Cereal - a bushcrafters staple?

[Janne]

Forgive me if I'm being a little dense , but I'm slightly baffled by your post Janne , what is your point?
No offence intended fella, I'd be more than happy to buy you a beer and a Pop Tart should our paths cross

Sorry, I made a confusing, two part post.
The first bit - I reflected on your dislike of going to a dentist, I Reflected on the idea that todays dentists are much better than when you were young.

The second bit, has nothing to do with your post, I wrote about those flavoured Instant porridges.
Those I find disgusting, full of sugar and chemical artificial flavourings and other crap.

Sorry for a badly composed, confusing post!
I will not edit it, that will introduce another confusion....

Beer - no problem, LOVE the stuff, but Pop Tarts are outside my culinary experience!

 

[Fadcode]

Are these cereals on every day, or just once a week, got to be Porridge with Ronnie Barker

 

[Janne]

That is classic humor.....

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Have you guys tried something called Birker muesli?

That one is very easily made, no fire needed, which is nice during dry seasons.

 

[santaman2000]

I don’t usually have bored cereals wen doing real camping, although I do take them when cabin camping. The instant hot cereals or another story. Both oatmeal and grits. Both can be bought plain with no added sugar or other flavors. That works great for the grits which are best with just salt and butter in this context (although at home for supper I’ll often have shrimp & grits, or a grit/greens/meat/cheese bake) on the other hand oatmeal definitely needs to be sweetened and have milk added so if I can get that in the packet before opening it, so much the better(at least for camping——at home I prefer adding my own extras)

 

[SaraR]

My pet hate with porridge is washing up the pan and bowl so I eat out of the pan.

For oat porridge the trick is to use *cold* water for washing up. Stops it from sticking so badly.

 

[Janne]

I find that the Instant (plain, natural) rolled Oats still require a bit of cooking.

The instant flavoured ones I have tried ( wife bought a multi pack, refused to eat after first spoon, and as the Bread Winner, who had to eat them? ME!) seems to produce a mush with just added hot water.

Maybe I have not looked hard enough in the supermarket!

I prefer the oldfashioned, thick rolled oats.
I have never tried the steel cut, Scottish (?) style.

Mostly I eat them 'raw', unboiled.

 

[Clayze]

Sorry, I made a confusing, two part post.
The first bit - I reflected on your dislike of going to a dentist, I Reflected on the idea that todays dentists are much better than when you were young.

The second bit, has nothing to do with your post, I wrote about those flavoured Instant porridges.
Those I find disgusting, full of sugar and chemical artificial flavourings and other crap.

Sorry for a badly composed, confusing post!
I will not edit it, that will introduce another confusion....

Beer - no problem, LOVE the stuff, but Pop Tarts are outside my culinary experience!

I couldn't agree more Janne , as far as those horrible quick fix ( porridge ) breakfasts are concerned. I'd call them cheap and nasty if they weren't so expensive.
Porridge oats are pretty much like pasta, cheap , versatile and as others have suggested you can chuck in whatever you feel like

At risk of being a hijacker, I grew up in a very prestigious Harley Street Practice, my father was a caretaker / commissionaire. We lived on the premises and met some truly fascinating people.
Dental technicians' consultants and indeed dentists. Not to mention the occasional quick peek in the waiting room to see some very famous people, happy days!
I shall make no further reference to dentistry

As for pop tarts......!!!

 

[Janne]

I am not lying, I have never tried those, or most of the other British 'sweet treats'.

I will go to Foster's Supermarket ( in the same mall) and have a look see what truly instant stuff they have that is plain.

OK to deviate from the initial spirit of the thread, I am not a Thread Nazi.......

 

[santaman2000]

I am not lying, I have never tried those, or most of the other British 'sweet treats'........

I just looked Pop Tarts up and according to Wiki they weren’t even introduced in the UK until the 1990s?

 

[Robson Valley]

By all that is unholy, Pop Tarts would force me to make porridge.

 

[GuestD]

By all that is unholy, Pop Tarts

It certainly is. A carbolic soap mouth wash is called for.

 

[GuestD]

I'm off for some Peas brose.
http://www.golspiemill.co.uk/
See if it is as I remember it.

 

[Janne]

I just looked Pop Tarts up and according to Wiki they weren’t even introduced in the UK until the 1990s?

I moved to England in -95, and recall my shock of how much rubbish food was to be bought in the shops.
Here, with the multi national food selection, it is even worse.......

 

[Dark Horse Dave]

I used to eat Muesli - once described in a Spanish menu as "Cold Swiss Porridge" - but now think of it as everything I DON'T want for breakfast.
I have not eaten "packet Cereals" of any sort since I was a child - nasty over sweet, chemical processed stuff.
I often eat porridge, made with rolled oats (preferably Organic) and water in the pan, a splash (some folk have more in a cup of tea) of milk and SALT sprinkled on in the bowl - a real, tasty and sustaining meal without rotting teeth, introducing synthesized vitamins.
I prefer a good fry up....

...and stirred with a hand-carved spurtle I trust? (We love our Fenna spurtle in our house!)

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[Robson Valley]

There are many different dry cereals that don't have added sugar.
Ask any diabetic person that you know for proof.
Corn Flakes, Cheerios, puffed wheat are 3 good examples.
Toasted bread with Adams peanut butter.
Even skillet corn bread & molasses (thanks, Tabasco) has much less sugar that you would expect.

 

[Janne]

Corn flakes contain sugar I think?
Frosties are sugar with added cornflakes.
34% sugar.
Yuck....

I like puffed rice. To avoid added sugar is a problem, so much food contains it today.

What I hate is that instead of omitting sugar and leaving the product as it is, they add artificial sweeteners instead.

 

[Robson Valley]

There are lots of biomolecules which taste sweet.
Manufacturers get away with them because they are NOT 'sugar' (sucrose.)
Some, like sucrulose are out and out fakes but they ring your bell = sweet!
That's the one with chlorine in it?

Dangerous case in point:
Xylose is an odd-ball wood sugar. Used as a moden and cheap, non-sucrose swetener in cheap peanut butter.
Humans either metabolize it or pass it, I can't recall.
It can and will kill your dog from kidney failure that can't be reversed.

Even if there is sucrose sugar in the cereal, so what?
Outdoors and unusually active, you can use the calories.

 

[Janne]

Not if you are pre diabetic like me and my 24 year old son, , and have to be careful and vigilant.

A tad to much sugar, and I feel really, really sick, and also throw up.. Same for him.
No fun. Even less fun if you develop the Type 2 diabetes.

Eating mainly North American food, it is difficult.

 

[santaman2000]

Not if you are pre diabetic like me and my 24 year old son, , and have to be careful and vigilant.

A tad to much sugar, and I feel really, really sick, and also throw up.. Same for him.
No fun. Even less fun if you develop the Type 2 diabetes.

Eating mainly North American food, it is difficult.

I’m full diabetic. Corn flakes have no added sugar; however ALL cereals are by definition carbohydrates. Be careful when selecting any food that says “sugar free” because it inevitably has mor carbs that the regular sweetened type of whatever it replaces and carbs are the main culprit that need to be limited for diabetics.

 

[Robson Valley]

I'm a Type II Diabetic. I'm expected to pay attention to my sugar intake, to control my blood sugar level with minimal meds.
That is working out just fine, as it has been for some 10+ years now.

To hell with the cereal. What suits my guts the very best is pasta with cheese sauce.
Makes a really good, hot breakfast in 10 minutes. Even corn bread takes longer.