Mad Scientist?

I have barely eaten today. It's 10pm. Had urge for cereal but no milk. Kitty would not let me milk her so I decided to add water to 'non-dairy creamer' powder for coffee. I still had some non-flavored that was Mother's; I preferred French Vanilla which Mother hated as too sweet although she added sugar to her coffee.

So... two parts water to one part powder. Bottled water. The spoon sucked so I got the whisk out and played boat motor. Well, it looked milk-ish. It wasn't cold so I knew it was not going to be great. I poured it on cereal and stirred it a bit. Spoon to mouth... I did not vomit?

It was creamy tasting. Not like milk although I've been drinking 1% milk fat for ages now... anyway, where was I? Oh, eating cereal. Well by the time I finished the bowel I feared diabetic shock! So *very* sweet! Like daiquiris made with honey!*

I put more I made (a cup) in the fridge to get cold in case I get masochistic enough to finish the cereal using it. This non-dairy creamer is mostly corn-syrup solids which, added to the honey on the cereal just about knocked me down. I had vague memory of Mother saying grandmother did milk substitute from creamer when she ran out but I could be delusional. It's bound to be like powdered milk but this was much creamier in taste.

I looked at powered milk last night at the grocery. WTF is it so expensive for? Even on sale, it was $10 for enough to make up 3 gallons. The only advantage it seems to have is not needing refrigeration although you can get real milk that doesn't need refrigeration either as Parmalat in the States.

I was pissed at the grocery for dropping their store-brand version of the cereal I've been eating. Bastard. Loyal readers will remember how in '05 (or so) another chain stopped stocking a Canadian cereal I'd become attached to. I even wrote to complain. They said it was a poor seller. I think that was crap since they started stocking a very similar "Weight Watchers" branded cereal. That was the last time I flirted with cereal. I've been through many cereal traumas over the years. Buc Wheats from General Mills. During my uni days, I would eat Muesli from Ralston (Purina) dry out of the box as a snack. Ralston's people food sold its branded cereals to General Mills and after that, I think Muesli was axed. Kellogg's still has Mueslix which is similar but different. I ate that awhile, it changed to "Healthy Choice" brand for awhile but it back to being Kellogg's branded. It just wasn't as good as the Ralston one. The list of cereals I got to like and saw murdered by the marketplace goes on but a few I don't recall names for such as one granola cereal from Quaker in the 80's. Anyway, it's just one of those, "You are the most f'ing marginal person alive," things.

Which brings me to TV... which has also seen me get hooked and shows axed. Often once a show reaches critical mass of wide appeal I find it's turned to crap. "The Sopranos" for example.

I'm bored of blogging for now. Might go to bed very soon.