PrintWould you rather give up eggs or cereal?
Eggs, meaning eggs as an omelet or scrambled, fried, poached, etc...not necessarily eggs you would bake a cake with. Cereal, meaning ready-to-eat or a cooked hot cereal.
This would be a very hard choice for me because I eat both every morning! But...I love all kinds of cereal, so I'd choose to give up the incredible edible egg! The egg or the cereal, which would you choose to give-up?
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43 Comments:
Eggs, no question.
I've never been a big egg person. I think it has been two years since my last quiche, omelet, or toad-in-a-hole, but I love a big bowl of oatmeal. Or Smart Bran. Or muesli. Or granola.
KarynMC at 9:20PM on 01/16/08
Cereal, no problem!
KathyMcD at 10:06PM on 01/16/08
I refuse to entertain these terrible questions! :-)
Ann Fisher at 10:10PM on 01/16/08
I just started eating cereal, but I'd give it up for eggs.
JEP: You make the rules, right? If Ann Fisher refuses to choose, you should choose for her? ;)
PerkyMac at 10:28PM on 01/16/08
Cereal.
Eggs on a Sunday morning; hard to beat.
NSW at 10:31PM on 01/16/08
Absolutely cereal! You need eggs to make almost any baked good, custard, quiche, etc!
ChristineB at 10:34PM on 01/16/08
Cereal, hands down. Eggs are one of the perfect foods, not to mention all the things it is used in. Cereal, while okay, is just cereal!
shaofan at 10:38PM on 01/16/08
Cereal, hands down.
I absolutely adore eggs, almost every possible preparation; one of my very favorite foods. Cereal is more of a now-and-then thing for me.
LoCo at 10:39PM on 01/16/08
I could easily give up eggs since I hardly eat them.
Cereal is the winner for me.
paris221966 at 10:59PM on 01/16/08
I usually don't answer these questions because they are too hard to answer! I eat so much oatmeal I could never give it up... but in a comeback victory, I'm sticking with eggs. A perfect omelet is the best for brunch.
Littlebluesiren at 11:22PM on 01/16/08
Oh gosh. It's very tough--I love a sunny side up, and my PB and egg sandwiches. But cereal for me. I can't live without a bowl in the morning. Plus, cereal can be a good dessert or afternoon snack. I think I'd give up the eggs then...Give me a bowl of Kashi, oatmeal, All Bran, Cinnamon Toast Crunch, Cap'n crunch anyday.
luswim06 at 11:32PM on 01/16/08
For some of you that are undecided----I wnat to reiterate: I'm not asking if you would choose to give up eggs... for example in baked goods or custard---the eggs I'm referring to are omelets, poached, fried, etc! Knowing that, does it change your answer?
Looks like most of us couldn't entertain the idea of living without our cereal:)
JEP at 5:37AM on 01/17/08
Cereal no question. I love eggs!
Chau at 6:52AM on 01/17/08
If I give up eggs but don't have to give up things that contain eggs. Then I'm going to stick with cereal.
Although can I switch on a weekly or month to month basis?
jasonbrink at 8:21AM on 01/17/08
Cereal...never eat it.
jcrisco at 9:19AM on 01/17/08
Back when I was vegan, I gave up eggs pretty easily. However, now that I eat them, I could probably give up cereal just as easily. Unless, you count oatmeal as cereal. Then it would be a challenge -- all those oatmeal cookies!
hereandthe at 10:08AM on 01/17/08
You can't put eggs in a baggie for a mid-day snack! What would you get if you mixed eggs, marshmallows and butter? Certainly not Rice Krispie Treats! And, if I'm stumbling around the kitchen at 1 a.m., I'd certainly rather pour a bowl of cereal than take out a pan, a spatula, the butter, etc.
So, bye bye eggs
trabo at 10:22AM on 01/17/08
cereal, are you kidding? Eggs are delicious, nutritious and versatile. Cereal is just a bunch of empty calories. Sugar, and if youre lucky, some fibre.
seyo at 10:27AM on 01/17/08
Eggs. Easy one. I ate my weight in them when I was a poor vegetarian college student (along with loads of peanut butter and beans, although I never developed the same aversion to them as I did to eggs and ramen noodles for some reason) and now I don't really care for them, unless it is a really rare torilla (Spanish omelette). On the other hand, I adore oatmeal and used to freely eat big bowls of it twice or more a day, and I don't think that I could ever really give up the occasional bowl, even though lately I have been on a soup kick for breakfast (I still want to know where that came from).
Littlebluesiren, I will make you a deal, your oatmeal for my eggs! :)
Traveller at 10:30AM on 01/17/08
Cereal. I try to eat it sometimes and just end up bored and unsatisfied. If I want a "real" breakfast, it's eggs all the way.
Stephanie at 10:37AM on 01/17/08
definitely cereal.
mrsbao at 10:46AM on 01/17/08
You can have either one as long as you don't take away my toast. :-)
wellred at 10:47AM on 01/17/08
What's cereal?
RichardCrystal at 10:58AM on 01/17/08
There are definitely times I crave either/or. I could give up eggs if, on the days I crave hot food I could have oatmeal. I could walk away from all or most egg preps in the morning. As a kid, my brother and I could kill a box of cereal in one sitting - it drove my mom nuts.
chiff0nade at 11:38AM on 01/17/08
Although I would miss the ocassional bowl of oatmeal or grits, I can't give up eggs. Fried or poached on an English muffin or with good toasted bread on a morning where I have time to relax with a hearty breakfast...yeah, it's just too painful to contemplate giving that up.
Amandarama at 11:45AM on 01/17/08
Hmm...That's a tough one. I usually have eggs (whichever way moves me that day) for breakfast and cereal (something with nuts/berries or Kashi) with soymilk as a snack at night. Since the cereal doesn't seem to stick with me long enough in the AM (and I never have enough time to make the much more filling cooked cereals during the week), I guess I'd have to choose to give up cereal.
coffeefrappe at 11:52AM on 01/17/08
As much as I love cereal, I couldn't give up eggs. Cereal is a utilitarian food: it's quick and easy on a weekday. But for me eggs are weekend breakfast food, when I have time to make something really tasty. No way could I get them up!
Karina at 12:12PM on 01/17/08
Goodbye cereal!
lakeloverhh at 12:29PM on 01/17/08
Ack, I can't stand cereal. If I could only take one foodstuff with me to my desert island, it would be eggs!
Library Lady at 12:36PM on 01/17/08
I eat cereal every day, but I could give it up for eggs. I like breakfast burritos too much. Plus, on occasion I have eggs for lunch or dinner, maybe scrambled with zucchini and cheese. Scrambled egg sandwiches are good too. And French toast is made with eggs!
misseditor at 1:02PM on 01/17/08
Cereal would go, even wonderful Irish oatmeal. I rarely cook breakfast for myself; I grab a cup of coffee and I'm out the door, so breakfast out is my favorite meal. Eggs in every possible way, I couldn't give them up. On the other hand, breakfast for dinner is my fall back menu when I can't think of anything else. Last night was scrambled eggs, BACON, and tater tots!
ride&cook at 1:40PM on 01/17/08
keep the eggs and pass the cereal. The only cereal I really eat anymore is either oatmeal or oat bran(think cream o wheat ) but eggs just dont do it for me.
huney_bumper at 1:42PM on 01/17/08
Between eggs and cereal? No contest, I'd give up eggs, which I kind of like, for cereal, which I love. Life without Cheerio's or Weetabix would be very sad.
chisai at 1:50PM on 01/17/08
Could not live without eggs...morning, noon & night.
bessfour at 5:43PM on 01/17/08
JEP, You really know how to get us where it hurts.
Years ago I would have easily said I'd give up eggs over cereal but now I've grown to like eggs just as much as cereal so this decision is hard!
I guess I'm going to have to go with cereal for now since it's what I eat less of the two.
Hillary
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Chew on That at 5:55PM on 01/17/08
I could easily give up eggs - I can only eat scrambled or an omelet when I'm really craving them, and that's rare. (I used to eat hard boiled eggs until the smell one day made me nauseous, and I haven't been able to eat them since.) But I could never give up oatmeal - warm, healthy, hearty. Mmm.
woodenspoon at 8:57PM on 01/17/08
I gave up cereal 6 years ago. I do miss it, but mostly as a dinner option when I'm too tired to cook after work.
Eggs, however, I adore and eat every day. :D
AdamH at 9:16PM on 01/17/08
Definitely cereal. Much as I love my whole grain puffed Kashi, I can live without it. But eggs...I certainly can't live without!
brooke29 at 10:11PM on 01/17/08
i would give up cereal. while cereal is delicious and easy and wonderful, it just doesn't compare to the perfection of eggs. no more eggs benedict? no more omelets? no more Gordon Ramsey scrambled eggs? no more poached egg in my momofuku ramen? the list just keeps on going. eggs are too perfect to be given up.
Rocky at 12:27AM on 01/18/08
Eggs, no hesitation.
Runny eggs remind me of snot, eggs require lots of seasoning or sauce to taste good (the only way I'll eat eggs runny is as eggs benedict) and most eggs come from poorly treated chickens.
CanadianFoodieGirl at 12:01PM on 01/18/08
Cereal, no question. I even can't remember the last time I had dry cereal... although I'd miss oatmeal!
kmalladi at 6:36PM on 01/19/08
Eggs. I like 'em but I'm usually running behind in the mornings and need the quick cereal fix.
lexophile at 6:58PM on 01/19/08
I would give up cereal in a heartbeat. Eggs are so versatile and are used in so many things! Hmm. . . my response is starting to sound like my pasta response :)
PattyCho at 12:19AM on 01/22/08