FoxTrot Classics by Bill Amend for October 07, 2023

Reminds me of the Calvin & Hobbes strip. “Hey Hobbes, try some Chocolate Frosted Sugar Bombs..” “S…SSS.. SWEET!” “Nah, they’re kinda bland unless you add sugar.”

About the size of it

If you put marshmallows on the chopping block, you can create magical shapes.

Marshmallows? PUKE

Love marshmallows, but not in cereal.

Try Linus’ bowl of choice: Sugar cubes with honey.

If you add enough sugar, it caused the marshmallows to dissolve.

“Part of this complete breakfast.” The part that contributes NOTHING to the nutrition of the meal except calories and tooth decay. Most kids leave the juice, toast and eggs out.

I do buy breakfast cereal: those that don’t add sugar. It makes a good mid-day snack (I eat about a 1/4 bowl dry). I am amazed at how much aisle space is devoted to the product.

My wife used to work with State Department refugees as a nurse. Part of her duties was to teach nutrition. So she advised her “students” to shop the “outside of the store.” This is where the produce, meats and dairy are. The internal aisles are where all the processed foods and sugar and fat are.

Unfortunately, the outside of the store is where the most expensive food is. Also in their wisdom, the government has decided that many of these items are NOT covered by food assistance programs. You can buy bottled water but not fresh fruits and vegetables. That was another thing my wife had to teach – water in America is safe to drink from the tap (we don’t live in Flint, MI) so don’t waste your money buying water.

I remember as a kid pouring tons of sugar on my Wheaties, what I usually ate. I was skinny then and my body burned it up. Not any more; I avoid sugar when I can. But I’m not sure if the sugar substitutes are any better. “No sugar added” in products means they have the artificial sweeteners in them instead. Hard to avoid both. For example, try buying hot chocolate powder in bags for mixing in hot water…..it’s mostly sugar.

There’s more sugar in the cereal aisle than there is in the candy aisle.

I used to scoop sugar all over my cheerios, not realizing that most of it ended up as a milky sludge at the bottom of the bowl…

…mmmmmmmmmmmm……sluuuuuuudge……

ew

That cereal Mikey likes is 19% sugar. Some cereal, such as granola, which we might think is healthful because of the grains, nuts, and other seeds, is even higher. Some cereal is over 50% sugar.

Absloutely Brilliant!!!…

No chocolate frosted sugar bombs?

Brings back the halcyon days when cereal brands openly advertised how much sugar their products contained. Sugar Frosted Flakes or Sugar Smacks, anyone?

Am I the only one who’s surprised that Andy even has that much sugar in the house?

My cereal of choice, when I actually want to eat cereal, is Orgininal Special K, which was what I was told to eat by the dietican I had to see when I was first told I have Type2 Diabeties.

I am amused by some of the advertising: “1/3 less fat” 1/3 less than what: the equivalent weight of lard?

How metaphoric.