No, no. No, manbearpig sightings here. Just good ole taste reviews of God's gift to man....Breakfast Cereal.
Figure this might be fun as you eventually hitchhike your way throughout the states where cereal is unbelievably plentiful.
The guidelines for Enjoyed are:
1. Pick a cereal to consume. List name, brand, and picture if available.
2. List what liquid base is used (whole milk, 2%, 1%, skim , almond, half and half, whole cream, no liquid [dry cereal] etc.)
3. Brief description of current mood before consuming cereal
4. Brief description of mood after consuming cereal.
5. Finally, most importantly, review cereal. (Try and stick to one review per week)
6. Delete my thread if you hate this idea.
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This is the greatest thing anyone has ever asked me to be a part of.
Do they have be things I've never had before? I can start tomorrow if not. Got a box of Lion Cereal waiting.
Choose whatever your gut should desire. Although, more obscure products might make this more interesting.
I can retrospectively review these weird things from Estonia.
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They're called Wizard Sticks. Manufactured by Rimi, a supermarket chain in Scandanavia and the baltics.
Liquid base was semi-skimmed milk - 1.7%
Before I began the meal I was excited about the prospect of discovering something new and delicious. Upon opening the inner bag I was overcome with apprehension when I saw the size of the individual 'cereal' pieces. Initially I imagined them to be the size of a regular Wotsit (or Cheeto) but they were a good 2 to 3 times the size, which made the prospect of enjoying them as a casual breakfast snack seem a little more daunting.
Pouring them into the bowl I began to focus on the texture and colour of the cereal, which further fueled the apprehension. The pieces seemed very light, hollow. And the colour was not the golden yellow displayed on the box, but a far pailer shade, not unlike that of a sponge finger.
I poured the milk in and noticed a distinct lack of natural flow. The milk quickly seeped into even the upper most sticks and I knew right then that the structural integrity of the cereal was sure to be another let down. Digging in with my spoon I was able to collect a mere 3 wizard sticks onto what I consider to be a reasonably sized dessert spoon. A significant amount of effort was then required to fit all of the pieces into my mouth without spilling milk or dropping a stick back into the bowl.
The final step was the consumption. This was probably the most disappointing stage, as at least the shape, size and colour had their charm and nuance as a new experience. Eating the wizard sticks though was like chewing on a soon-to-be-stale corn chip. The sugar was over powering and not in a good way. The balance of sugar to salt fluctuated with every chomp suggesting a poor coating method during production. Furthermore, I began to notice the soggyness of each bite. Milk that has been trapped inside the hollow sticks would ooze into the mouth as it closed down, making for an overall stale-wet combination that ultimately left me disappointed.
My feelings after finishing three bowls of the stuff (because, I was hungry) were that of relief, mild sadness and a quenched curiosity. I shall not be purchasing them again. But am glad to have had the experience.
Damn this is going to be the best thread ever.
Well shit. That was a whole lot more than I expected. This truly is a passion it seems. ;D
Bravo on your first review. Wizard Sticks is an awesome name for a cereal, but lacks everything else.
"Sweet"
lol
I was skeptical about this thread.
And now... I'm in love.
Quote from: Enjoyed on Aug 27, 2015, 02:27
Milk that has been trapped inside the hollow sticks would ooze into the mouth as it closed down, making for an overall stale-wet combination that ultimately left me disappointed.
You don't know how hard I was laughing when I read this. Unexpectedly and amazing review Enjoyed.
You get a nom for thread of the year Bosco.
Quote from: Enjoyed on Aug 27, 2015, 02:27
I can retrospectively review these weird things from Estonia.
They're called Wizard Sticks. Manufactured by Rimi, a supermarket chain in Scandanavia and the baltics.
They look like apperitive snacks
Are you sure they weren't just Wotsits, Enjoyed?
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Quote from: Skyscraper on Aug 27, 2015, 17:42
Are you sure they weren't just Wotsits, Enjoyed?
I wouldn't have been disappointed if they were.
I'll be waiting for Enjoyed's review of the following two cereals as he nomnomnom's his way through Breakfast In America (literally)
1. Lucky Charms - they are magically delicious and if you grew up in a time when parents didn't give two shits about what kids ate for breakfast (a.k.a. The 70's and 80's), this was a cupboard staple. And if it wasn't a cupboard staple at home, you could always count on the grandparents having this cereal on hand. It tastes the same then as it did now, so it tastes like childhood.
2. Apple Jacks - jacked is right. Jacked up on sugar, that is. Come to think of it, it's good right out of the box, too. What's especially tickling about Apple Jacks is it doesn't taste like apples or anything remotely related to fruit, even in a parallel universe.
Quote from: whirlygirl on Aug 28, 2015, 02:17
1. Lucky Charms - they are magically delicious.
I was planning to have some this weekend...
To add to Whirly's list of some cereals to look out for:
Rice Krispies Treat Cereal by Kellogg's - I think the name of the cereal explains itself. This is the K+D+B of cereal, Godlike. Texture and taste is perfect. My favorite cereal out there right now.
Oh's by Quaker- This cereal is either the best kept secret, or the most underrated cereal of all time. This is the cereal you find at the Dollar Store and you presume to be crap because "how does a Dollar Store possible sell anything of quality"? Well Oh's shatters that thought. At $1.99 a box, it sticks true to it's advertising on the box, "Great Value."
Cap'n Crunch Peanut Butter Crunch by Quaker (... I think) - I enjoy all Cap'n Crunch Cereals, but the Original and Crunch Berry version can be overwhelmingly sweet at times. Peanut Butter Crunch is a fucking Rockstar among peanut butter cereals.
Honorable mention:
Cookie Crisp by General Mills - I'm fairly certain this cereal was victim of a recipe change. I had this a few years back, and it just doesn't taste the same. When I was a kid, this was the best cereal ever. It was so popular in my area, it was difficult to keep in stock at grocers. An absolute treat to eat, all the way down to the milk remnants. Who doesn't like eating cookies for breakfast?
Additionally, when I choose unhealthy choices like these cereals, I make sure to not cheat myself of flavor and opt for 2% milk. Anything less can ruin the meal, in my opinion.
Cocoa Pebbles is one I'm addicted to. Best after drowning in milk for a minute or two. Quite the rush of chocolate.
And I absolutely agree with Bosco on Oh's and Cookie Crisp. I haven't had Oh's in ages, thank you for reminding me of them!
Cap'n Crunch has amazing taste, but it absolutely shreds the roof of your mouth. It's one of those pleasure and pain sort of deals.
Quote from: Bosco on Aug 28, 2015, 04:38
Rice Krispies Treat Cereal by Kellogg's - I think the name of the cereal explains itself. This is the K+D+B of cereal, Godlike. Texture and taste is perfect. My favorite cereal out there right now.
This looks incredible. Gonna head for this first (after Fruity Pebbles, because it's been aaaaages).
Quote from: Bosco on Aug 28, 2015, 04:38
Cap'n Crunch Peanut Butter Crunch by Quaker ... a fucking Rockstar among peanut butter cereals.
I'm so pumped for peanut butter cereal. Peanut Butter Toast Crunch was the last one I had (I'm not including Reese's Puffs because they barely register as PB flavour) before my local American store gave up stocking a decent selection of cereal. It was fucking great though.
Quote from: Bosco on Aug 28, 2015, 04:38
Cookie Crisp by General Mills - I'm fairly certain this cereal was victim of a recipe change.
The UK version has had a recipe change for sure. It's still the closest thing to eating those delicious looking cookies from Rugrats though.
Quote from: whirlygirl on Aug 28, 2015, 05:09
Cap'n Crunch has amazing taste, but it absolutely shreds the roof of your mouth. It's one of those pleasure and pain sort of deals.
I remember getting some of these when I used to live in Brighton. And yeah, they were very detrimental to the lining of my gob.
Quote from: Bosco on Aug 28, 2015, 04:38
Additionally, when I choose unhealthy choices like these cereals, I make sure to not cheat myself of flavor and opt for 2% milk. Anything less can ruin the meal, in my opinion.
2% will be the closest to my standard semi-skimmed so I'll be going for that each time as well.
I'm bringing my running stuff with me so I'll be able to keep moderately healthy.
I had this this morning.
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Brief review.
W/ Semi-skimmed milk (1.7%)
I knew what I was in for when I started pouring and was ready and awaiting the sugar hit. I normally have a good half hour of slowly waking up before I do anything but I've got a band in the studio today and had to be up quick and ready to go. So I went from being groggy to eating this stuff within 5 minutes.
The initial hit is satisfying and, since the recipe change, not overwhelmingly sugary. I could feel my brain waking up and coming to attention like kids in assembly. The caramel is subtle but enough to make this not just another choco cereal. The texture is also top of the range. The pieces are quite small and retain about 80% crunch in the milk. But because of their size they are easily chompable and almost melt in the mouth, which is exactly what you want with the flavour of caramel.
Having finished three bowels I drank the choco-caramel milk that was left and am now rearing to go with my day.
If my pics upload, I will post. I am reviewing a cereal as if it were a beer review.
CHOCOLATE TOAST CRUNCH
Mood prior: I have the day off, so I am quite happy. I am also very sleepy, since I got like 12 hours of sleep, total, all week until last night.
Mood after: The same. Absolutely no difference. It is cereal.
Review (ASTMO format):
Appearance- Milk turns into a bluish color as it slowly darkens due to the cereal. The cereal, itself, is ridged and a dark, toasted brown. On the SRM scale, it is a Deep Brown (30). 2.5/5
Smell: Malted chocolate, slight caramel, sweet corn/flaked corn. Candy bar chocolate smell. 3.5/5
Taste: Fake chocolate, somehow cinnamon, dark fruit, sugar, slight caramel, blueberry, milk, fat. 2.5/5
Mouthfeel: The milk is smooth and slightly creamy, the cereal is a little brittle and quite grainy. 3/5
Overall: Forgettable cereal. Cinnamon toast crunch is significantly better. The base cereal is superior and I hope General Mills continues to focus on it. 3/5
^thank you mr. beer advocate
Quote from: Enjoyed on Aug 28, 2015, 10:28
Having finished three bowels I drank the choco-caramel milk that was left and am now rearing to go with my day.
my sides! :))
Lion Cereal has the flavor profile of dessert. Never have heard of it, it looks good.
Hey, Enjoyed - check this out!
http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/national-international/New-Donut-Ice-Cream-Hybrid-Food-Craze-Milky-Buns-319661371.html
Does cereal covered ice cream jammed into a glazed donut sound enticing to you? Perhaps the best thing ever? If so, you're in luck. There's one of these joints about a 10 minute drive from my house. I was telling my husband about your unhealthy love of cereal and we would like to treat you to this place if you stop by our place for a visit on your travels. You can of course go into a food coma afterward and crash on our couch, if need be.
HECK. YES.
This is the most educational thread I have ever witness. My mouth is somehow yearning to eat those tasty and crunchy cereals... (Only Kellogs Corn Flakes around this parts :( )
Todays report is on these fine fellows:
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Continental Europeans may know it as Kellogg's Extra. And in the UK we have recently started selling it as Kellogg's Crunchy Nut Oat Granola Chocolate & Hazelnut. This is the version from Finland.
So. The usual semi skimmed milk was supporting. It's good to have a lot of milk with this one as the cereal never gets soggy but simply gets softer and more melt in the mouth delicious.
Before the consumption began I was actually debating whether I was hungry or not. I had gotten up late and had a tonne of stuff to sort before I even made it downstairs. BUT, when I picked up the bag the eyes of my belly opened wide and the hunger gremlins inside me began to shift about with anticipation.
I grabbed my usual TinTin bowl and spoon (it's a deep bowl and the spoon adds a tasty nostalgia to every breakfast) and headed up to my room to eat while I watched some TV.
The bag is a little tricky to open. But whereas with a lesser cereal this would be a mild annoyance, with Müslix it was like hearing another track play before your favourite band comes on stage, it simply added to the anticipation.
Even pouring the cereal is part of the excitement. The pieces are wildly variant in size so it becomes a bit like a game of Jenga, trying to fit different sized pieces into gaps around the bowl.
What are the pieces made of? Good question. Essentially it is like a fused together mash of oat granola, hazelnuts and amply sized chocolate pieces. Some clusters are more nutty, others more chocolatey. There are also spherical puffs of oat, some of which get fused to the rest of the clusters but most settle into a heap at the bottom of the bowl. Normally this would be a bad thing, but when you're scrambling around with your spoon at the end, rescuing the drowning isolated chocolate pieces, you want some honey tinged cereal balls to aid the rescue. Oh yeah, did I not mention? All of the oats, nuts and clusters are dusted with a subtle but delicious honey coating. Sounds incredible right? It is.
So. Into the mouth... I don't often use the term 'mouth feel' (partly because I don't really know what it means) but this cereal has INCREDIBLE MOUTH FEEL. The combination of all of the different textures; crunchy oats, velvety hazel nuts, just-baked-chocolate pieces and those adorable little oat balls make every chomp a surprise party in your mouth with different groups of friends each time. And you love all those groups of friends in different ways. Sometimes you get a still dry crunchy honey cluster hanging out with a pool of milk and soft chocolate pieces. Other times your spoon has a group of oat balls chilling with a half broken hazelnut that has a tiny drop of milk in its centre. Either way, the soft to crunch ratio is different, yet perfect every time. There's also a kind of dust over everything. Not dissimilar to the powder you end up with at the end of a packet, but it covers everything. In the early stages of eating the powder is dry and makes you think of a well prepared flapjack. Further into the meal however, the milk and dust combine to produce a satin honey sheet that wraps around all of the other pieces. It's excellent.
Nearing the end of the first bowl you begin to realise why the packet seems smaller than your regular cereal box. This cereal is DENSE. The clusters, at their varying sizes, are full of flavour and you begin to judge yourself for having already poured a second bowl. Nevertheless, you continue, because it's Kellogg's Müslix and you are feeling great and you want to continue feeling great. Even after two hefty bowls and a slight grumble of discomfort from your hunger gremlins, you know you have done the right thing.
And that's it. Two bowls down. Two bowls left in the packet for another day. The sweetness of honey and chocolate are beginning to make you wide eyed for the day ahead and as you fold away the bag you start to remember some of the mouth parties you had. Wasn't it great seeing your hazelnut friends hanging out with the chocolate guys? And those huge cluster dudes just getting on so well with the oat puff girls. It's been a good breakfast, and you know there is more to come.
Ultimately, this cereal combines the best that Kellogg's has to offer. Honey dusted oats with the flavour impact of Crunchy Nut, chocolate that makes you feel special like the centre of Krave. And a combination of various other moments from different cereal styles and feels. It's a treat and today was the right day for it.
Quote from: Bosco on Aug 27, 2015, 01:36
No, no. No, manbearpig sightings here. Just good ole taste reviews of God's gift to man....Breakfast Cereal.
but manbearpig is real!
I apologize for not responding to your latest entry sooner. I had been busy getting ready for the weekend and have been radiating from Sunday Night.
Anyways, Chocolate Muslix sounds delectable. I don't think I've ever seen that cereal before but I'll be keep my eyes open when I go to the grocery store and be sure to grab a box to try.
Once again sir, thank you for your most detailed review.
More detailed reviews to come but so far I have had the following breakfast adventures...
Honey Nut Chex, Trix, Peanut Butter Cheerios, French Toast Crunch & Chocolate Chex
All delicious in their own way. All worthy of a few more words than this.
What the ? Those cereals exist? For a minute there I thought you made them up. ;D
Cocoa puffs is my current favorite. Kind of amazing in its own right.
apple jacks is my fave
This thread needs to be pinned ;D :D
Quote from: inchemwetrust on Sep 30, 2015, 16:34
What the ? Those cereals exist? For a minute there I thought you made them up. ;D
All real. So are these...
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And for visual updates of my breakfast escapades, feel free to follow my Instagram (https://instagram.com/shoes.off/).
That looks like the white version of Oreo O's
Did you ever eat the deliciousness that was Oreo O's? I think that was the best cereal ever made. Unfortunately, it stopped being made like 10 years ago.
Also, 2%? Gotta get that Vitamin D milk, instead.
Quote from: androidgeoff on Oct 03, 2015, 18:18
Did you ever eat the deliciousness that was Oreo O's? I think that was the best cereal ever made. Unfortunately, it stopped being made like 10 years ago.
Not yet. You can get them in Korea still, though it's probably a different recipe.
The Crunch Donuts were TOO sweet. I didn't think it was possible, but Crunch cereal is my limit for sweetness at breakfast.
Quote from: androidgeoff on Oct 03, 2015, 18:18
That looks like the white version of Oreo O's
Did you ever eat the deliciousness that was Oreo O's? I think that was the best cereal ever made. Unfortunately, it stopped being made like 10 years ago.
Those were
legendary...
I remember massive a buttery, fudge-blasted cereal of O's!
I've let you all down with this thread. I'm sorry. I just haven't had time to post the reviews that these cereals deserve.
I will be doing a highlights review when I return home in December. And I'll be bringing a whole bunch of boxes back with me so I can give them a proper review.
This week I have had Kellogg's Jif - which is the best peanut butter flavour cereal I've ever had (> Reese's Puffs, Peanut Butter Toast Crunch and Peanut Butter Cheerios, if you're wondering)
And I just this morning tried Kellogg's Cinnabon - surprisingly tamer than I expected knowing Cinnabon's reputation. And boy, what a smell.
More soon. I promise.
Quote from: Enjoyed on Nov 13, 2015, 16:37
I've let you all down with this thread. I'm sorry. I just haven't had time to post the reviews that these cereals deserve.
I will be doing a highlights review when I return home in December. And I'll be bringing a whole bunch of boxes back with me so I can give them a proper review.
This week I have had Kellogg's Jif - which is the best peanut butter flavour cereal I've ever had (> Reese's Puffs, Peanut Butter Toast Crunch and Peanut Butter Cheerios, if you're wondering)
And I just this morning tried Kellogg's Cinnabon - surprisingly tamer than I expected knowing Cinnabon's reputation. And boy, what a smell.
More soon. I promise.
How dare you not drop what you're doing on your trip of a lifetime, and post cereal-eating reviews! For shame!
I expect a full detailed report upon your return, young man. :p
I will certainly ... ENJOY whatever else you have to post here.
HAHAHAHAHA
GET IT!?!? I WROTE HALF YOUR NAME IN THAT FIRST LINE!!!
...
I got nothin'.
Ooh. I have to post marginally entertaining stories about the law in the General Bullshit Thread now. Keep posting cereal news, dude.