Kitchen equipment - question for American persons

[monster]

FTR There is no Weetabx equivalent. Shredded Wheat is nothing like it apart from allegedly starting from the same grain. You can sometimes find it in the organic aisle. Also, Trader Joes's sells it.

[DanaC]

I've been on a shredded wheat kick lately.

What are Rice Crispies like over there? Do they taste the same?

[Tulip]

Originally Posted by skysidhe

I don't know anyone who uses toaster ovens except for old people.

And I must be old too because I use a toaster oven. I also use an electric kettle, but the Krups style, sort of the style below, but mine is a really old model.

http://www.krupsonlinestore.com/imagesEdp/p68071z.jpg

[xoxoxoBruce]

OMG, you've been Krupted.

[DucksNuts]

Originally Posted by DanaC

I've been on a shredded wheat kick lately.

What are Rice Crispies like over there? Do they taste the same?

Down here we call then Rice Bubbles and they have little characters called, Snap, Crackle and Pop. I personally like them with Milo all over them, which people say is the same as Cocoa Pops... Totally disagree.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Originally Posted by DucksNuts

Down here we call then Rice Bubbles and they have little characters called, Snap, Crackle and Pop. I personally like them with Milo all over them, which people say is the same as Cocoa Pops... Totally disagree.

Rice Bubbles would be the same as our Rice Krispies, complete with Snap, Crackle & Pop characters. Evidently, our Cocoa Krispies are called Coco Pops down your way.

[Aliantha]

Originally Posted by DucksNuts

Down here we call then Rice Bubbles and they have little characters called, Snap, Crackle and Pop. I personally like them with Milo all over them, which people say is the same as Cocoa Pops... Totally disagree.

Yeah, milo is totally different.

I used to love rice bubbles when I was a kid while my brother always had cornflakes. I guess it made it easy for Mum not having to listen to bitching about who ate the last bowl of rice bubbles/cornflakes.

[monster]

yup no diff in rice crispies, or any of the other main cereals. Weetabix stands out in it's failure to thrive and be genericized here. Here in the country with the mostest cereals evah. BTW Kellogg was from round these parts. Lucky Michigan.

[kerosene]

Originally Posted by monster

FTR There is no Weetabx equivalent. Shredded Wheat is nothing like it apart from allegedly starting from the same grain. You can sometimes find it in the organic aisle. Also, Trader Joes's sells it.

I've had Weetabix, before. It seems like they sell it at King Soopers here, in Colorado.

We had an electric kettle, but it no longer works, so back to boiling water in a pan for us.

Drinking pop in the morning doesn't surprise me. I don't do it, though. I drink a little concoction I made up: 2 1/2 spoonfulls of instant coffee, 16 oz of cold water, bunch of sugar free syrup and enough milk to make it tan. I know it sounds awful but it wakes me up.