# Worst Tasting/Least Favorite Breakfast Cereal **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** food-cooking\ **Created:** [July 26, 2015, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-tasting-least-favorite-breakfast-cereal/726212 "2015-07-26T05:26:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2015, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-tasting-least-favorite-breakfast-cereal/726212/101 "2015-08-04T05:09:06Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > I know that’s how you eat grits. As far as I’m concerned, the only way to eat grits is with salt, pepper, and cheese, preferably sharp cheddar. Yum. ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2015, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-tasting-least-favorite-breakfast-cereal/726212/102 "2015-08-04T05:28:23Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > […] > My own personal experience with bulghur wheat is that it has the taste and texture of sawdust, but like Grape Nuts and All-Bran it does make good muffins. Sawdust?! My, such strange things you’ve eaten. :D:p ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2015, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-tasting-least-favorite-breakfast-cereal/726212/103 "2015-08-04T17:27:48Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > It’s been a long time; probably none. Is that why? > > I know that’s how you eat grits. It makes everything better and it’s how I would have eaten Cream of Wheat as a kid. Grits for me is either butter and white sugar, or butter, S&P and cheese, as mentioned. ---
**Author:** ![funky\_little\_lee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e95f7d/32.png) [@funky\_little\_lee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/funky_little_lee)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2015, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-tasting-least-favorite-breakfast-cereal/726212/104 "2015-08-04T18:25:50Z")
I can’t think what it’s called right offhand, but there’s an organic granola sold at my local supermarket. I normally like granola, but this stuff tastes like cardboard, and like cardboard it breaks down into a soggy mush the second milk hits it. It is so nasty I threw the whole bag out after trying one bite. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2015, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-tasting-least-favorite-breakfast-cereal/726212/105 "2015-08-04T19:21:40Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > I remember tasting Super Golden Crisps (or maybe it was Honey Smacks? Same difference.) once as a kid. Once. Yech! Same here, whatever that cereal is with the cartoon frog on the front. It tasted like burnt honey, and I’ve never tried it again. My favorites are Raisin Bran, Frosted Mini-Wheats, and Captain Crunch/Crunchberries. ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2015, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-tasting-least-favorite-breakfast-cereal/726212/106 "2015-08-04T19:29:58Z")
> [@funky\_little\_lee](#): > > I can’t think what it’s called right offhand, but there’s an organic granola sold at my local supermarket. I normally like granola, but this stuff tastes like cardboard, and like cardboard it breaks down into a soggy mush the second milk hits it. It is so nasty I threw the whole bag out after trying one bite. My Mom used to work with a Jewish friend who told her about things like bagels and motzas. My Mom already knew about motzas; she said they tasted like cardboard. The friend said, “You can get them in onion flavor now.” “Oh, great,” Mom said, “onion - flavored cardboard.” ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2015, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-tasting-least-favorite-breakfast-cereal/726212/107 "2015-08-04T19:38:17Z")
> [@cwthree](#): > > Sounds like [Weetabix](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weetabix), which I love. You have to add the Weetabix to a cup full of blood, to give it texture. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2015, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-tasting-least-favorite-breakfast-cereal/726212/108 "2015-08-04T22:14:00Z")
> [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](#): > > As far as I’m concerned, the only way to eat grits is with salt, pepper, and cheese, preferably sharp cheddar. Yum. Then you have polenta. ---
**Author:** ![Mixolydian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/da6949/32.png) [@Mixolydian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mixolydian)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2015, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-tasting-least-favorite-breakfast-cereal/726212/109 "2015-08-04T23:02:49Z")
Just remembered another cereal that I thought was pretty nasty as a kid and never was tempted to try again… [Buc Wheats](http://www.mrbreakfast.com/cereal_detail.asp?id=47) ---
**Author:** ![MagicEyes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@MagicEyes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MagicEyes)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2015, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-tasting-least-favorite-breakfast-cereal/726212/110 "2015-08-05T01:02:41Z")
I have eaten a cereal that is worse than Grape Nuts. I was trying to eat better, so I got a box of some excruciatingly healthy Kashi cereal (sorry, I don’t remember the name–all I can do is recommend that you all stay away from any Kashi cereal, just to be safe). It was like horse food. So of course I shared it with my coworkers, so I wouldn’t have to suffer alone. One of my coworkers actually liked it, so he took it and possibly ate it all. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2015, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-tasting-least-favorite-breakfast-cereal/726212/111 "2015-08-05T03:06:25Z")
It was like horse food? You put on a feed bag and ate hay mash? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2015, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-tasting-least-favorite-breakfast-cereal/726212/112 "2015-08-05T03:53:35Z")
Off topic, but back in the days when the Internet was poised to usher in a brave new world, [custom cereal](http://adage.com/article/news/general-mills-customize-cereal-web/56131/)was actually a thing. I logged on and created a kick ass cereal of dates, almonds, cranberries, granola and lord only knows what else. And I was prepared to spend $8 or so per box. But it was not to be, General Mills insisted that I add some crappy ingredient to make it nutritionally balanced and shit. So I never bought my box of custom breakfast. The Internet gradually degraded into the cesspool it is today, and I blame General Mills for killing it’s bright shiny future. Oh, and Urkel-Os. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2015, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-tasting-least-favorite-breakfast-cereal/726212/113 "2015-08-05T04:13:25Z")
Kashi. All of their products taste like sawdust to me. ---
**Author:** ![cwthree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de0a6/32.png) [@cwthree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cwthree)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2015, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-tasting-least-favorite-breakfast-cereal/726212/114 "2015-08-05T13:51:47Z")
> [@control-z](#): > > Same here, whatever that cereal is with the cartoon frog on the front. It tasted like burnt honey, and I’ve never tried it again. [Kellogg’s Sugar Smacks](https://www.google.com/search?q=Kellogg+sugar+smacks&safe=off&client=ms-android-att-us&espv=1&prmd=si&tbm=isch&tbo=u&sboxchip=Images&source=univ&fir=9VB8WDFqiQcwZM%253A%252CTkjwOeUbzJuW8M%252C_%253BFjj1ivNssbCgbM%253A%252CW5MPX1DQP5s6hM%252C_%253BHaqQhlpOlTVDVM%253A%252CKr9iqDT0QLY9VM%252C_%253BfqpexUUXaCIMWM%253A%252CYP4BbHiUZH98eM%252C_%253BvQdBXqvlJGdy2M%253A%252C7cM2ySTgro1QZM%252C_&usg= __hK9yb4ACLeieP_oAKaTnZQsydao%3D&sa=X&ved=0CCoQ7AlqFQoTCIfB_J2KkscCFYV0Pgodo78D2A#imgrc=fqpexUUXaCIMWM%3A&usg=__ hK9yb4ACLeieP_oAKaTnZQsydao%3D), later rechristened Kellogg’s Honey Smacks. (“Dig 'em!”). They were bad, but not as bad as plain puffed rice. ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2015, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-tasting-least-favorite-breakfast-cereal/726212/115 "2015-08-05T14:11:01Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Kashi. All of their products taste like sawdust to me. How do you know? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![crucible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@crucible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crucible)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2015, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-tasting-least-favorite-breakfast-cereal/726212/116 "2015-08-05T14:11:39Z")
I’d like to add that sprinkling ‘Wheat Germ’ on any cereal will give it a far better flavor and will be more healthy. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2015, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-tasting-least-favorite-breakfast-cereal/726212/117 "2015-08-05T14:13:53Z")
> [@dougie\_monty](#): > > How do you know? 😃 I’m a woodworker. ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2015, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-tasting-least-favorite-breakfast-cereal/726212/118 "2015-08-05T16:32:12Z")
It’s a good thing you don’t clean cesspools instead. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2015, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-tasting-least-favorite-breakfast-cereal/726212/119 "2015-08-05T16:59:35Z")
> [@dougie\_monty](#): > > It’s a good thing you don’t clean cesspools instead. 😃 Gives “tastes like shit” a whole new meaning. ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2015, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-tasting-least-favorite-breakfast-cereal/726212/120 "2015-08-05T20:05:00Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Gives “tastes like shit” a whole new meaning. Well, there you are. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-tasting-least-favorite-breakfast-cereal/726212.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-tasting-least-favorite-breakfast-cereal/726212.md?page=7)