cereal

My cousin came down to stay with me this weekend. She was taking the American SATs because she is thinking of going to University in the US and so has to have an SAT result to do that... Anyway, I had to buy her some cereal as she didn't approve of my fruit and nut option. She went with Frosties, which i joined her in eating on Sunday morning. It took me back to my childhood. I ate Frosties before school for many years and had perfected my eating method to get the maximum enjoyment out of a bowl. It was as follows.

Perfect Frosties Eating Technique. (If you are me)

1. Add the required amount of delicious frosted flakes to a bowl.
2. Add a generous amount of milk fresh out of the fridge and as cold as possible to the bowl. The milk should be about 1 cm higher in the bowl than the top of the cereal before the addition of the milk.
3. Leave the bowl of cereal and boil 3 cups of water.
4. Make a cup of tea with the boiled water (The timing of steps 3 and 4 is crucial. This allows the milk to slightly soften the Frosties and also the sugar from the Frosties starts to dissolve and turn the milk sweet. Too little time and the Frosties will be too hard and stand some chance of lacerating the roof of your mouth. More importantly though, the remaining milk may not be enjoyably sweet by the time the flakes have been eaten. On the other hand, taking too much time results in a soggy mess of cereal, where you do get sweet milk, which is nice, but the flakes lack any crunch and the texture in the mouth is not a pleasant one. How quickly your kettle boils and how fast you are at making tea are obvious variables here so some experimentation may be required.)
5. Eat the still crunchy Frosties, being careful not to take up too much milk with each spoonful.
6. Drink the enjoyably large amount of deliciously sweet milk remaining in the bowl.

I enjoyed going through my ritual again on Sunday and have the remainder of the pack to look forward to as well. They're great.