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Grape-Nuts are neither grapes, nor are they nuts, discuss.

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  • Reply 1 of 20
    daverdaver Posts: 496member
    The answer to your question is beyond my limited wisdom.



    Whenever I've mentioned Grape-Nuts to friends my age, they give me a strange look and ask what the hell I'm talking about. I'm no Grape-Nuts fanatic ? I'll buy a box a year, if that ? but are they really so far outside the product consciousness of 18?25 year olds?
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    homhom Posts: 1,098member
    Messiahtosh is neither the messiah nor Peter Tosh.



    Discuss.
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  • Reply 3 of 20
    alcimedesalcimedes Posts: 5,486member
    perhaps the shape was weird, and while sitting around a table debating what to call them someone suggest they looked like the seeds inside grapes.



    hence, grape nuts. doesn't seem that complicated actually.
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  • Reply 4 of 20
    kickahakickaha Posts: 8,760member
    One of the first ready-to-eat cereal products ever made available to the public, Grape-Nuts was first introduced in 1897. Made of wheat and malted barley, Grape-Nuts was so named because its inventor, Charles William Post, said that grape sugar was formed during the baking process and described the cereal as having a nutty flavor. Post was a pioneer in introducing and making popular cereal, a food product that today has become a standard breakfast staple.



    From http://www.kraft.com/100/innovations/grapenuts.html
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  • Reply 5 of 20
    wrong robotwrong robot Posts: 3,907member
    If you like Grape Nuts, try them with Silk brand Soy Milk, vanilla flavor.



    It makes them just a tiny bit sweeter and the soy milk seems to soak into the grape nuts better than regular milk. So, you're left with a totally awesome bowl of grape nuts.
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  • Reply 6 of 20
    faust9faust9 Posts: 1,335member
    This thread reminds me of a Mike Myers skit from SNL:



    "I'm feeling a little verclempt right now, so I'll give you a topic"



    "Grape-Nuts talk amongst yourselves."
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  • Reply 7 of 20
    murbotmurbot Posts: 5,262member
    The guy who invented them was once "pantsed" at the company Christmas party. To his horror, and his co-workers humorous delight, his secret was out. His new nickname, and the cereal name, were forever etched in stone.



    I thought this was just common knowledge.
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  • Reply 8 of 20
    addaboxaddabox Posts: 12,665member
    I see on the box there the suggestion to "try it hot!"



    Has anyone, in fact, gone down this disturbing road?



    What if you develop a taste for Hot Grape Nuts? Can you ever go back?
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  • Reply 9 of 20
    kickahakickaha Posts: 8,760member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by addabox

    I see on the box there the suggestion to "try it hot!"



    Has anyone, in fact, gone down this disturbing road?



    What if you develop a taste for Hot Grape Nuts? Can you ever go back?




    Yup, they're not bad at all. Not *great*, but not bad. Good for a Dec morning.
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  • Reply 10 of 20
    vargasvargas Posts: 426member
    No, I just sat down a little too fast













    Huh?
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  • Reply 11 of 20
    addaboxaddabox Posts: 12,665member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Kickaha

    Yup, they're not bad at all. Not *great*, but not bad. Good for a Dec morning.



    Do they retain their gravel like nature or do they start to mushify?
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  • Reply 12 of 20
    wrong robotwrong robot Posts: 3,907member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by addabox

    Do they retain their gravel like nature or do they start to mushify?





    they absorb lots of milk and become soggy and delicious.



    Or if that's not your thing, put less milk in and they retain their crunch
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  • Reply 13 of 20
    messiahtoshmessiahtosh Posts: 1,754member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Wrong Robot

    If you like Grape Nuts, try them with Silk brand Soy Milk, vanilla flavor.



    It makes them just a tiny bit sweeter and the soy milk seems to soak into the grape nuts better than regular milk. So, you're left with a totally awesome bowl of grape nuts.




    I love vanillia soy milk, I just switched to 8th Continent Light Vanilla Soy...delicious.
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  • Reply 14 of 20
    wrong robotwrong robot Posts: 3,907member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Messiahtosh

    I love vanillia soy milk, I just switched to 8th Continent Light Vanilla Soy...delicious.





    indeed. I had some of that 8th continent stuff the other week, it's a little too sweet for my tastes, but the texture is great. It's amazing how far along soy milk has come. I remember when it was unbearably not like milk, but honestly, the first time I had Silk, I had no clue it wasn't cow milk until I was told.
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  • Reply 15 of 20
    naplesxnaplesx Posts: 3,743member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by addabox

    I see on the box there the suggestion to "try it hot!"



    Has anyone, in fact, gone down this disturbing road?



    What if you develop a taste for Hot Grape Nuts? Can you ever go back?




    Just saying "I really am in the mood for some hot grape-nuts" can't be good.
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  • Reply 16 of 20
    splinemodelsplinemodel Posts: 7,311member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Wrong Robot

    If you like Grape Nuts, try them with Silk brand Soy Milk, vanilla flavor.



    . . .





    WIMP.



    If you're going to drink soy milk, it's original flavor or nothing. It's "Yeah, I'm a sissy, but at least I'm drinking f-ing soy, and not pretend vanilla soy."



    Anyway, the secret is out. I'm lactose intolerant and have been drinking soy milk for years. (well, when I need a milk-like product. Otherwise, as Arnold says, "Milk is for behbies. When you grow up, it's all about biehr."). Actually, It's all about the original flavor. Buy it. Love it.
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  • Reply 17 of 20
    shawnjshawnj Posts: 6,656member
    Grape Nuts are versatile. Ever try a peanut butter and apricot jelly sandwich with banana slices and grape nuts? Crunchy, sticky, sweet, good. You could add a little *crunch* to blueberry yogurt (or your favorite flavor). Absorbs about about a cup of Grape Nuts with vigorous stirring.
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  • Reply 18 of 20
    splinemodelsplinemodel Posts: 7,311member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by ShawnJ

    Grape Nuts are versatile. Ever try a peanut butter and apricot jelly sandwich with banana slices and grape nuts?



    Now you've got me thinking. . . Rye bread, grape nuts, mayo, tabasco. Wow, I can imagine that. Seems better than my usual, which is sans the grape nuts.



    And I'd eat it with original style soy milk, too.
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  • Reply 19 of 20
    messiahtoshmessiahtosh Posts: 1,754member
    I tried them hot tonight, very good.
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  • Reply 20 of 20
    wrong robotwrong robot Posts: 3,907member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by ShawnJ

    Grape Nuts are versatile. Ever try a peanut butter and apricot jelly sandwich with banana slices and grape nuts? Crunchy, sticky, sweet, good. You could add a little *crunch* to blueberry yogurt (or your favorite flavor). Absorbs about about a cup of Grape Nuts with vigorous stirring.





    Yeah, they are great in yogurt.
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