Cold cereal as a night time snack

[Sony]

I don't like to eat too soon before bedtime, but I'm definitely in the "I'm-too-hungry-and tired-to-cook-anything- and-there's-no-leftovers-so-I'll-eat-cold-cereal " camp. I tend to want cold cereal for dinner as well more in the summertime- probably get tired of eating other cold dinner options (salads, sandwiches, etc.)

And what is it about cornflakes with bananas that makes it such a good combination? I don't generally crave fruit on my cereal, but when I have cornflakes, I sorely miss the banana when its not there.....

[godito]

Dry cereal IS one of my favorite snaks for anytime in the day. Mostly corn flakes. However, sometimes I will mix any kind of cereal (like muesli) with yogurt for a night snack.

In fact, I'm getting ready to fix me some of that right now!

[prasantrin]

I love cereal anytime of day, but one of my mother's favourite bedtime snacks is cereal with....sweet vermouth. She can't have too much milk (she's allergic--not lactose intolerant, but allergic), so she uses sweet vermouth instead. Sometimes, when she's feeling dangerous and she's willing to risk the allergic reaction, she uses Bailey's Irish Cream.

[SuzySushi]

I love cereal anytime of day, but one of my mother's favourite bedtime snacks is cereal with....sweet vermouth. 

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That's the most original way of eating cereal I ever heard!

[Jaymes]

I don't eat cold cereal at all, but my dad ate cereal for a night time snack all the time.  He preferred ice cream, but cereal was second.

And my dad's favorite snack is cold cereal and ice cream. A big bowl of cereal, several scoops of vanilla ice cream, and then some sort of fruit scattered over the whole thing.

Sometimes for breakfast, sometimes for late-night snacks.

The kiddie type of sugary cereal never appealed to me. Probably because it wasn't allowed in the house growing up, so I never developed a taste for it. And then I raised my three kids, also without sugary cereal. But I do like many of the non-sugary types, and eat them fairly regularly, for breakfast, lunch, dinner or snack. That's also what I take along to snack on (dry) during road trips.

And sometimes, when my children were young and Dad had to work late, yep... "Oh stop complaining, kids. LOTS of people have Cheerios for dinner."

ETA: This thread reminded me of a murder case a few years back. The prime suspect, the husband, had an alibi for the day of the murder - he had been at work all day. The time of death had been established partially by the contents in the victim's stomach. It was undigested cold cereal. So the coroner initially assumed that the victim had died sometime fairly soon after breakfast.

But then, lo and behold, it was discovered that the victim often ate cold cereal for dinner.

And the jig was up for the murderous husband.

Edited March 4, 2007 by Jaymes (log)

[snowangel]

Coco Puffs and whole milk, eaten in front on the TV, watching trash -- be it a Dallas rerun or SATC, rule! Makes for a nice dessert and before bedtime treat.

[Lady T]

Interesting. I've enjoyed hot cereal and all sorts of fruit, cooked, with milk or (much preferred) some yogurt, for dinner many times. Cold cereal, though? Never.

It doesn't especially appeal to me, but nutritionally I would guess it's waaaaay hell better than some -- or most -- of the most popular alternatives.

[Susie Q]

Cracklin' Oat Bran is just this side of a cookie. So some nights I do have "Cookies" and milk.

[Jmahl]

A bowl of bran cereal with raisins or a bowl of Grape Nuts, with milk or yogurt. Decent snack. ONLY good late at night.

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Like Rebecca, a cup of bran cereal with raisins with milk or in a bowl a 1/4 cup rolled oats, 1/2 cup water pinch salt 3 min. in the micro and finished with a little cream. Hot and good for you.

Jmahl