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Default What cereal to eat for Breakfast?

On Thu, 26 Sep 2013 13:27:31 -0700, in alt.food.diabetic, "Julie Bove"
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>"Karen" > wrote in message
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>> On Thu, 26 Sep 2013 01:16:23 -0700, in alt.food.diabetic, "Julie Bove"
>> > wrote:
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>>>
>>>"I Don't Know" > wrote in message
>>>news >>>> On Wed, 25 Sep 2013 22:24:26 -0700, "Cheri" >
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>"Julie Bove" > wrote in message
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>>>>>
>>>>>> Those juice boxes can be darned hard to get into. Angela couldn't do
>>>>>> them
>>>>>> until she was old enough to not want them any more and I always
>>>>>> struggle
>>>>>> with them.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>So much of the packaging these days is very hard to open even for
>>>>>adults.
>>>>>It's very frustrating, and I wonder why people put up with it. :-)
>>>>>
>>>>>Cheri
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> How hard is it to poke a straw through a thin piece of foil in the top
>>>> of the box?
>>>
>>>Very. First you have to get the straw unwrapped. And many were the times
>>>that I couldn't do that without involving scissors. Then you have to hope
>>>you get a good straw. Can't tell you how many defective ones I had that
>>>broke or bent while trying to insert. Then you have to hope that you
>>>don't
>>>accidentally squeeze the box while inserting or you'll have a mess! The
>>>worst are the Capri Sun.

>>
>> I have to agree. The Capri Suns had very tiny thin straws that would
>> bend easily, and yes, if you squeezed the box you ended up getting
>> sprayed with the juice drink. Capri Sun is actually not juice. It is
>> a juice drink with the first ingredient being water and the second
>> ingredient high fructose corn syrup.

>
>I think some of the Capri Sun is 100% juice but I could be wrong. Not
>something I ever bought.


You were the one who said the Capri Sun was the worst. I assumed you
were speaking from experience. How else would you have formed that
opinion? I agreed with you on the issue about the straws.