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GETTIN' NUTTY

While I am talking about rotation—the internet and all—I should cover my cereal rotation.

I think I have mentioned that I crave variety in my foods. So, I have a rotating menu for all meals.

That way I maximize nutrition and minimize boredom.

In the morning, I had five cereals going.

But somehow, the cycle seemed to tight. I was wincing when I got back to Cheerios in only five days.

There isn't anything wrong with Cheerios. It is just that I don't want to have to eat them that often.

So, I started looking around and suddenly remembered Grape Nuts!

Jeez. I used to eat them all the time. And they are another grain. Barley. More variety!

So I slotted them in and have been trying them out.

Actually, I am using my private label Stater Brothers product Nutty Nuggets.

Yeh, I know.

Now they are going permanent.

Here is the line up. Corn Chex, Shredded Wheat (bite size no frosting!), Rice Chex, Nutty Nuggets (barley), Cheerios (oats), and Wheat Chex.. Six days. Five grains.

It is hard to get away from the wheat.

I would like to find a seventh though to round out a week. What else is there?

Maybe I will go look at the organic shelf.

It is funny about Grape Nuts.

There are no grapes and no nuts.

It is an old recipe from the original cereal company that became General Foods.

Here is what Cecil of The Straight Dope has to say about it all.

How can Grape-Nuts cereal contain no grapes or nuts?