>  RH> Some people never outgrow their taste for kid food.
> 
>  JW> I started enjoying some childhood foods a second time
> 
>  RH> I still eat peanut butter
> 
> Messaging Nancy about my missionary cousins reminded me of their
> tales of the peanut (along with other kinds of groundnuts) harvest
> in Nigeria. The first day kids and adults alike gorged on boiled
> nuts, day two was roasted nuts and day three was peanut butter at
> every meal, including peanut sauce for meat dishes. By day four
> everyone was sick of them in every form. Not unlike people who pick
> berries commercially or work in chocolate factories.
> 
That doesn't surprise me.  I've heard the same about Matzoh from 
folks who celebrate Passover. First day "oooh matzhoh.  We get Matzoh 
again."  By the last day "I don't ever want to see matzoh again." 

>  RH> The breakfast cereal gets eaten without the milk, straight out
>  RH> of the box.
> 
> How primitive! [g] My version involves 1 part cream, 3 parts milk,
> and some kind of fruit plus maybe coconut or almond flakes.

Darned tootin'.  Then again I generally eat cereal at 9PM, not 9AM.  
 
>  RH> I don't think I could get Chef Boyardee down even with hot
>  RH> sauce.
> 
> You exaggerate. It is perhaps mediocre but not outright disgusting.
> And at 99 cents a can, a very inexpensive, quick lunch at on office
> which only has a microwave to cook with. Obviously homemade is
> vastly superior.

The last I looked, they put sugar in the sauce.  I've tried eating 
kid food sauce, but it's nasty.  
 
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