Remember the things you ate when you were a kid? You know what I mean right? You would go shopping with Mom and when you got to the cereal aisle, you'd throw a box ever so secretly into the cart. And she never noticed either!!! If you were anything like me you have a discerning taste and you thought carefully about the selection criteria. You look for the box with the best toy and the most tolerable cereal you could finish. There were always the standard fall backs, you know them I'm sure, Lucky Charms, Trix, and Cocoa Krispies. Then there's the Captain Crunch. Ah the Captain was always a good bet. You knew exactly what you were getting. Crunchy stick to your teeth, sweet milky goodness.
Now granted, the things you liked as a kid are not necessarily that great now that you're an adult. So the other week I was doing the grocery shopping at Wegman's and wandered down the cereal aisle. The cereal I usually eat now is Oatmeal Raisin Crisp, because it helps lower cholesterol and is a good source of dietary fiber. Yeah, it SUCKS to get older!! So I put a box of the crisp in the cart then my eyes catch a glance at....yep you guessed it, Captain Crunch. Neurons in the brain fire. I remember the Captain. I used to have a Captain Crunch bowl to eat that stuff and I had a Captain Crunch fire truck, and I'm guessing before I hit 11th grade I ate about 5 pallets of that stuff. I wonder if it's as good as I remember or maybe I should just leave the pleasant childhood memories alone. So I put a box in the cart. No regrets...
I get home, get the bowl out, pour out some Crunch and YUM!!! It totally is as good as I remember. Crunchalicous!!! Crunchtastic!!!
5 comments:
You must not have grown up reading the box at the table--it's Cap'n Crunch! :)
And you're lucky you got any since it's my favorite too!
We get that all the time, except I buy the cheap bagged kind, Colossal Crunch. Sometimes with crunch berries in it, but I don't eat that kind. Man, now I'm havin' a craving for that. Dang you!
Crunch was good; however, Fruity (or Cocoa) Pebbles was the cerial that I wanted.
My poison was Frosted Flakes. Bought very rarely as a treat. Occasionally I could convince my mom to splurge on Froot Loops but she was afraid of the food dye.
These days I am a raisin bran kind of gal.
Sharkey I didn't say I ate a lot, come to think of it, I had like 2 bowls of that entire box
CB Gotta have some Crunch
JudePA Fruity Pebbles?? You mean 90% food coloring 10% sugar? Yeah I used to eat them too.
Kranki I hear ya Kranki. I am a Oatmeal Raisin Crisp guy too. Gotta eat the fiber...
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