Are you a cereal person?
Me neither. Well not really. I've got to be in the mood. I'm not one of those people who sits down to a bowl of Rice Krispies each morning. I get way too bored of the same thing and I'm not one for sweet things in the a.m. either. I only eat yoghurt and pretend it's not sweet.
That said, this morning I really fancied a bowl of Lucky Charms. Do you know what I mean? If you went to America as a child, you would have wanted nothing but these. Moons and stars cereal mixed with brightly coloured and shaped marshmallow pieces. So sweet you could bellow Ballroom Blitz after just one mouthful, but quite moorish all the same. We always used to bring them back whenever we went somewhere where you could get them - everywhere but here it seems.
I think Selfridges sell them, but they're not that widespread here are they, unless I've missed something? Anyway, one bowl full and the garish packet, with its sinister leprechaun character grinning at you, will sit unloved and unattended until way beyond the sell-by date. A bad idea.
The supermarket cereal aisle is one we rarely venture down, so I don't really even know what's out there. I saw an ad for Shredded Wheat, which seems to come in many varieties. But at the end of the day it's still Shredded Wheat - bloody hard work. The more palatable Shreddies are now knitted by nana's, apparently, and also come in flavour after flavour, and of course the ubiquitous Coco Pops in its many guises is still going strong. The ever-present and perhaps not quite as popular as they'd like to think they are Crunchy Nut Cornflakes are still alive too, as is Weetabix, Oatibix, Ryebix, Flaxibix and the rest of the bix family.
But there's no sign of Puffa Puffa Rice (always had Sooty on the box) or Sugar Stars (with Captain Scarlet), my two childhood favourites. And remember when Coco Pops were Coco Krispies, and Sweep was your boxfront friend?
Tastes change
