Don't Knock it 'till you've tried it!

[FMCoug]

When I was a kid we weren't allowed sweetened cereals. But we had a diner-style sugar thing at the table (the kind that pours). So I would load my cereal with a ton of sugar, pour some milk, add some more sugar. The first round of sugar ends up at the bottom of the bowl. So after the cereal is gone, you can scoop up spoonfuls of milk-logged sugar.

[Surfah]

For over 35 years, a source of contention in our marriage has been my wife's family's longstanding practice of shunning syrup in favor of hot tomato juice on french toast. Our six children divide evenly on the issue of syrup vs. tomato juice. I still think the idea of pouring freakin' tomato juice on french toast is obscene, but the battle rages on.

And as kids, we put sugar in rich abundance on the supposedly non-sugared cold cereals (e.g., Cheerios, the Chexes, Wheaties, etc.). We regarded the sugary milky goo that remained at the bottom of the bowl as the nectar of the gods.

That is obscene. Hot tomato juice? Nasty.

[UteStar]

Nothing weird for me, though gravy can pretty much go on anything and I would be happy.

[FMCoug]

Peanut butter on french toast, pancakes, etc. Butter + Peanut Butter + Maple Syrup.

[MarkGrace]

Peanut butter on french toast, pancakes, etc. Butter + Peanut Butter + Maple Syrup.

I never liked pancakes much until a friend introduced the peanut butter and pancakes. That plus maple syrup is about the only way I'll eat it.

[HuskyFreeNorthwest]

I also love putting vinegar on stuff. I love the taste of vinegar. I can drink it straight....

wtf? That is awful.

While I was on my mission in Sacto I was out in the boonies of San Andreas, CA, there was this crazy lady that had us over to dinner every 2-3 weeks. One time she served us "Sun cooked chicken" It was chicken that was put in a pot in her front yard and then cooked by the sun, pretty simple recipe. Another time she sent us home with a Key Lime pie from her fridge that had expired 10 months prior to the day she gave it to us and a box of WWF Superstars cereal that had Hulk Hogan on the front, no date found on them.

My comp and I got shutgunned from the area and one of our last dinners was with her, when we told her we were leaving she told us we needed to have a health drink, that would cure cancer and stop all other diseases. It was a glass of vinegar with a spoon full of baking soda dumped in. That was the only time I puked on my mission.

[TripletDaddy]

Peanut butter on french toast, pancakes, etc. Butter + Peanut Butter + Maple Syrup.

I'm in for this..

Also, I've always enjoyed having a fried egg with my waffles.....then mixing a hint of the syrup with my eggs.

This also explains why I had to dedicate most of this year to fitday.com

[FMCoug]

This also explains why I had to dedicate most of this year to fitday.com

And why I'm having to dedicate 12-18 mos. to it.

[Portland Ute]

For over 35 years, a source of contention in our marriage has been my wife's family's longstanding practice of shunning syrup in favor of hot tomato juice on french toast. Our six children divide evenly on the issue of syrup vs. tomato juice. I still think the idea of pouring freakin' tomato juice on french toast is obscene, but the battle rages on.

I am horrified.

[Tim]

Finally, one thing I have done since a lad and have now taught my kids to do......take a small can of fruit cocktail (not sure what specific purpose fruit cocktail serves...when do people use it for anything other than bizarre recipes?) and pour it over your bowl of corn flakes, frosted flakes, etc. Has to be of the corn flake family. That is a delish treat right there. I remove the plastic red cherries first, though.

I heard on NPR a couple years ago that the number of each type of fruit in a fruit cocktail is regulated by the government. Since fruit cocktail is an item available on most food stamp programs, the government provides guidelines. Wikipedia has the definitions of how much of each fruit has to be in the can/container. Anyhow, that explains why one of the companies (Del Monte, maybe?) had to create a new type of combination NOT called "fruit cocktail" when they wanted to add more maraschinos to the mix. Fascinating.

[cougjunkie]

[QUOTE=PaloAltoCougar;184999]For over 35 years, a source of contention in our marriage has been my wife's family's longstanding practice of shunning syrup in favor of hot tomato juice on french toast. Our six children divide evenly on the issue of syrup vs. tomato juice. I still think the idea of pouring freakin' tomato juice on french toast is obscene, but the battle rages on.

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This is the sickest thing I have ever heard. I do not even like Tomato soup in fact when my wife makes it I go upstairs because the smell bothers me. To put Tomato juice on your french toast is disgusting, add in that its hot, makes me want to throw up.

[MarkGrace]

I agree that the tomato juice thing is the worst in this thread.

[RockyBalboa]

I'm addicted to Reeses Peanut Butter Puffs Cereal.

[MarkGrace]

I'm addicted to Reeses Peanut Butter Puffs Cereal.

Lol. What's wrong with that? That stuff is fantastic.

[marsupial]

Nothing sounds good in this thread. Nothing.

I had a roommate at BYU that ate peanut butter and bacon sandwiches. I also caught her (on more than one occasion) eating snot.