Random Thoughts

Whose idea was it to put marshmallows in cereal, like Lucky Charms?  Let me tell you: it was a bad idea.  First of all, any cereal that would have marshmallows in it already has too much sugar.  Second, the marshmallows don’t even taste real and to me they squeak between your teeth. They’re generally hard, and even if the milk does soften them up, they just turn slimy and still squeak: plus now your milk is a funky color.  Okay, maybe that’s fun for kids but not for us adults that are kids at heart!

While we’re on the subject of marshmallows, why is it that when you make your own rice krispies treats they’re wonderful, but when you buy them they seem to cut up your mouth?  Sometimes I don’t have the time or the inclination to make them so I’ll buy a couple; but it can be like biting into razor blades!  And if you don’t believe me, you can verify this with Brie and good old Aunt Robin!

Can someone explain marshmallow peeps to me?  Marshmallows covered with granulated sugar? Yikes!  I can’t stand that sugar crunching between my teeth.  But again, maybe as an adult I shouldn’t be eating them.  I have several friends that still like them, which I can’t understand.  They say they taste better stale.  Mmm, hardened marshmallow with crunchy sugar: what a treat!  Who can resist (my hand just went up!)?

However, if you want pure sugar, pixy sticks are the way to go.  I absolutely love them, much to the chagrin of my friends.  The reason why I don’t mind pixy stick sugar as opposed to marshmallow peep sugar is because I don’t chew the pixy sticks; I just let them dissolve in my mouth.  Delicious!

Of course, even though pixy sticks look like Kool-aid; you can’t add them to water for a refreshing drink.  First you wouldn’t have enough pixy stick sugar to make a sweetened beverage.  Second, it would be more expensive to buy a hundred pixy sticks for a pitcher of beverage, when you can buy a packet of Kool-aid for a quarter or the canister for about $3.00.

What’s the difference between Kool-aid and the imitation stuff, besides the name and price?   Nothing that I can taste.  Sweet colored water is sweet colored water, in my book.  I shouldn’t be drinking any of it anyway, but sometimes my inner child still wins!  Plus, you can freeze it for ice cubes for double the fun!

Why is it that ice cubes, when they melt, don’t make your glass overflow?  I’m sure Her Majesty Miss Kitty could answer that one, but I don’t want her to know that there’s another science question her mother can’t answer.

Besides, she’s in her room.  If I ask her the question, she’ll wonder what I’m doing up instead of being in bed, which is what I told her I was going to do because I didn’t feel like going to the grocery store for her.  Not that I mind going to the store, but what was on her list?  Lucky Charms!

Why would anyone want cereal with marshmallows in it?