*** Cyclone Fanatic Cereal Tournament: Sweet Sixteen ***

[HFCS]

Cereal is not a meal, much less a healthy meal. Cereal is a dry, crunchy, sugary snack meant to be eaten by the handful straight from the box. No one can convince me otherwise.

I was a cereal guy most of my life but when the cost of a box + milk skyrocketed I realized I could rotate between the three below for much cheaper but also a lot more healthy and less processed. All of them still really fast to make for weekday breakfast.

1. Steel cut 'quick' oats (they still take 10 minutes) with cinnamon and bananas, sometimes berries. (this especially is like 20% as expensive as cereal + milk)

2. English muffin or fresh sourdough toast sandwich with egg, cheese and turkey bacon. (costs slightly less than new astronomical cereal prices)

3. Smoothie with berries, banana, peanut butter, protein powder, almond milk. (costs about the same as new era of cereal prices, maybe just slightly more)

I do still like cereal as a snack or in a bowl with milk, but I've kind of come around to not thinking of it as a breakfast anymore.

 

[cyzygy11]

Apple Jacks and nothing else matters.....

 

[CycloneRulzzz]

my votes

Game 1 Corn
1. Cap'n Crunch (Heart emoji)
4. Cocoa Puffs (Rainbow emoji)

Game 2 Corn
2. Corn Flakes (Heart emoji)
3. Froot Loops (Rainbow emoji)





Game 1 Rice
1. Rice Krispies (Heart emoji)
5. Apple Jacks (Rainbow emoji)



Game 2 Rice
2. Cinnamon Toast Crunch (Heart emoji)
3. Trix (Rainbow emoji)



Game 1 Oats
4. Cap'n Crunch's Crunch Berries (Heart emoji)
8. Frosted Mini-Wheats (Rainbow emoji)


Game 2 Oats
2. Lucky Charms (Heart emoji)
3. Cocoa Pebbles (Rainbow emoji)





Game 1 Wheat
1. Frosted Flakes (Heart emoji)
4. Raisin Bran (Rainbow emoji)


Game 2 Wheat
2. Honey Nut Cheerios (Heart emoji)
3. Fruity Pebbles (Rainbow emoji)

 

[pourcyne]

my votes

Game 2 Corn
2. Corn Flakes (Heart emoji)
3. Froot Loops (Rainbow emoji)

Game 1 Oats
4. Cap'n Crunch's Crunch Berries (Heart emoji)
8. Frosted Mini-Wheats (Rainbow emoji)

Game 1 Wheat
1. Frosted Flakes (Heart emoji)
4. Raisin Bran (Rainbow emoji)

Game 2 Wheat
2. Honey Nut Cheerios (Heart emoji)
3. Fruity Pebbles (Rainbow emoji)

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[CascadeClone]

I love most cereals, but just can't have them around the house anymore. Too much sugar & carbs, just so bad for you. Some are less bad than others of course. But none are "good". Even grape nuts have 400 calories in 1 cup.

Greek yogurt and a banana for breakfast. I have to push the carbs back as long as possible in the day.

 

[Cyclonepride]

Blowouts across the board in the Sweet 16 except for a scorcher in the chaotic Oats Region...

Game 1 Oats
4. Cap'n Crunch's Crunch Berries (Heart emoji) 60
8. Frosted Mini-Wheats (Rainbow emoji) 59

Frosted Mini-Wheats is like eating cardboard packing material with a little bit of flavor on top

 

[xboxfever]

Game 1 Oats
4. Cap'n Crunch's Crunch Berries (Heart emoji)
8. Frosted Mini-Wheats (Rainbow emoji)

This is a one vote game with Rulzzz vote.

 

[jcf817]

Corn Flakes were actually created by accident after Kellogg left a batch of his wheat-based cereal dough out overnight causing it to ferment.

Cereal: The Accidental Invention That Changed American Breakfast | HISTORY

It started with some moldy dough.

www.history.com

"According to company history, it was one night in 1898 when a batch of wheat-based cereal dough was accidentally left out for an extended period of time, causing it to ferment. When rolled out into thin sheets, the slightly moldy dough produced perfect large, thin flakes that became crispy and tasty in the oven. Over the next several years, Will Kellogg kept experimenting with the recipe and figured out that corn, rather than wheat, produced even crunchier, crispier flakes."

Interestingly, a spoiled batch is also the reason Hershey's chocolate tastes the way it does, complete with naturally occurring butyric acid (aka barf flavor).

 

[CycloneRulzzz]

Less than 2 hours left Crunch Berries up by 2

 

[ImJustKCClone]

There should never be milk left over in the bottom of the bowl when the cereal is gone. If you can't make the milk and cereal even out by adjusting the ratio in each spoonful (or adding a bit more milk if necessary) then you are not an adult, just a six year old kid.

(Counterpoint: We're debating sugar coated cereal, so maybe we all are still 6 in a way. But I am able to make it come out even every bowl full.)

Unless you're eating cocoa puffs. The leftover milk is chocolate and great to drink.

Yes, I'm reliving my inner child.

 

[ImJustKCClone]

I love most cereals, but just can't have them around the house anymore. Too much sugar & carbs, just so bad for you. Some are less bad than others of course. But none are "good". Even grape nuts have 400 calories in 1 cup.

Greek yogurt and a banana for breakfast. I have to push the carbs back as long as possible in the day.

Who the heck eats a whole CUP of grape nuts???

 

[cyclones500]

Who the heck eats a whole CUP of grape nuts???

At least pre-milk! ... Post-saturation increases the volume immensely.

 

[RealisticCy]

Who the heck eats grape nuts???

FIFY........there is no good reason to eat cat litter or stuff that helps with traction when you're stuck in the winter.

 

[ImJustKCClone]

FIFY........there is no good reason to eat cat litter or stuff that helps with traction when you're stuck in the winter.

Nuh UH!!! Don't change my words. I like grape nuts. You are a sad little man if you don't.

 

[CycloneRulzzz]

Nuh UH!!! Don't change my words. I like grape nuts. You are a sad little man if you don't.

Then I'm the saddest person on the planet.