Culinary Ambassadors: Breakfast in Manitoba, Red River Cereal
Serious Eats' Culinary Ambassadors check in from time to time with reports on food fare in their homeland or countries of residence. (Find out more about the program here.) Last week people were asking where the love was for Canada. O, Canada, here you go. —The Mgmt.
We do have a Canadian cereal! Well, from Manitoba, where I grew up. Growing up with British parents, a Saturday breakfast usually meant a full English (bacon, eggs, beans, sausage, grilled tomato, and toast). However, once I moved out with local Manitoban housemates I found there was a cereal made in Manitoba.
It's called Red River Cereal. It's a very healthy breakfast made with whole grains and flax. It's like porridge, and, like porridge, it needs lots of extra flavours to make it tasty.
Traditionally it's sweetened with brown sugar and milk, but you can add anything you would add to porridge, such as apple sauce, maple syrup, or fruits. Not sure how available it is outside of Manitoba, but I have never seen it in Toronto, where I now live, and many of my friends here have never heard of it. Ironically, it is made exclusively in Toronto now.
My personal typical breakfast is an English muffin, a piece of fruit, and green tea; and I had that this morning too.
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