakes or cheerios. Hey, I am of this country.
To all of this will be added, depending on what's in store, walnuts, blueberries, blackberries, or raspberries. Then there is the fat free milk. I call it "cereal killer" in the title because it is a filling meal that sets me back for awhile, especially on those days when I decide to add a couple of fried eggs with salt, pepper, and tabasco just to make sure that my cholesterol is not too low.
That's the non-message from this relief of a post.
Two follow up thoughts --- one could wish that those everywhere would have these choices, and I can wonder whether given Snowden's revelations the title of this will lead to some technological misinterpretation and have the police at my door.
posted by John Borden at 6:09 PM
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