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True Dough

(27,359 posts)
Wed May 13, 2026, 06:32 PM May 13

Do you eat cereal any time of day?

I just finished a bowl of Rice Krispies with sliced banana. A bit of brown sugar sprinkled on top.

Yum!

For the record, I had a healthy lunch of air-fried chicken nuggets, perogies and a heaping side of steamed veggies. So I have no qualms about eating cereal for dinner!


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I never eat cereal.
12 (27%)
I only eat cereal for breakfast.
5 (11%)
I'll eat cereal anytime I darn well please!
27 (61%)
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Do you eat cereal any time of day? (Original Post) True Dough May 13 OP
If you include grits, then yes any time at all Drum May 13 #1
Considering a new bedtime snack... EarthAbides May 13 #2
My mom had breast cancer twice! True Dough May 13 #9
Cancer treatment is barbaric EarthAbides May 14 #16
Silly rabbit, Trix is for kids. House of Roberts May 13 #3
I've been job-hunting for almost a month buzzycrumbhunger May 13 #4
Best of luck with the job hunt. True Dough May 13 #8
I love pretty much all the sugary stuff. CrispyQ May 13 #5
You know, True Dough May 13 #7
Remember Quisp & Quake? CrispyQ May 14 #17
Oh, dear. No. I don't know why the idea is so foreign to me. I love breakfast! CTyankee May 13 #6
Every once in a while, Mrs. Aristus and I will have cereal for dinner. Aristus May 13 #10
Is Mrs. Aristus your senior by several years? True Dough May 13 #11
She's eight years older than me, and just turned sixty-six. Aristus May 13 #13
You and I True Dough May 14 #14
✅️ Other.... electric_blue68 May 13 #12
yes Skittles May 14 #15
Sometimes I have a bowl for dessert. Luciferous May 14 #18
Any meal, but usually only once per day. Iggo May 14 #19

EarthAbides

(468 posts)
2. Considering a new bedtime snack...
Wed May 13, 2026, 06:43 PM
May 13

When my daughter was a toddler, (40 plus years ago) the cereal manufacturers were desperately trying to produce cereals that were healthy and low in sugar. I think that phase lasted a year...

20 years ago when I was going through my second breast cancer battle, I was getting infused with a platinum based chemo. Everything I ate tasted like nickles, except for Life Cereal. I ate it anytime I wanted to. Oh and vanilla frosting tasted like lard...

Lately I have been considering Cocoa Krispies in a small bowl with a banana for a bedtime snack.

True Dough

(27,359 posts)
9. My mom had breast cancer twice!
Wed May 13, 2026, 08:51 PM
May 13

First time was a lumpectomy. Second time was a mastectomy. They were eight years apart. Then she lived for 19 more years cancer-free until it showed up in her lungs. But she was a smoker almost all of her life.

Savor those Cocoa Krispies. Life is short.

Be well.

EarthAbides

(468 posts)
16. Cancer treatment is barbaric
Thu May 14, 2026, 02:54 PM
May 14

I had triple negative breast cancer, the worst cancer you can get. My doctor told me at our first meeting, if it comes back it will kill me. I had a lumpectomy. Two years later I found a new lump, same breast. I was freaking out until someone told me if it comes back in the same breast it is very treatable. Whew.... I have been cancer free for 15 years now... I just wish I had both breasts removed, not just the one. because I did not want to do the plastic surgery for a new breast. Buying bras is a nightmare and I refuse to pad the missing side. I am showing the world this is what breast cancer does to you.... and it is barbaric

buzzycrumbhunger

(2,189 posts)
4. I've been job-hunting for almost a month
Wed May 13, 2026, 06:47 PM
May 13

… so damned skippy I eat whatever the hell I want when I want! Just woke up after 6 pm and opted to skip the granola today and had chocolate pop tarts, however…

I am apparently a rebel. Or a child. Whatever. I answer to no one and will eat cereal whenever I damned well please, TYVM.



Apologies if this comes off as hostile. It’s probably the sugar talking.

True Dough

(27,359 posts)
8. Best of luck with the job hunt.
Wed May 13, 2026, 08:49 PM
May 13

Let off some steam here. It's good for the soul.

I too have eaten my share of chocolate Pop Tarts, but it's been quite a while.

CrispyQ

(41,115 posts)
5. I love pretty much all the sugary stuff.
Wed May 13, 2026, 07:10 PM
May 13

Corn, rice, wheat, oats, if it's covered in sugar, I'm there. I'm especially fond of cereals that add chocolate.

CrispyQ

(41,115 posts)
17. Remember Quisp & Quake?
Thu May 14, 2026, 08:40 PM
May 14

They were basically Cap't Crunch in different shapes. Well, Quisp is still around! 😮

I love Cap't Crunch. Wasn't there a movie where someone added it to their morning smoothie? I should try that.

Aristus

(72,559 posts)
10. Every once in a while, Mrs. Aristus and I will have cereal for dinner.
Wed May 13, 2026, 09:03 PM
May 13

When we're too tired from our long hours at work to cook, and we're sick of take-out.

Mrs. Aristus is retiring next year. We're both looking forward to her being able to cook nice hot meals for us. With me still working another eight or nine years, we'll just be two staunch liberal Democratic atheists living a right-wing wet dream of man-work, woman-cook.

True Dough

(27,359 posts)
11. Is Mrs. Aristus your senior by several years?
Wed May 13, 2026, 09:15 PM
May 13

That's the case for Mrs. True Dough and I. She is recently retired but still open to part-time or contract work.

I have another several years of work to go.

Aristus

(72,559 posts)
13. She's eight years older than me, and just turned sixty-six.
Wed May 13, 2026, 11:40 PM
May 13

She’s going to retire after her next birthday. She’s really looking forward to it. She’s earned it, and then some.

electric_blue68

(27,369 posts)
12. ✅️ Other....
Wed May 13, 2026, 09:19 PM
May 13

I eat when I can get it what I call...
"dessert braakfast"!

That is Trader Joe's Chocolate Granola! 🥄 with 🥛in the bowl!
Ohhh....yum! 😬🥰

Hope to get down to one in the next 2 weeks! It's on my list.

Skittles

(172,982 posts)
15. yes
Thu May 14, 2026, 04:58 AM
May 14

I often eat iron-fortified cheerios to boost my iron levels for platelet donations (not a big red meat fan)

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