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Cereal Eats: The Battle of the 'Waffle' Cereals

Now, this in no way takes away from my love of cereal, but I have a wild, uncontrollable love for waffles, too. I'd happily eat them plain, or even frozen. Look, I'm also a big fan of made-from-scratch-and-an-iron waffles, but that's another story for another time.

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Cereal Eats: Eating Cereal In (Apple) Season

There is a very small but important group of apple cereals out there. I guess we should get right to the point and say that we have Apple Jacks to thank for bringing this strange cereal flavor into the mainstream. I mean, if you think about it, there are plenty of other assorted fruit flavors of cereal (Fruity Pebbles, Froot Loops, Trix, etc) but rarely has one single fruit flavor been celebrated in cereal form like the classic apple.

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Breakfast Cereal Marshmallows: Yea or Nay?

So apparently there's a site called cerealmarshmallows.com where you can purchase just the colorful, semi-crunchy cereal marshmallow bits (marbits!)—no oat-based pieces involved. Sign you up? Or are your teeth in pain just thinking about it? Take the poll! »

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2010 Trend Prediction: Fancy Oatmeal

©iStockphoto.com/ burwellphotography I was pretty giddy to read the Guardian declare that "we're currently in the midst of a porridge renaissance...everyone from McDonald's to Michelin-starred restaurants serving it." If 2010 is the year of porridge (or oatmeal, breakfast goop, whatever you want to call it) then shoot, let's get this party started. Thanks to Robyn, for Christmas I got the soon-to-be-most-vogue accessory: a spurtle. Yes, it's basically just a wooden wand (fine, a stick) but it's the official stirring device, particularly in the UK. At the end of the Guardian piece, the writer described her idea of a perfect bowl: Place a quarter of a cup of unsoaked McCann's steel cut oats in a pan with one cup of...

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Honey Bunches of Oats with Almonds: The True Champion of Breakfast Cereals?

Honey Bunches of Oats with Almonds just might be the finest mass market breakfast cereal ever, better than Total, better than Wheaties, better than Rice Krispies, better than Cheerios, and yes, even better than Cap'n Crunch.

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Cereals from the Super Hero Food Index

When they are not slaying dragons or saving distressed maidens, superheros keep busy working on cereal endorsements. Batman, Spiderman, and the Hulk have all been tied to sugar-coated flakes or O's. Many of them have even forayed into Pop-Tarts. Gotta pay the cape and skin-tight suit dry cleaning bills somehow. If you want to move beyond breakfast and eat like you have unprecedented powers all the time, check out the Super Hero Food Index, which includes the expected fruit snacks, popsicles, and cheese crackers. [via Coldmud] Related Cold Cereal Confessions [Talk] Indiana Jones Eats Chocolate Cereal Before Raiding Temples In Videos: Food Commercials of the '80s, Nerd Cereals Edition...

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Michael Bauer's Bacon Grease Chex Mix Recipe

What's better than Chex Party Mix? Chez Party Mix made with bacon grease. Check out the recipe courtesy of San Francisco Chronicle's Michael Bauer. Sure to be a hit at your party, as long as you're not serving vegetarians....

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In Videos: Rolling Stones' Rice Krispies Commercial (1964)

In 1964, the Rolling Stones used their musical prowess to sell...puffed rice cereal? Check out their catchy jingle in this British Rice Krispies commercial, after the jump. [via The New Yorker]...

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