Harmony Review
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scottobearAh... nomad looks good, running like a top.
The lj client for windows is still much, much nicer, though.
Went to the grocery store, and got a sample box of Harmony. (A vanilla-tofu cereal targeted to women. No, really!!) I figured that If I'm in touch enough with my feminine side to start the![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
menstrualhut community, I can have a sample-size box of this stuff. From the package design -- soft shades of light blue and yellow -- to the key nutrients, the cereal is designed with women in mind. The female silhouette above the product name is reaching, General Mills says, for balance -- or harmony -- in her life.
I notice the net is surprisingly fee of pictures of the box!
Here's sort of a shot -
Say, is it me, or does that wisdom wall look like a bathroom?
Anyway, here goes. It's Yummy! Much sweeter than I'd thought it might be...tasty and deals with milk ok. Vanilla-ish, as opposed to "MEGA VANILLA FLAVOR BOOOOM". Sort of Vanilla Wheat Flakes with little nutty cluster thingies. (No honey flavor. though... I thought honey and nuts were required to hold hands? Perhaps that's my cheerios indoctrination showing. ) I heard another review of the stuff, and I do agree... "Rice Crispie Treats and Aluminum Foil". The aftertaste needs work. You know that feeling you get in your mouth after you eat a multi-vitamin? That sort of tinny taste? You get that after. Bleah. But, it goes away after you take another rmouthful.... until you was it down. then Bleah again... Maybe I'm hypersensitive though.. (I'm one of those picky people that can tell you if the coke I'm drinking was made with sugar or corn syrup this week). Just so you know.. A 1 1/4-cup serving of Harmony provides 100 percent of a woman's daily recommended intake of folic acid and Vitamin E, 60 percent of the recommended calcium and half of the recommended iron and Vitamin C, plus 2 grams of soy protein... so I have that covered!
From the package design -- soft shades of light blue and yellow -- to the key nutrients, the cereal is designed with women in mind. The female silhouette above the product name is reaching, General Mills says, for balance -- or harmony -- in her life. Checked the side of the box against my half-empty total cornflakes...it turns out that Total has way more calcium, iron and vitamin C than Harmony, and it has equal amounts of folic acid and vitamin E. And Total has just 110 calories per serving, compared to Harmony's 200 calories.
So, I wonder if the people that buy it know that it's bigger on the hips...antioxidants, soy, calcium, iron and folic acid are all "hot" right now, so General Mills wanted to jump on that bandwagon. How ironic that if a woman chooses the cereal targeted at her, she's missing the chance to eat an even more enriched cereal from the same manufacturer! Stupid marketing.
(Honestly, If I'm going to have a general mills cereal, lucky charms is my fave sweetened junk food cereal of theirs.. or monster cereals! MMMMmmM Frankenberry. )
The lj client for windows is still much, much nicer, though.
Went to the grocery store, and got a sample box of Harmony. (A vanilla-tofu cereal targeted to women. No, really!!) I figured that If I'm in touch enough with my feminine side to start the
menstrualhut community, I can have a sample-size box of this stuff. From the package design -- soft shades of light blue and yellow -- to the key nutrients, the cereal is designed with women in mind. The female silhouette above the product name is reaching, General Mills says, for balance -- or harmony -- in her life.I notice the net is surprisingly fee of pictures of the box!
Here's sort of a shot -
Say, is it me, or does that wisdom wall look like a bathroom?
Anyway, here goes. It's Yummy! Much sweeter than I'd thought it might be...tasty and deals with milk ok. Vanilla-ish, as opposed to "MEGA VANILLA FLAVOR BOOOOM". Sort of Vanilla Wheat Flakes with little nutty cluster thingies. (No honey flavor. though... I thought honey and nuts were required to hold hands? Perhaps that's my cheerios indoctrination showing. ) I heard another review of the stuff, and I do agree... "Rice Crispie Treats and Aluminum Foil". The aftertaste needs work. You know that feeling you get in your mouth after you eat a multi-vitamin? That sort of tinny taste? You get that after. Bleah. But, it goes away after you take another rmouthful.... until you was it down. then Bleah again... Maybe I'm hypersensitive though.. (I'm one of those picky people that can tell you if the coke I'm drinking was made with sugar or corn syrup this week). Just so you know.. A 1 1/4-cup serving of Harmony provides 100 percent of a woman's daily recommended intake of folic acid and Vitamin E, 60 percent of the recommended calcium and half of the recommended iron and Vitamin C, plus 2 grams of soy protein... so I have that covered!
From the package design -- soft shades of light blue and yellow -- to the key nutrients, the cereal is designed with women in mind. The female silhouette above the product name is reaching, General Mills says, for balance -- or harmony -- in her life. Checked the side of the box against my half-empty total cornflakes...it turns out that Total has way more calcium, iron and vitamin C than Harmony, and it has equal amounts of folic acid and vitamin E. And Total has just 110 calories per serving, compared to Harmony's 200 calories.
So, I wonder if the people that buy it know that it's bigger on the hips...antioxidants, soy, calcium, iron and folic acid are all "hot" right now, so General Mills wanted to jump on that bandwagon. How ironic that if a woman chooses the cereal targeted at her, she's missing the chance to eat an even more enriched cereal from the same manufacturer! Stupid marketing.
(Honestly, If I'm going to have a general mills cereal, lucky charms is my fave sweetened junk food cereal of theirs.. or monster cereals! MMMMmmM Frankenberry. )
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Date: 2001-05-28 02:46 pm (UTC)Re:
Date: 2001-05-28 02:47 pm (UTC)sorry your teefees get owies eatin' 'em.
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Date: 2001-05-28 03:00 pm (UTC)Once again, an American company has decided to box and market a concept (oh, which is sooo American!) - healthy living, physical (spiritual?) harmony, and whatever else. It is a farce, a gimmick. And the sad thing is that there are some women out there who will jump on in, and think that they are so healthy and balanced and blah blah blah. It makes me sick.
You will NEVER ever see me buy, or eat this STUPID cereal!
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Date: 2001-05-29 06:52 am (UTC)Harmony's trial pack size was cheap, $0.99, for a small box, maybe four of those "single serve" packs. I didn't see the big set.
Lucky Charms - Part 1
Date: 2001-05-29 12:57 am (UTC)======
Food of the God/dess(es)! :O) Also a great way to determine your spirituality... (from the small-but-growing humour section at netpagans.com (http://netpagans.com) [I know, an obnoxious plug. Deal. *G*]:
(k) Lord Falgan, FM, KSC, Pineal Research Lab, Novus Ordo Seclorum Erisium - Reprint what you like but credit me, eh?
Hail, friends! Bothered by all the strange religions floating around out there? Not sure which path really leads to true enlightenment?
Fretting over whether the Man, Woman, or Slug upstairs has some real estate in Heaven with your name on it? Or maybe you just can't figure out which Truth is for you?
Well fret no more!
We at the Pineal Research Laboratory have worked out a test just for you: The Lucky Charms Religion Test Yes, now such puzzling question about moral values and eternal damnation can be easily and quickly resolved, based on your own personality. The test is very simple. Simply choose one (1) of the following "Lucky Charms" bits found in Lucky Charms cereal. Choose the one which appeals to you the most, your "favorite" if you like.
Pink Hearts.
Yellow Moons.
Orange Stars.
Green Clovers.
Purple Horseshoes.
Those little boring oat bits.
Now, simply compare your selection to the chart below. Each religion has been scientifically selected and compared with known personality traits, color reaction responses, taste response, and curvilinear perception theory which correspond to the Lucky Charm that you have chosen.
Pink Hearts: The heart is the symbol of life and passion, and no one was more passionate than the Tlaloc Worshippers of the Ancient Aztecs. Tlaloc the rain god was merciless and cruel, and demanded that the hearts of his worshippers should be carved from their chest, else he would drown them in a flood or kill everything with drought. While not the most compassionate of deities, you at least knew exactly where He stood. Book a flight to Mexico, pay up your life insurance, and prepare to find Enlightenment through fear and death in the South American jungle.
Yellow Moons: The moon has been called many things through the years, but has always been a symbol of Hecate, the Greek Goddess of magic and witches, who still kicks around even today. Yes, Wicca is the path for you, my young seeker. I hope you like standing around in the woods wearing lots of black clothes and silver jewelry. It will help to be able to say really silly incantations with a straight face. Men: grow a goatee. Women: let your hair grow long. Pick a random Gaelic name for yourself out of a book, and Truth is just a prolonged trance while staring into a $20 quartz crystal away.
Orange Stars: You probably like pets, which is a good thing, because you'll want to join the Cult of the Dog Star. An ancient tradition, dating back to Egyptian and other African cultures, worship of the Dog Star, Sirius, has been around for forever. Even today, Sirius, or "Sigi Tolo" is worshipped by the Dogon people of Africa. And now, also by you. The appearance of the star in the heavens is said to portend floods, or thieves, or bad luck, or any sort of other evil omens. Better worship it to keep on its good side! Invest in a good telescope and get used to praying at night to your new celestial master.
Green Clovers: Congratulations! You're a druid. Break out the chapstick and get ready to kiss a lot of trees. The Druids, of course, are an ancient Celtic (pronounced 'KELL-tick') religion that used to hang out and dance around Stonehenge. And they do love nature. Boy do they ever. I hope you don't mind getting really friendly with your pets. And I hope you like sacrificing, too! Those Druids LOVE to sacrifice stuff. Food, drink, gold, animals, plants, people, you name it, they'll probably have a ritual where one is thrown on a stone slab and carved up so its entrails (if any) can be read.
Re: Lucky Charms - Part 2
Date: 2001-05-29 12:58 am (UTC)======
Purple Horseshoes: Oh, wow. Really? You're one sick and twisted little pervert, you know that? Your best religious choice is the Cult of Aphrodite. Aphrodite, as you know, was the Greek goddess of love, and to be honest, she spent more time on her back than... well, than you will. Members of the Cult of Aphrodite meet regularly to don ceremonial leather vestments, perform various acts of worship (either for or to another Cult member), and shout out such incantations as "Oh, god(dess), yes!" (Assuming no religious ball gags are employed.) Pain and Pleasure are two sides of the same coin, and you'll get to learn a lot about both. Bring your own lubricant.
Those little boring oat bits: Christianity.
Now wasn't that simple? Note well: These matches have been verified scientifically. Don't waste valuable spiritual salvation time by shopping around and trying to make up your own mind. We've done the hard part, the rest is up to you! Congratulations on the choice of your new Religion!
By the way, if you happened to choose "the milk," you might want to check out Discordianism.
Re: Lucky Charms - Part 2
Date: 2001-05-29 06:35 am (UTC)Re: Lucky Charms - Part 2
Date: 2001-05-29 07:35 am (UTC)Re: Lucky Charms - Part 2
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