A Little Bit Brit

The Boy discovered his favorite cereal when we were staying overnight at a B&B outside of Bath, England. One bite of Kellogg's Crunchy Nut cereal and he was hooked - the perfect blend of nutty flavor and slight sweetness.

I kept us regularly stocked while we lived in the UK and expected to do the same when we relocated to the States. After all, Kellogg's is an American company.

Except...Crunchy Nut isn't available in the US. What a bummer!

Fortunately we have a very good Brit expat friend who picks up one or two boxes for The Boy every time she travels to visit family. A lifesaver, she is.

You can imagine my surprise when I opened an email from our Good Friends to see this:

Seriously? Crunchy Nut spotted in the US?!? Off we headed to the store to pick up a box.

So how did it compare? Straight off we could tell it wasn't quite the same cereal. The flakes glistened...and you know what that means: Sugar coating.

And after the taste test?

• British Crunchy Nut: Slightly sweet with a strong nutty flavor
• American Crunchy Nut: Extremely sweet with a slightly nutty flavor.

So not quite the same cereal after all. What a disappointment! I wonder if our friend will still bring us care packages of the real thing?

{Why should there be an assumption that Americans prefer overly-sugared food products?}