Thread by @PatMcAfeeShow

When I was in 5th grade, my teacher wanted us 2 make a cookbook for a project..

“Please go home and ask your mother (sexist hindsight) for her favorite recipe and bring it in tomorrow morning”

My mother is a saint, and was a worker, not much of a chef tho..

“Mom, I need your

favorite recipe for a cookbook or something”

Sally asks without skipping a beat, I don’t have a favorite recipe. I have a favorite cereal though as she dove into a bowl of fruity pebbles..

The conversation pivoted and the cookbook forgotten for the evening..

I walked into the

class the next morning, watching everybody turn in their recipes with full stories and jovial convos with the teacher.. a line was formed tho so i had some time.. I had never seen a recipe b4, so the I peak at the girl in front of me’s paper.. and go to work on some loose leaf..

“Ingredients Needed: Big Bowl, Spoon, 2% Milk, Fruity Pebbles

Directions: Pull bowl from cabinet above sink. Snag Fruity Pebbles Box from cereal cabinet. Grab milk on way back to bowl. Don’t forget a spoon. Then do what you do”

Handed it to the teacher with a big smile..

I, and my mother both got called/sent to the office immediately. Sally let ‘em know that what I wrote down there was a reliable recipe. Guaranteed goodness. Then told me my recipe was worth millions.

Cereal is a staple of the McAfee family, and of many working families in the

country. National Cereal Day is a beautiful thing, and I’m very happy cereal is getting real recognition...

Box tops were a bunch of bullshit tho.