Comments on: Confessions of a Rice Bubbles (Rice Krispies) addict

By: Syrup and Tang — Breakfast time and pancake temptation

Syrup and Tang — Breakfast time and pancake temptation — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 13:53:21 +0000

[...] as some readers already know, is rather important to me, associated with simple but very important dietary specifications. It is, however, here that I first reveal the temporal parameters of my breakfast. As a child, I [...]

By: Kinethra

Kinethra — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 18:48:32 +0000

I'm addicted to Rice Krispies too.

By: JO

JO — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 23:03:00 +0000

Hi there,
I too used to interchangably use the rice bubbles and coles version. But I'm finding that I can't even finish the packet now! I only bought them a week or so ago… They will be on the lawn for the birds now, I don't even think I could use them for cooking, I've tasted cardboard that was better. Coles new rice puffs are crap!

By: baker

baker — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:59:16 +0000

I have a secret love of Rice Bubbles too- NEVER Coco Pops. I use them to make chocolate crackles too but not those awful Copha-tainted things.
I have just spent far too long reading older posts and I love those pertaining to macarons. I used to work at baker.d.chirico and would be interested in your opinion of theirs. I also wonder if you have made Nigella Lawson's pistachio macarons- they are surprisingly easy and good although not a traditional macaron because they use pistachios instead of almonds. Stephanie Alexander's recipe directs you to cook straight away with no resting time, as does Gerard Mulot's recipe published in an American cookbook but my personal preference (after years of baking) is to rest them for around half an hour to an hour. I make eclairs too- I wish there were cookBook clubs in Melbourne where people could get together and talk recipes instead of plots! Maybe I'll start one…

By: Duncan

Duncan — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:56:05 +0000

@Y: I'm with you! Orchestral accompaniment at breakfast:)

@J-man: hehehe, indeed, sir, I will have no truck with the cocoalated abominations to which you refer. You can take your box-taint and mix it with UHT! And shush shush about my rice paddies. Details of my miniature world-rice-market domination are not for public consumption.

… and thanks to other commenters too! I might have some breakfast revelations in another post soon.

By: J-man

J-man — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 05:41:23 +0000

Long time reader, part-time poster. I have just read your article on the virtues of bubbled rice. I find that you appear to have a bias towards the albino variety of day starter. I could not locate any exploration of the cocoa variety in your article. I reach two possible conclusions from this;

1) your palate is inferior to the rest of ours. You note that you have identified flavours such as hay, straw and malt in the white variety but what about the intense spice of the cocoa variety; hints of cinnammon, nutmeg, clove, anis and sometimes a slight whiff of leather (though I have been told this can be cause by 'box-taint').

2) My other possible conclusion is that your currently planting rice paddies in attempt to 'break-it-big' selling rice bubbles.

Personally I am offended by this outrageous article and would appreciate if you restricted your digest to more commercially inert issues, such as, the rise of costco.

By: Julia @ Mélanger

Julia @ Mélanger — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 02:36:03 +0000

I love cereal, but I'm pretty happy eating anything. I grew up with not much choice and not a lot of money so basically ate what I was given. Though in saying that, I love some of the European style breakfasts that serve meats and cheeses for breakfast. It's great to have options!

By: Y

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 11:21:07 +0000

I can't imagine anyone would be too grown-up to NOT like the joyful snap, crackle and pop of rice bubbles. I am picky about breakfast too (it does set the tone for the rest of the day afterall) but concede that it's difficult to maintain certain habits when travelling overseas.

By: Ed

Ed — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 23:52:29 +0000

Quite Frankly Duncan, I'm shocked. A secret confession: I love those tiny variety packs of rice bubbles.

By: Coby

Coby — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 04:32:45 +0000

We're complete opposites there Duncan. I'll eat anything for breakfast that I would enjoy after 8.00pm, nothing's off limits, but I am especially fond of savoury breakfasts.

Frosties aren't the same anymore either. They used to be WAY more frosted and unhealthy than they are now! Well, it could be the rose-coloured glasses looking back, but I am sure they were genuinely *Frosted* with sugar back in the day – the reason I was only allowed that one solitary little box once or twice a year!