I never got into the habit of cereal for breakfast. Other than an occasional bowl of malt o meal, cream of wheat, or oatmeal.
My idea of breakfast when I was young was a piece of bacon, and a homemade biscuit with homemade black berry jelly, and a cup of milk from the cows-that’s down on granny’s farm.
The other granny had a restaurant, and there we had eggs and bacon, sausage, or ham, hash browns, and biscuits and gravy.
At home, we had the cereals, and so I either skipped breakfast or just drank some juice. School didn’t start till 9am and lunch was at 11 am, so it wasn’t a big deal to just wait to eat lunch.
LOL! Come to think of it, we had hot cereals, but usually cooked shredded wheat (my mom’s fave!) Our usual breakfast was probably eggs and toast.
Hot Shredded Wheat
Spray pan with a little cooking spray or butter or butter-like substance. Arrange shredded wheat wafers in the bottom of the pan. Put a little butter or butter-like substance on top of the wafers. Cover with your favorite milk or milk-like substance. Put fire on low, cover, and simmer until the milk absorbed by the wafers and they have wilted and heated all the way through. Serve with brown sugar or favorite sugar-like substance.