Cereal is a staple in many households. And not just for breakfast. It is a great snack throughout the day, or sometimes even a nice simple meal. Today we have the Swiss Cake Roll and Nutty Buddy cereals. Let’s see if either get the seal of approval.
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Who are our Questers today?
Kris, hide your wife, hide your kids.
Hannah, aka Hot Take Hannah.
Matt, he’s here!
Amy, here we go again.
A History of Cereal
Breakfast has had an interesting evolution. In the colonial times, people generally ate porridge or leftovers from the night before. Something that would get them going in the morning and give them energy for the day. But as the nation grew wealthier, breakfasts also grew. Big breakfasts of steak, eggs, bacon, sausages became very common. And having a big meal made sense if you worked on the farm and needed a meal to last you until dinner after a long day of hard labor. But as time passed and the Industrial Revolution happened, less and less people needed a huge meal in the morning, nor did they have time for it. Additionally, a heavy morning meal wasn’t considered ideal for health reasons.
Queue Dr. John Harvey Kellogg. Dr. Kellogg took over the Battle Creek Sanitarium, a world-famous medical spa. He believed in “biologic living”, promoting exercise, massage therapy, and digestive health. And with that goal in mind, Corn Flakes were born. They were so popular among patients at the sanitorium, Kellogg decided to market the flakes as a light, healthy breakfast meal.
The cereal business was cutthroat as soon as it started. One-time patient at the sanitarium, C.W. Post quickly adapted the cereal into his own creation, Grape-Nuts, which was incredibly successful.
Today Americans buy around 2.7 billion boxes of cereal each year. This amounts to about 14 pounds of cereal that the average person consumes annually.
The Results
**SPOILER ALERT!**
Listen to the episode first if you do not want the results revealed to you yet!
Swiss Cake Roll
Hannah: “The texture is bad.” 6/10
Amy: “They are funky and bad.” 3/10
Kris: “The first crunch is really bad.” 5/10
Matt: “This is just like a cocoa pebble, along those lines.” 5/10
TOTAL: 19/40
Nutty Buddy
Hannah: “This looks like it isn’t made for human consumption.” 2/10
Amy: “Throw this in the trash where it belongs.” 1/10
Kris: “Where is the peanut butter?” 2/10
Matt: “It smells like a tootsie roll.” 3/10
TOTAL: 8/40
There you have it. NOTHING gets the Quest for the Best seal of approval. Save your money. Save your time. Save your taste buds. Horrible horrible horrible.
Thank you for joining us on this episode of Quest for the Best. Let us know what you thought. Have you tried these cereals? What were your thoughts?
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