We went shopping for a few essentials today.
Strolling past the cereals aisle I asked OH if there was anything we needed.
OH: I don’t think so … I think we have enough cornflakes to last over the weekend.
Me: You sure?
OH: Yeah, we have enough. They’ve gone a bit soft, that’s all.
Me: Well, pop them in the oven for a bit!
OH: Nnngehh. I don’t want to do that.
Me: Why not?
OH: They’ll go hard.
Me: No, they won’t! Not if you don’t leave them in too long!
*Three second silence*
OH:Â Anyway … the box might catch fire.
You know, I’m convinced people come to Sainsbury’s at the same time as us just for the entertainment value. They always seem to bring their kids, too – keeps them amused I guess.
It would explain why the damn place is always heaving when we get there.
This reminds me of my roommate right after college. We were conferring what to make for dinner. Thinking of the milk, breadcrumbs and cans/tins of tuna I had in the house, I suggested a tuna casserole.
She– a veteran out-of-the-box-and-heat-it cook responded, “Oh, we don’t have any of that.”
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Hmm, “Crunchy Nut” is something we don’t have in the states. But our cereal will last forever. We have enough chemical additives to keep it into the next millennium.
Peace – D
See, I can’t wait to be old… I would ALWAYS go to the shops during lunch hours and saturdays… when everyone else HAS to go… I would take my time, wander in and out of the aisle, smelling of wee, just getting the the way..
I have a way to solve this … and it WILL be a post of mine soon… not everyone will agree, but it has some very good points…
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Your husband needs a close encounter with a cookie sheet and a lesson in its many uses.
The box will catch fire.
Classic.
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Ahhhhahha…such a guy thing to say. What would we do without that kind of entertainment?
We don’t have Crunchy Nut here…but it looks a lot like Honey Bunches of Oats…
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Bless him – soggy cornflakes to start the day and the fact that he also has the ever so gorgeous JD’s attributes to live up to!! He deserves a hug – go for it!!!
AND never go shopping on a Saturday – they are all out there!!!
*laughing* at riverpoet’s comment. So very true. Put the box into the oven? Prey tell, I wonder if that’s why the smoke alarms went off in our condominium halls today?
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dinner!” Let me check to see if it’s on fire!
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ha ha ha ha….I need to get me one of those husband types.
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I would like to try this “crunchy Nut” looks pretty interesting. I love honey bunches of oats – look very similar….. i think i am hungry
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You get your husband into a supermarket? Kudos to you! Mine wouldn’t have known where they were! I wonder if the oven trick works with Weetabix. Clare’s our only cereal eater and I think there’s been a box of soggy bricks in the pantry since January!
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Ha ha ha! ‘The box might catch fire’ Cereal doesn’t last long enough to go soft in our house or I’d try that ;O)
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Jenn – Oh, that’s priceless!! Did you let her in on the secret? Or did you make the casserole and then let her think you were a magician? LOL!
River Poet – Hahaha! Yes, I know what you mean! It does last forever .. but it also absorbs moisture from the air, sadly!
Moon – You are evil, you know that? ROFL! I can’t wait to see what you write!
Ruth – But he’s afraid of the oven! That thing’s HOT you know! LOL!
Angi – He keeps me entertained, that’s for sure! He has a great sense of humour!
Kate – I know – it’s a hard life, being Yellow Swordfish, poor man. I will hug him. I often do, you know!
Petra – He does know really, not to put the box in as well. He was just having some fun. I bet the other shoppers were amused though!
I’ll pop over for the chicken dinner. Mmmm! Tasty!
Meleah – Uh-huh .. they can be very useful to have around. Just be very careful how you pick one! Some – I’m told – are Not So Good.
Sherer – Honey Nut cornflakes are just ordinary cornflakes (made with maize not wheat), covered in honey and chopped nuts. Apparently they’re nice. I wouldn’t know! LOL!
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Baino – He’s actually very good about shopping, though he loathes it. He’s been coming with me to help lift stuff and push the trolley since I injured my shoulder, bless him!
It probably works with Weetabix, don’t see why not! When you’ve had the oven on to cook something, just pop the Weetabix in there on a tray – you can switch the oven off, the residual heat should do it. Just don’t leave them too long or they may burn.
Babs – Well, I don’t eat it you see.. I only eat plain puffed rice, which I throw seed mix in – that’s when I eat cereal at all! So the Honey Nut stuff can sit in there a while!
You put them in the oven? omg…this is why I never prepare food in my house.
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While baking a cake with my daughters, back when they were like 10-years-old … the recipe called for toasted coconut sprinkles on top … because we already sprinkled it with untoasted coconut, I thought it a good idea to place the cake back into the oven and use the “broil” setting (it lights the top thingy, right? I just wanted to toast the coconut on the top of the cake) … anyway, when I asked the twins they both agreed. The cake caught fire.
DM – Yes, spread out on a baking tray, on a very very low setting. You can pop it in after you’ve finished cooking something else, with the oven off, but still hot. It crisps them up a treat!
Joe – HAHAHAHA!! I’m guess you had that oven up way too high – but in any case, one does not normally want to melt one’s frosting, so it’s probably not a terribly good idea to put a finished cake back in on ‘broil’. Just a handy tip for the future.
I’m only surprised you didn’t use a blowtorch. LOL!
Put the box in the oven??? ROFLMAO! Sheesh, doesn’t he know you’re supposed to put it in the microwave?
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While reading your post I was thinking: Gee, I never thought of putting my Cornflakes in the oven. Would it make them more crunchy? I just couldn’t believe I had missed this little life lesson. But them, as I read further, I realized that I’d been had. Very funny.
Happy trails.
Hahahahaha!!! That was great! Was he serious or just pulling your leg?
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good one hahahah !!
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Mr N – An excellent plan, with just one small drawback. We don’t have a microwave!
Swubird – Not at all – you can put them in the oven, sprinkled on an oven tray, on a very very low heat for a short while and it crisps them right up. Of course, you do have to take them out of the box first …
Maureen – Nah, he was just being a smart-ass.
Sandy – Made me laugh! And half of Sainsbury’s, too!
thanks for the chuckle……..you’ve got to love those husbands……as if we didn’t who would?
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Heheheh that. Is. Classic.
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Gill – Oh, I do, I do! LOL!
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The oven treatment works wonders on soggy rice Krispies and puffed wheat. Also cream crackers. Not too good on chocolate digestives though! My other half wouldn’t know how to turn the oven on though!
“They’ll go hard.” I thought the conversation was heading somewhere else. Geee. Dirty Mind
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at least OH has a sense of humor. that was funny.
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@ scratch bags, meee tooo, that’s why i read it again and i was like oh well, in my mind i had a whole different picture. i smiled to myself and thanked me. lol
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GrannyGrimble – and on soggy French bread too, not that it seems to go soft very often, quite the opposite!
Chocolate digestives! You’re as bad as Practically Joe! LOL!
Scratch – Tut tut … shame on you. As if I’d write anything remotely smutty on my lovely clean blog! *Snigger*
Valerie – Oh yes, he does. And thank heavens for it!
You too, huh? My, my .. I’m surprised at you! ROFL!
And naturally, I have absolutely no idea what you could possibly be talking about!