The Breakfast Thread
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Topic: The Breakfast Thread
Posted By: Figglesnout
Subject: The Breakfast Thread
Date Posted: August 24 2008 at 03:43
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EDIT: This came about organically from a question which I asked below:
This thread is meaningless, I know, but I MUST know... Is mixing Maple and Brown Sugar Life Cereal with Cinnamon Life Cereal a good idea, a bad idea, or what? I must know.... And then it evolved into a discussion/ridicule of the breakfast habits of people, mostly a discussion of their differences cross-continent. Indulge, and go east some cereal for god's sake! ------------- I'm a reasonable man, get off my case |
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Posted By: Petrovsk Mizinski
Date Posted: August 24 2008 at 03:46
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It's not a good, or bad idea. It's the only idea  ------------- 
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Posted By: Figglesnout
Date Posted: August 24 2008 at 03:49
You sir have helped me make a groundbreaking decision... For this I thank you... ------------- I'm a reasonable man, get off my case |
HughesJB4 wrote:Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: August 24 2008 at 03:50
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bad, bad idea.. it'll be great for a few minutes, but soon you'll start to turn blue and wish you'd just had toast I do like Wheaties with maple syrup very much though, and I'd recommend it  |
Posted By: Figglesnout
Date Posted: August 24 2008 at 04:00
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Well I finished the bowl, and I didn't turn blue.
It was good, but I do think that just one of the other would've been better perhaps. Not sure. It wasn't bad. Just, a little too much. Over the top. Also, I will try the Wheaties and maple syrup idea one day, however I have to ask, is that dry?? Or with milk? If so, how does the syrup react with the milk....?  ------------- I'm a reasonable man, get off my case |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: August 24 2008 at 04:04
| oh milk please, and it kinda turns the milk mapley.. there used be a cereal called Buckwheats I don't see anymore, so I use this as a substitute and it turned out to be even better |
Posted By: Figglesnout
Date Posted: August 24 2008 at 04:16
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Interesting...You'd think the syrup would turn ghastly in the milk...
I'll have to investigate this immediately. ------------- I'm a reasonable man, get off my case |
Posted By: Jared
Date Posted: August 24 2008 at 04:32
^^of course, most of us on this side of the pond have absolutely no idea what you're talking about...
although I'd just like to add that this morning, I was mainly eating Shreddies, and they were very nice...  ------------- Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: August 24 2008 at 04:35
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oh come now, you must have maple syrup available somewhere Shreddies..? ..wonder if that's like our Shredded Wheat, a classic! |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: August 24 2008 at 04:36
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maybe this will become the breakfast thread ..maybe not |
Posted By: Jared
Date Posted: August 24 2008 at 04:40
------------- Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson |
Posted By: Figglesnout
Date Posted: August 24 2008 at 04:42
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Interesting...never had maple syrup?
So what do you typically eat for breakfast? over here, pancakes are like a standard...and waffles and of course my personal favorite, cereal... EDIT: Also, I could make this the breakfast thread,,,,just have to change the title...good idea, bad idea...or the only idea?? ------------- I'm a reasonable man, get off my case |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: August 24 2008 at 04:44
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Posted By: KoS
Date Posted: August 24 2008 at 04:46
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Life cereal? Seriously? Isn't that for little kids? But pancakes:  |
Posted By: Jared
Date Posted: August 24 2008 at 04:49
a bowl of cereal (usually weetabix, shreddies or corn flakes), 2 rounds of toast with marmalade and a mug of coffee...every morning (almost) without fail...
 pancakes are something we tend to have on pancake day...in mid February. Although most of us these days don't stick to this 'celebration' as much these days, I wouldn't say I eat a pancake more than once a year...
 as far as maple syrup is concerned, I think I first heard of it in the late '80s/ early '90s when a food chain called 'Little Chef' opened up, and started doing breakfast pancakes with maple syrup..can't say I ever took to the concept, personally...  ------------- Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson |
Posted By: Figglesnout
Date Posted: August 24 2008 at 04:50
Life is delicious, and if you don't believe me, these oughta convince you:
Squirrels love it, so should you! ------------- I'm a reasonable man, get off my case |
Posted By: Jared
Date Posted: August 24 2008 at 04:52
now, THEY look like shreddies....
  ------------- Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson |
Posted By: Figglesnout
Date Posted: August 24 2008 at 04:52
Coffee and toast are wonderful...and cereal. But...a life without pancakes... It's just no life at all...  ------------- I'm a reasonable man, get off my case |
Posted By: KoS
Date Posted: August 24 2008 at 04:53
Exactly my point. My favorite cereal is Honey Nut Cheerios or Honey Bunches of oats. Not that I don't like the classics like corn flakes. |
Posted By: Figglesnout
Date Posted: August 24 2008 at 04:53
This is what I was eating, except we have varieties over here. Cinnamon / Maple and Brown Sugar / Chocolate / vanilla Crunch / some others It's good stuff. ------------- I'm a reasonable man, get off my case |
Posted By: Jared
Date Posted: August 24 2008 at 04:54
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^^I've managed to live for 40 years so far with such a privation, and so I'm sure have most people in the UK.... ------------- Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson |
Posted By: Figglesnout
Date Posted: August 24 2008 at 04:55
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^^haha, well, i suppose that things you're raised with stick with you...
but how can you resist a buttery, melt-in-your-mouth pancake, lightly dripping with sweet, sweet maple syrup... I can't fathom it.  ------------- I'm a reasonable man, get off my case |
Posted By: Jared
Date Posted: August 24 2008 at 04:55
and my point is these 'honey nut' cereals are just too sweet for my tastes..like pancakes with maple syrup....  ------------- Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson |
Posted By: Jared
Date Posted: August 24 2008 at 04:57
we tend to dress our pancakes up in Jif Lemon Juice and (lightly sprinkled) brown sugar...
 ...no wonder we only have them once a year!! ------------- Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson |
Posted By: KoS
Date Posted: August 24 2008 at 04:58
 Oh, Fruit Loops! I don't know why parents buy 'em.  They taste as gross as they look. |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: August 24 2008 at 04:59
then I guess waffles and ice cream are out |
Posted By: Figglesnout
Date Posted: August 24 2008 at 05:00
That sounds...erm...I nno, interesting. I mean, brown sugar good and all, but why the lemon juice? It just doesn't sound like a very good combination...it seems like the pancakes would get very dry... ------------- I'm a reasonable man, get off my case |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: August 24 2008 at 05:01
I've had them that way.. when we'd make what we call bread pudding (not the English type) or 'German pancakes' ..once a year at Christmas  |
Posted By: Figglesnout
Date Posted: August 24 2008 at 05:03
!!!! 
But really more of a dessert than a breakfast. ------------- I'm a reasonable man, get off my case |
Posted By: Figglesnout
Date Posted: August 24 2008 at 05:05
same here. bread pudding...but i can't imagine a plate of pancakes prepared that way... i'd just miss the butter and the syrup... ------------- I'm a reasonable man, get off my case |
Posted By: Jared
Date Posted: August 24 2008 at 05:09
Its because in the UK, we are not allowed to eat foods which are too tasty, because we'll feel guilty about it afterwards... we always have to inject a certain amount of bitter/sour/savoury taste, for it to be deemed 'good for you' and therefore healthy...
a pancake coated in maple syrup would take up our whole week's sugar ration in a single sitting...
 ------------- Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson |
Posted By: KoS
Date Posted: August 24 2008 at 05:09
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http://www.jujucerealbar.com/Menu.aspx - http://www.jujucerealbar.com/Menu.aspx Cereal 'bar' in LA It's basically a restaurant that serves all kinds of cereal. It's bizarre to say the least. But tasty, oh, so tasty. |
Posted By: Figglesnout
Date Posted: August 24 2008 at 05:10
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Haha I see...I'll be staying in America for a while then, though I like my share of bitter things as well...
And savory foods =  ------------- I'm a reasonable man, get off my case |
Posted By: Jared
Date Posted: August 24 2008 at 05:13
^^ M&Ms in a cereal????
that's blasphemy of the highest order... and wouldn't catch on in the UK, where we still cling to the out dated ethos that cereals have to be good for you, and to prove it, need to taste like chip board and rabbit droppings.... ------------- Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson |
Posted By: Figglesnout
Date Posted: August 24 2008 at 05:13
This is amazing. Also, if this reaches 3 or so pages, I'll change the title and first post to better suit the more general topic of breakfast we are now discussing. get some more in on it. ------------- I'm a reasonable man, get off my case |
Posted By: Figglesnout
Date Posted: August 24 2008 at 05:16
But you don't have to have M&Ms...you can basically order muesli, with all kinds of fresh fruit, and a cup of coffee to boot. ------------- I'm a reasonable man, get off my case |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: August 24 2008 at 05:17
we have many granolas here that are full of those things - quite good too, I get it often - |
Posted By: Jared
Date Posted: August 24 2008 at 05:19
ahhh the United States... the land of freedom, democracy and a wide-ranging choice of breakfast cereals...
...I'm booking my flight.... ------------- Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: August 24 2008 at 05:23
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yes if it weren't for our astounding superiority in the grain-oriented comestibles, I'd be outta here baby |
Posted By: Figglesnout
Date Posted: August 24 2008 at 05:27
 ------------- I'm a reasonable man, get off my case |
Posted By: VanderGraafKommandöh
Date Posted: August 24 2008 at 05:28
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Get a bowl Pour in branflakes Pour in milk Put bowl in the microwave for 30 seconds to a minute Remove Eat... get indigestion. Most mornings I have toast though... microwave branflakes just don't have the same appeal they used to. -------------   
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Posted By: Jared
Date Posted: August 24 2008 at 05:30
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^^^
on topic: did Baldie go for cereals or pancakes this morning... with maybe a chipmunk on the side? ------------- Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson |
Posted By: KoS
Date Posted: August 24 2008 at 05:30
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branflakes? Bill Hicks was right, absolutely no imagination goes into naming these things. |
Posted By: Figglesnout
Date Posted: August 24 2008 at 05:31
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^^Whoa! That sounds...crazy.
I dunno. Sounds like a good way to make homemade catfood...maybe one day when I actually buy branflakes instead of sugar-flaked sugarness like I usually buy. I doubt it though. ------------- I'm a reasonable man, get off my case |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: August 24 2008 at 05:32
 yack, James, I'd rather have bangers.. if you know what I mean |
Posted By: Jared
Date Posted: August 24 2008 at 05:33
I'm sorry James, but there is just something deeply, fundamentally wrong with hot cereals....
frankly, they aren't big and they aren't clever...
 ------------- Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson |
Posted By: VanderGraafKommandöh
Date Posted: August 24 2008 at 05:33
I've only ever met (apart from my father) one other person who's tried microwaves Branflakes and she was a lovely girl I met at University.  Oh it has to be Branflakes, not Crunchy Nut Branflakes or Cornflakes (the milk and cornflakes seem to get too hot and burn the mouth). -------------
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Posted By: KoS
Date Posted: August 24 2008 at 05:34
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Would you consider porridge a cereal? |
Posted By: Figglesnout
Date Posted: August 24 2008 at 05:34
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I agree. Unless it's oatmeal, or otherwise "cereal" that was MEANT to be hot...
that hot branflakes stuff just sounds...I dunno...like I said, a purely cheap way to prepare food for an indulgent cat... Not something I'd try under normal circumstances. ------------- I'm a reasonable man, get off my case |
Posted By: Jared
Date Posted: August 24 2008 at 05:35
too right...you see, in the UK, we like to KNOW exactly what the box contains...ie BRAN FLAKES...period.
in the US, you'd probably market them as 'sleezers' or something... ------------- Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson |
Posted By: Figglesnout
Date Posted: August 24 2008 at 05:35
I certainly would. ------------- I'm a reasonable man, get off my case |
Posted By: VanderGraafKommandöh
Date Posted: August 24 2008 at 05:36
Everyone balks at microwaved Branflakes and I don't get it...  However, it only works with Branflakes... I've tried others and they just don't work. Also, you have to get the timing right, otherwise it becomes a congealed mess and sticks to the bowl. Edit: also, the level of milk is crucial as well... too little milk will make it a congealed mess as well Edit2: one crucial thing... you have to watch the bowl in the microwave so you know when to stop the microwave... it's crucial, 'cause of the milk bubbles over the top of the bowl, you've overdone it. You need to pull it out just as the milk is about to go over the edge of the bowl -------------
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Posted By: Jared
Date Posted: August 24 2008 at 05:37
no, porridge is more of an ordeal than a cereal.... ------------- Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson |
Posted By: Figglesnout
Date Posted: August 24 2008 at 05:38
It'd need a mascot too... "Sleezers! 100% percent wholegrain cereal! Sleezy the Rat says, "Dis sh*t's da bomb, yo!"  ------------- I'm a reasonable man, get off my case |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: August 24 2008 at 05:38
hot cream of wheat with butter and brown sugar on a cold morning  |
Posted By: Figglesnout
Date Posted: August 24 2008 at 05:38
sounds like about 500 disasters waiting to happen... ------------- I'm a reasonable man, get off my case |
Posted By: Jared
Date Posted: August 24 2008 at 05:39
I guess its a highly effective way of breaking down and pulping cardboard.... ------------- Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson |
Posted By: Figglesnout
Date Posted: August 24 2008 at 05:40
Or, as I've mentioned, making emergency catfood. ------------- I'm a reasonable man, get off my case |
Posted By: Jared
Date Posted: August 24 2008 at 05:40
------------- Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson |
Posted By: VanderGraafKommandöh
Date Posted: August 24 2008 at 05:41
When it's done right, it's delicious. When it's done wrong, it's horrible. That's why I tend to have toast now. Plus it uses a lot of milk... 'cause the milk has to be filled to 3/4 of the bowl. -------------
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Posted By: VanderGraafKommandöh
Date Posted: August 24 2008 at 05:42
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I'll have you know it's a fine art getting the branflakes right every morning! If I use a different microwave, it completely goes wrong as well.
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Posted By: Jared
Date Posted: August 24 2008 at 05:43
I can just feel my arteries constricting, blood coagulating and valves creaking shut as I read...
I'm sure I've consumed 3000 calories through osmosis since the start of this thread... ------------- Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson |
Posted By: KoS
Date Posted: August 24 2008 at 05:44
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Most important meal of the day. It should be filling. |
Posted By: Figglesnout
Date Posted: August 24 2008 at 05:44
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Hahaha. What about milk? This should be fun...
I say whole milk or f**k it all. ------------- I'm a reasonable man, get off my case |
Posted By: Figglesnout
Date Posted: August 24 2008 at 05:45
EXACTLY. The two-thousand calorie diet is just a light recommendation here in the states. More like 12000 or so, I'd say. ------------- I'm a reasonable man, get off my case |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: August 24 2008 at 05:45
my God man how many microwaves do you have |
Posted By: Jared
Date Posted: August 24 2008 at 05:47
nah...these days, if I drink 'whole milk' I can taste its stickiness in the back of my throat for the next couple of hours....so I stick with semi skimmed...
I tried skimmed milk, but its a step too far... and should only be used for white water rafting... ------------- Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson |
Posted By: VanderGraafKommandöh
Date Posted: August 24 2008 at 05:48
Just the one. But I had one at University for a while and I had to completely re-adjust the timings. I think about 1 minute 30 seconds is about right... I've not them in ages. And Siam, these branflakes are filling! They actually give you indigestion if they're too congealed. -------------
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Posted By: Figglesnout
Date Posted: August 24 2008 at 05:48
well, I agree with the second half of your post at least. you see, if i want some cereal, i want to feel myself getting fatter, i want to KNOW the expansions of my stomach and to be able to greet them. thus, whole milk is the only way to go, really. ------------- I'm a reasonable man, get off my case |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: August 24 2008 at 05:48
well if can type this through my uncontrollable laughter, I agree WM is best, though I did go through an Extra Rich milk phase (you listening fandango?  ) .. but generally I buy 2% cause it has a nice balance |
Posted By: KoS
Date Posted: August 24 2008 at 05:48
James is weirder than I thought. |
Posted By: VanderGraafKommandöh
Date Posted: August 24 2008 at 05:50
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I prefer creamier milk but I usually have semi-skimmed (blue top I think--it's from a local dairy).
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Posted By: Figglesnout
Date Posted: August 24 2008 at 05:51
the best milk i've ever had was this crazy rich milk that was like straight from the udder or something. it was orgasmic. i drank almost a gallon of it. it was some crazy brand our grocery store had for like a week or so before the FDA decided it was likely to give people heart attacks just by looking at it, and removed it, or something like that. but damn it was good. ------------- I'm a reasonable man, get off my case |
Posted By: Jared
Date Posted: August 24 2008 at 05:52
I don't know why you don't just eat your cereal with a block of cheese... ------------- Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson |
Posted By: VanderGraafKommandöh
Date Posted: August 24 2008 at 05:52
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You cannot buy unpasteurised milk in supermarkets over here... I've never tried it but I gather it's quite sickly. And there is some sort of health-risk associated with it... apparently. -------------
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Posted By: KoS
Date Posted: August 24 2008 at 05:54
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Whole Foods markets, I think still carries unpasteurized milk. It does have a huge warning label |
Posted By: VanderGraafKommandöh
Date Posted: August 24 2008 at 05:54
Or with lots of milk and microwaved. -------------
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Posted By: KoS
Date Posted: August 24 2008 at 05:55
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Posted By: Figglesnout
Date Posted: August 24 2008 at 05:55
Actually, I don't think you can here either. I bought this in a shanty town 7-11 type convenience store one night around 2 AM, just because I wanted cereal so badly. Never saw it again, not even in that store...a sad thing, truly. ------------- I'm a reasonable man, get off my case |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: August 24 2008 at 06:02
that's not a bad idea, maybe Cheerios and Gouda, no wait, Raisin Bran and a nice Stilton .. |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: August 24 2008 at 06:06
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should Raisin Bran be added to ProgArchives? There is a good case to be made, especially the early work which had far more raisins than now |
Posted By: Figglesnout
Date Posted: August 24 2008 at 06:08
Well the thing is, if you add raisin bran, you automatically have to add both all of its influences AND all of its modern-day copy-cats, including all of the off brands. it's a tricky thing, really. Do we really want the archives polluted with Torman Maxt-brand cereals? I mean, sure the numbers will go up, but is it really worth it? ------------- I'm a reasonable man, get off my case |
Posted By: VanderGraafKommandöh
Date Posted: August 24 2008 at 06:11
I don't like raisin bran flakes really and they don't work in the microwave. Pop Tarts are very RIO though and should be here. They're the opposite of M&M's... they "burn in your mouth, not in your hands". -------------
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Posted By: Figglesnout
Date Posted: August 24 2008 at 06:12
Also, they burn in the microwave if you leave the stupid things in there for longer than maybe 5 seconds. ------------- I'm a reasonable man, get off my case |
Posted By: VanderGraafKommandöh
Date Posted: August 24 2008 at 06:16
This is why branflakes are so much better in this regard. 1 minute 30 (give or take) and they're fine (as long as you have the right milk consistency). I should market them... they've never catch on. -------------
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Posted By: Figglesnout
Date Posted: August 24 2008 at 06:18
but just what is the "right milk consistency"? ------------- I'm a reasonable man, get off my case |
Posted By: VanderGraafKommandöh
Date Posted: August 24 2008 at 06:22
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I've mentioned the right consistency already... However... it's 3/4 of the bowl with branflakes in. That way, when the milk heats up, it warms ALL the flakes together. Also, the milk has to lap like waves, almost approaching the top of the bowl... when it looks as if the milk is about to lap to much and fall over the edge... then it's ready to be taken out. Of course, you could always put less branflakes in, thus you'd need less milk. That would work too. Basically, the milk has to lie just under the height of the top flakes. Don't drown them! -------------
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Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: August 24 2008 at 06:25
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here 'pudding' is cooked milk with sugar and flavors, but in England it can be different things, is this right James? |
Posted By: Figglesnout
Date Posted: August 24 2008 at 06:26
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But what about bowl size? I use fairly lare bowls, typically? Does this affect anything/everything, such as the time I should cook it...
And for the records, I DO think that microwaved branflakes and milk are quite avant-garde and forward-thinking, though they lack focus at times. still, I think they belong in the archives for sure. ------------- I'm a reasonable man, get off my case |
Posted By: VanderGraafKommandöh
Date Posted: August 24 2008 at 06:29
I just use a standard size bowl... I've never experimented with large bowls. However, a large bowl would mean a whole bottle of milk, probably (that's if you fill the whole bowl up with flakes)... it's expensive that way! It should work though... it may require a little longer with timings though... I'm not sure. I've also never tried sugar with it, 'cause I never have sugar on my cereal. David, puddings are the same as dessert. -------------
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Posted By: Jared
Date Posted: August 24 2008 at 06:30
actually David, I'm coming around to your way of thinking on this one... ------------- Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson |
Posted By: Jared
Date Posted: August 24 2008 at 06:34
hmmm...convenience stores selling unpasturised milk at 2am...
it puts me in mind of a quote by Woody Allen as to why he loved living in Manhattan so much...
he said that if he wanted, he could get up and go out for a Cantonese meal at 3am. The fact is that he never wanted to, because Cantonese at 3am would give him dreadful indigestion, but the mere fact that he knew he could if he ever wanted to, made him love Manhattan.... ------------- Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson |
Posted By: Figglesnout
Date Posted: August 24 2008 at 06:34
EDIT: !!!! And on that note, I HAVE to go sleep..I did not realize it was 6:40 A.M. over here on the east coast....I'm going to die! ...but I'll be back with details on what I ate for breakfast ------------- I'm a reasonable man, get off my case |
Posted By: Jared
Date Posted: August 24 2008 at 06:38
------------- Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson |
Posted By: Jared
Date Posted: August 24 2008 at 06:40
no, but 7.8 inch bowls are ultimately sooo much more fulfilling that 4.5 inch bowls... ------------- Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson |
Posted By: VanderGraafKommandöh
Date Posted: August 24 2008 at 06:42
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No... I consider Apple Pie/Crumble/Strudel with Custard/Ice Cream a pudding. But there is Christmas Pudding, Sticky Toffee Pudding and other such puddings that are indeed what David implies. -------------
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Posted By: VanderGraafKommandöh
Date Posted: August 24 2008 at 06:44
But I only have a bowl of bran flakes, I don't have 2 slices of toast as well. I'm not much of an eater anyhow, I quite often skip breakfast.-------------
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Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: August 24 2008 at 06:45
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'night Ben ! Jared; I think I kinda get the whole English pudding thing but it still baffles me.. so, technically pudding is indeed cooked sugared milk as it is here.. but yet some English feel many desserts can be pudding (or 'puds' ? ) ..no, it's a mystery inside a riddle wrapped in an enigma Edit; OK, just caught James post and it's a bit clearer, |
Posted By: Jared
Date Posted: August 24 2008 at 06:54
well, to be categorised as a proper 'pudding', the dish has to adhere to a number of criteria...it has to be hot, sweet & filling...usually sponge or pie based, and involve custard..
...of course poncy southerners like James will have you believe that you can use cream or ice cream and still call it a pudding, but for us, that's a 'dessert' and should be kept strictly south of the Thames...
I think we may need to get the prog pudding team into voting for clearance on this one... ------------- Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson |
Posted By: VanderGraafKommandöh
Date Posted: August 24 2008 at 06:59
Well yes... I guess if I used ice cream and/or tip top/squirty cream it should be a dessert. -------------
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