A bowlful of sugar helps the breakfast go down

Did you see the bews this morning about cereal? Here's the link to the Consumer Reports study.

It made me think fondly of my childhood. Bring up the subject of cereal and people start talking. They talk about what they ate, what they wanted to eat, what their moms let them eat, and what their friends' moms let them eat. Doesn't it always seem that when you went to another house, you would be struck by cereal envy?

We went through phases in our house. I remember Muesli, various granolas, soaked barley, cream of wheat, oatmeal and the like. Also store-brand Cheerios and Fruit Loops (something like Os and Fruity-Os). In college I remember trying my roommate Jodi's Marshmallow Mateys and wondering why I hadn't lived before. She also taught me the joy of a bowl of cereal in the evening for dessert. When I lived with my sister Rebekah during college I would often eat her Raisin Bran Crunch. JB and I buy that stuff now whenever it's on sale. We also like a type of granola that comes in a two-pack at Costco, but that one has raisins and we try to find the type that doesn't have raisins. It's in a yellow box at the grocery store. I just can't remember the name. We buy that on sale too. Cereal is expensive!

Anyway at work I did the story this morning of the sugary study. A few months ago I did a story on how cereal makers are shrinking the boxes but charging the same. It's a sneaky way to raise the price without you knowing. The same thing has been happening to ice cream. Not nice.