My kids pretty much eat Eggo waffles for breakfast every day. Every. Single. Day. I occasionally try to cheap out and buy the Stop 'N' Shop private-label version, but my young gourmands are already Kellogg's brand ambassadors, instantly calling me out on the syrupy switcheroo ("Mommy, these waffles barely have any chocolate chips -- are these real waffles?!").I've also attempted to introduce new food items into the a.m. repertoire (oatmeal, cereal, fresh fruit, bagels, eggs and bacon) -- all of which they'll eat, but only if accompanied by the coveted Eggo waffle. Sometimes they'll even scarf down two or three in one sitting.
So the news of an Eggo shortage that's scheduled to last until the summer of 2010 (allegedly stemming from some serious issues at a couple of the Kellogg's factories) has set in motion (in my house, anyway) a frantic stockpiling of Aunt Jemima mini pancakes and French toast sticks in the hopes of substituting one high-carb breakfast boost for another. I'm also hoping to discover some sort of underground Eggo black market on Craigslist thanks to all the nutjobs who made a run on Costco the last time a hurricane warning swept through Long Island.
I guess this is some kind of dietary karma coming back to kick my ass for serving up processed frozen discs to my kids all these years when I should have been pureeing my own baby food from fresh fruits and veggies, shopping exclusively at Whole Foods and Trader Joe's, and always, without exception, refusing to serve high-sodium Kid Cuisine or Lunchables meals (gulp). I'll take my lumps.
Just please don't let there by a chicken nugget shortage anytime soon -- then we'll be really screwed. Read more...
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