Best and worst hot cereals?

[mac56]

A spinoff of the other cereal thread.

I love Ralston. It really, truly is the only hot cereal I can stand. Yes, I know hot cereal is better for me, and I grew up in Minnesota. Big deal.

Worst? Cream of Wheat. Great god in heaven, it's tepid library paste in a bowl.

[MrSandman]

1. Best...Grape-Nuts hot....n/t

[starroute]

14. I agree

And Grape-Nuts slightly warm (25 seconds in the microwave) does me nicely all through the summer.

[MrSandman]

16. Yummy...n/t

[calico1]

2. Best--oatmeal, though I don't have it

that often anymore. Its the one I didn't mind having when my mom made it for us.

Worst--Wheetena. Though its supposed to be good for you. Just don't like the consistency.

[Norbert]

3. Oat Meal

I usually get Meijer store brand because it is much less expensive than Quaker.

You don't like Cream of Wheat. I like the stuff. I like it even better when you skorch the bottom of the pan. Cream of Wheat instant is not too good though.

Cream of Rice was one I never cared for.

[eyesroll]

4. I like the rolled multi-grain stuff that you get in bulk at the organic

co-op...it's like 60 cents a pound and there's nothing in it.

Once, as an experiment, I bought a small amount of whole rye, whole oats, wheat berries and arborio rice, and made multi-grain risotto. My seasoning was flawed (I tried to make it breakfast-y and ended up sweetening it too much), but the general premise worked well, and I have enought to try a few more times.

I can't stand the Quaker fruity crap.

[nosmokes]

5. winner in both categories -

grits.

real grits, the kind take 40 minutes to make and that i add some grilled tomatoes, peppers and onion and cheese (crumble a little bleu into the mix) to is the best. that instant stuff is just plain awful.

[Kolesar]

9. That sounds delicious

The only grits I have ever made are the ones I cook in the microwave in a few minutes. I don't even know which brand I use; I think it is Quaker Oats brand grits. Is your product somehow different? More "raw"?

[nosmokes]

28. check your local co-op or see if you have a mill localy -

you might be surprised. you can get real grits mail order, too, and a little bit will last a long time.

[flamingyouth]

6. I love steel-cut Irish oatmeal

The kind you have to cook for a while, not the instant crap. Yum!

[mwdem]

7. Always a favorite of mine,

Worst, any sweetend cardboard crap that instantly goes limp in the bowl.

[amazona]

8. I loooove Cream of Wheat and Cream of Rice

I've never had Ralston but if it's better than Cream of Wheat I'm going to head out and buy some right this minute.

[mac56]

10. If you can find it.

It's getting harder to find since Nestle bought the old Ralston Purina brands. Grab on to it if you can. You won't be sorry.

[Kolesar]

11. Does anybody remember the Co-Co-Wheats commercial?

It was very soul. I never tried the product until a few years ago when I quit drinking milk. It sure is sweet.

[mac56]

13. Yup. They said it just that way too:

"Mmmmmmm! Co - Co - Weeeeeeets!"

Do you remember "I want my Maypo?"

[realisticphish]

25. i dont like it...

but the song gets stuck in my head

coco wheats coco wheats cant be beat
its the creamy hot cereal with the coco treat...


:hippie: The Incorrigible Democrat

[donco6]

12. I love Cream of Wheat

You are obviously not making it right.

[mac56]

18. Is it possible to "make it right"?

No offense, but I haven't had boiled overshoes "made right" either. Not sure I even want to.

[cmkramer]

19. I love it too

I like to experiment with what I put in it: nuts, raisins, honey, cheese, peanut butter, jelly, other fruit, brown sugar, cinnamon, etc. Obviously, not all at the same time.

I do like it plain though too. You can also fry up the leftovers the next day.

[BigMcLargehuge]

23. use half milk and half water, and get the cook on the stove for 5 minutes

kind.


MMMMMMMMMMMMMMM smooooooooooooooth and tasty :)

[donco6]

26. Yes!

Yummy.

Don't use the instant kind - never really understood that anyway. It takes five minutes to get the maple syrup and milk out.

[HarveyBriggs]

15. Hodgson Mill Oat Bran

What it lacks in taste it more than makes up in what it does for my blood pressure and cholesterol levels.

Magic.

Harvey Briggs

[jmowreader]

17. I like grits and oatmeal

But only if you cook them on the stove.

I'd like to cook them in the microwave, but grits aren't supposed to be crunchy from undercooking, and my nuked grits always are.

[Terran]

20. IMO,

Cream of rice and plain old oatmeal (long-cooked), with butter and sugar (brown or refined), are way the best.

Cream of wheat is okay. It *is* possible to not make it right.

For worst, I nominate a product that was around when I was a kid (still is?) called "Wheatena"--an always soupy mush of tiny granular brown wheaty-tasting pellets. I think it was the soupy texture I hated the most--like havinhg breakfast soup, basically--yuck.

[arwalden]

21. Oatmeal... Yum. Cream Of Wheat... YUM!

[MissB]

22. Best: homemade instant oatmeal

worst: Cream of anything.

[onebigbadwulf]

24. Coco Puffs - best....cereal...ever.

PERIOD! And the delicious chocolate milk that you can drink after... (shivers with excitement)

[mac56]

27. errr.... hot cereal....

nm

[ChoralScholar]

29. Quaker - Maple & Brown Sugar

if you cant get that one, Cinnamon & Spice will do.