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Top Four 19: Cereals From A Van 🚐

 

00:00:11 ◼   ► so you want to introduce the van do you

00:00:14 ◼   ► guys want introduce yourselves here

00:00:15 ◼   ► outside yeah yeah alright hey everybody

00:00:19 ◼   ► we have a special top four we are live

00:00:21 ◼   ► from xoxo fest here in Portland Oregon

00:00:24 ◼   ► and we are recording from serial from a

00:00:27 ◼   ► van this is literally a van filled with

00:00:30 ◼   ► cereal and two peoples that serve it and

00:00:32 ◼   ► you buy the cereal and you eat it and

00:00:34 ◼   ► they make kind of cereal cocktails it's

00:00:37 ◼   ► kind of amazing so we figured this would

00:00:39 ◼   ► be a great opportunity for us to come

00:00:41 ◼   ► down here try out all the different type

00:00:44 ◼   ► of cereals that we would ever want to

00:00:45 ◼   ► try instead of having to buy tremendous

00:00:48 ◼   ► boxes of all of these things ourselves

00:00:50 ◼   ► and so we're going to test all these out

00:00:52 ◼   ► you ready guys yeah I have with us it's

00:00:54 ◼   ► Mia Marco typical we also have popped a

00:00:57 ◼   ► fascist and we have AI Mike from the

00:01:00 ◼   ► internet also from the internet and we

00:01:04 ◼   ► are here with who are you guys no I'm

00:01:07 ◼   ► Joel and this is Mary and we just had

00:01:10 ◼   ► this as a wild and crazy idea and we

00:01:12 ◼   ► thought why not and wait you you missed

00:01:14 ◼   ► the key like a key component of the van

00:01:17 ◼   ► because people are hearing this and

00:01:19 ◼   ► they're thinking like well that sounds

00:01:20 ◼   ► like normal and it's like no it's not

00:01:22 ◼   ► but also they're wearing pajamas he has

00:01:25 ◼   ► a nice Joel has a nice like 50s era

00:01:28 ◼   ► it's a dead jam is from a 50 sitcom and

00:01:32 ◼   ► then we have a Snuggie on Mary which is

00:01:34 ◼   ► is just lovely

00:01:36 ◼   ► yes previous days we have seen the Elmo

00:01:40 ◼   ► onesie yep a couple superhero onesie no

00:01:43 ◼   ► dip those have proper feet the Elmo's

00:01:46 ◼   ► did not they came with a cuff offs

00:01:48 ◼   ► because they were up about my knee right

00:01:53 ◼   ► yeah and then I have a short robe it's a

00:01:56 ◼   ► nice like Fight Club style short pink

00:01:59 ◼   ► robe so all the profits from this van

00:02:01 ◼   ► have been going into pajamas yeah

00:02:03 ◼   ► it's a money-losing venture but your

00:02:05 ◼   ► pajama collection wardrobe is sure we're

00:02:09 ◼   ► warm in the winter and it seems like a

00:02:11 ◼   ► pretty special van - is there a history

00:02:13 ◼   ► of the van a little bit it's a 1969

00:02:16 ◼   ► Dodge a100 8 so it's a long wheelbase

00:02:18 ◼   ► big engine and just you know kind of a

00:02:22 ◼   ► beast of a machine and how many murders

00:02:26 ◼   ► took place in this before you bought the

00:02:28 ◼   ► van and how many years you've been

00:02:35 ◼   ► selling cereal out of this van this has

00:02:37 ◼   ► been about two and a half years we're

00:02:38 ◼   ► doing private events and it's been been

00:02:41 ◼   ► a blast we've done a couple in

00:02:42 ◼   ► California that has been really

00:02:44 ◼   ► enjoyable it's kind of how we where I

00:02:46 ◼   ► got a big start on it 2,500 miles in a

00:02:53 ◼   ► van like this with no airbags and two

00:03:01 ◼   ► weeks yeah so this is sort of a food

00:03:03 ◼   ► truck but it's not a food truck in the

00:03:05 ◼   ► sense that like you're not out every day

00:03:06 ◼   ► no you just private event that's okay

00:03:16 ◼   ► all right so we're gonna all kind of

00:03:19 ◼   ► pick our first bowls to try out are we

00:03:22 ◼   ► gonna do a proper top four list of so

00:03:27 ◼   ► we're all gonna kind of pick cereals

00:03:29 ◼   ► that were interested in trying and then

00:03:30 ◼   ► at the end we will rank what we think is

00:03:33 ◼   ► our favorites kind of like as a

00:03:34 ◼   ► quickfire okay list because there are a

00:03:35 ◼   ► lot of us okay um yeah I guess I'll go

00:03:38 ◼   ► first I'm gonna start off with some

00:03:40 ◼   ► fruity pebbles fruity pebbles yeah solid

00:03:42 ◼   ► pick tips got notes on what she's going

00:03:44 ◼   ► to order I did not prep enough we have

00:03:50 ◼   ► sponsors funning con if I had more hands

00:03:53 ◼   ► that have notes I took the five heads

00:03:55 ◼   ► better 20

00:03:57 ◼   ► we're gonna go with 2% milk there's a

00:03:59 ◼   ► whole bevy of milk options here as well

00:04:00 ◼   ► but they do not have a fridge it's a

00:04:02 ◼   ► it's a cooler that I assume is is it

00:04:05 ◼   ► plugged in okay okay yeah it's a CBC

00:04:08 ◼   ► power okay

00:04:09 ◼   ► very nice okay so it is Bridge so anyone

00:04:10 ◼   ► else who's next I think for my first one

00:04:13 ◼   ► I'm gonna try some Golden Grahams yeah

00:04:15 ◼   ► I'm gonna try this right away and then

00:04:17 ◼   ► possibly send the spoon around to anyone

00:04:18 ◼   ► who wants to try this because Fruity

00:04:19 ◼   ► Pebbles get very soggy very quickly and

00:04:21 ◼   ► they are awful so when you got to go

00:04:26 ◼   ► through the golden ribs quick cuz those

00:04:28 ◼   ► get bad too my microphone tried it

00:04:32 ◼   ► pretty bad alright our resident British

00:04:34 ◼   ► man amazing I'm Pinkberry no I don't

00:04:42 ◼   ► like that no no milk and water update so

00:04:45 ◼   ► so we also have just cereal marshmallows

00:04:47 ◼   ► if you want to add that to any cereal

00:04:49 ◼   ► particularly pebbles do you want to try

00:04:55 ◼   ► some good well yeah I'll try that it'll

00:04:59 ◼   ► go to good my golden yeah you gotta try

00:05:00 ◼   ► them seeing if they're already gone

00:05:02 ◼   ► they're already have yep alright I'm

00:05:05 ◼   ► gonna go with the captain crunch crunch

00:05:07 ◼   ► [Music]

00:05:10 ◼   ► okay those are fine they're a little the

00:05:13 ◼   ► sugar wears off really fast on no

00:05:15 ◼   ► probably getting really sweet but they

00:05:16 ◼   ► just they can't just hit my cornflakes

00:05:18 ◼   ► we now go for Golden Grahams it's

00:05:22 ◼   ► colorful and beautiful I love this room

00:05:24 ◼   ► I'm Mary what is your favorite cereal

00:05:26 ◼   ► cocktail

00:05:28 ◼   ► applejack no Apple fake apple pie yeah

00:05:31 ◼   ► okay so we did that we've had that is

00:05:33 ◼   ► there another one that you as it's a

00:05:35 ◼   ► little complicated but it's my mic

00:05:37 ◼   ► Captain Crunch

00:05:38 ◼   ► peanut butter and jelly Sam oh I heard

00:05:39 ◼   ► about this I do our listeners what's in

00:05:42 ◼   ► your peanut butter and jelly sandwich

00:05:44 ◼   ► and then in your fake apple pie the the

00:05:47 ◼   ► Captain Crunch peanut butter and jelly

00:05:48 ◼   ► sandwich starts off with a layer of

00:05:49 ◼   ► Captain Crunch followed by a layer of

00:05:52 ◼   ► peanut butter Captain Crunch followed by

00:05:53 ◼   ► a layer of Captain Crunch oops all

00:05:55 ◼   ► berries also topped with a layer of

00:05:58 ◼   ► Captain Crunch so you've got the bread

00:05:59 ◼   ► the jelly the peanut butter and then the

00:06:02 ◼   ► bread on bottom and I gotta say I was

00:06:05 ◼   ► very happy with with the cocktail you

00:06:06 ◼   ► made me yesterday which was the the

00:06:08 ◼   ► Grape Nuts with the app with the Apple

00:06:11 ◼   ► Jacks it's a nice solid layer of the

00:06:16 ◼   ► Apple Jacks on bottom topped with some

00:06:18 ◼   ► cinnamon toast crunch and then a little

00:06:20 ◼   ► sprinkling of Grape Nuts to fake that

00:06:21 ◼   ► apple pie in there yeah I mean it seems

00:06:23 ◼   ► like you are really a pioneer in the

00:06:25 ◼   ► area of cereal cocktails I have not

00:06:27 ◼   ► heard of anybody else doing this and it

00:06:28 ◼   ► really does work impressively well yeah

00:06:30 ◼   ► well I recommend mixing sometimes people

00:06:33 ◼   ► get something weird and I'll be like I

00:06:34 ◼   ► don't know about that somebody actually

00:06:35 ◼   ► ordered Apple Jacks with peanut butter

00:06:38 ◼   ► Captain Crunch and at first I was like

00:06:39 ◼   ► no that's not right but then I realize

00:06:41 ◼   ► it's it's a very good like that metal

00:07:15 ◼   ► taste in your mouth

00:07:18 ◼   ► alright could I go with the peanut

00:07:20 ◼   ► butter puffs peanut butter puffins well

00:07:22 ◼   ► let's see now there's Reese's puffs

00:07:24 ◼   ► there's Reese's puffs there's peanut

00:07:25 ◼   ► butter puffins oh and of course the

00:07:27 ◼   ► peanut butter Captain Crunch okay I

00:07:29 ◼   ► think the one I'm thinking of is

00:07:30 ◼   ► probably the Captain Crunch let's try it

00:07:32 ◼   ► but which is the better peanut butter

00:07:34 ◼   ► the reason that is the best

00:07:37 ◼   ► is the be hands-down most requested

00:07:41 ◼   ► cereal absolutely okay

00:07:43 ◼   ► well that seems like a blend of

00:07:46 ◼   ► chocolate and peanut butter

00:07:47 ◼   ► it is these couple see I actually I

00:07:49 ◼   ► prefer peanut butter only just straight

00:07:52 ◼   ► I think I'm gonna go Cap'n Crunch right

00:07:53 ◼   ► fair enough

00:07:54 ◼   ► all right Captain Crunch

00:08:00 ◼   ► there's I see a warning on the box

00:08:01 ◼   ► really it should be that and then the

00:08:07 ◼   ► milk on that one you want to do two

00:08:08 ◼   ► percent sure yeah all right I think two

00:08:09 ◼   ► per say I'm Amy to me two percent is is

00:08:11 ◼   ► the default cereal know what what do you

00:08:13 ◼   ► guys sell the most over what do you

00:08:14 ◼   ► recommend two percent is the is the most

00:08:18 ◼   ► popular one followed by whole milk and

00:08:20 ◼   ► then almond milk yep right oh is that a

00:08:26 ◼   ► cereal same way that Cinnabon is with a

00:08:38 ◼   ► little it's like a bandit and less

00:08:40 ◼   ► disbanded dog mini breakfast foods in a

00:09:00 ◼   ► bowl all right two percent

00:09:05 ◼   ► cookie Christmas sucks like a BS cereal

00:09:08 ◼   ► no it's not it is great

00:09:09 ◼   ► it's totally be us yeah they're like if

00:09:11 ◼   ► we make it small it's no no full-size

00:09:15 ◼   ► cookies no nobody will note him yeah

00:09:16 ◼   ► yeah a bowl of cookies doesn't work any

00:09:18 ◼   ► other way

00:09:18 ◼   ► yeah yeah let's just like a polar cookie

00:09:20 ◼   ► all right my next one I'm also gonna try

00:09:21 ◼   ► a cinnamon toast crunch of course yeah I

00:09:23 ◼   ► mean that seems like like you know a

00:09:24 ◼   ► staple yeah we can try Apple Jacks

00:09:36 ◼   ► anybody else for peanut butter crunch

00:09:53 ◼   ► yeah I'll put your mouse that you're

00:09:55 ◼   ► holding the recorder my god this is

00:09:59 ◼   ► gonna be a good recording just crunching

00:10:00 ◼   ► noises I'm just gonna take a cookie no

00:10:07 ◼   ► that's Apple Jacks just Apple Jacks yeah

00:10:10 ◼   ► see the cookie crisps I think is a

00:10:12 ◼   ► little bit disappointing it tastes a

00:10:14 ◼   ► little bit like cardboard e to me like

00:10:15 ◼   ► compared to real cookies all right

00:10:19 ◼   ► cinnamon toast crunch the classic hmm so

00:10:23 ◼   ► have you sold any 5 or 1 since last

00:10:25 ◼   ► night I don't know why you have it on

00:10:30 ◼   ► the list

00:10:31 ◼   ► that's wet I like yeah I like the Apple

00:10:33 ◼   ► Jacks one but I didn't like the free

00:10:35 ◼   ► public cinnamon toast crunch holds up

00:10:37 ◼   ► yeah that's a really good flavor

00:10:39 ◼   ► yeah drinking the milk at the end of

00:10:41 ◼   ► cinnamon toast crunch is always the best

00:10:43 ◼   ► idea agreement yeah yeah I'd say it's

00:10:45 ◼   ► one of the better cereal milks that you

00:10:47 ◼   ► can you can make yeah

00:10:49 ◼   ► oh yes easy don't scrunch big fall I'm

00:10:58 ◼   ► good

00:10:58 ◼   ► still we have frozen milk do you like

00:11:02 ◼   ► sloshy like hopefully not I I believe

00:11:14 ◼   ► yeah extra good that way we we had a guy

00:11:17 ◼   ► tell us the story about how he ground-up

00:11:19 ◼   ► frosted flakes cinnamon toast crunch and

00:11:21 ◼   ► whole milk in the blender and just to

00:11:24 ◼   ► make like a smoothie out of it I would

00:11:29 ◼   ► yeah post-workout toast crunch oh man

00:11:32 ◼   ► that's so good alright what's the

00:11:34 ◼   ► weirdest cereal you guys think you have

00:11:36 ◼   ► like most bizarre or just the do you

00:11:40 ◼   ► have any or close no no Oracle oh those

00:11:43 ◼   ► went out of line long time it was a

00:11:45 ◼   ► Steve Urkel themed cereal yeah oh oh

00:11:56 ◼   ► like yeah

00:11:57 ◼   ► Oh quiz see quizzed is like a that's

00:12:00 ◼   ► like a 6000 that they brought back okay

00:12:03 ◼   ► yeah but people people have ordered this

00:12:06 ◼   ► so it's not like it's super bizarre why

00:12:08 ◼   ► you have it I also bought one just

00:12:10 ◼   ► because I love the box on it and how

00:12:13 ◼   ► just kind of like a basic Uncle Sam

00:12:17 ◼   ► berry flakes yeah toasted whole wheat

00:12:19 ◼   ► berry flakes and flaxseed which is

00:12:21 ◼   ► something you always want your breakfast

00:12:22 ◼   ► cereal yeah

00:12:23 ◼   ► packed with protein only four ingredient

00:12:26 ◼   ► what is one whole grain

00:12:28 ◼   ► or whole wheat kernels whole flax seeds

00:12:31 ◼   ► salt and or Lehman's and patriotism well

00:12:35 ◼   ► is that more insidious than that's a

00:12:39 ◼   ► good question and I believe so I think

00:12:41 ◼   ► which has neither no actually rape nuts

00:12:44 ◼   ► has five ingredients

00:12:46 ◼   ► no misplaced comma four ingredients all

00:12:49 ◼   ► right yep I'm gonna go with a bowl of

00:12:52 ◼   ► rice krispies sure the classic nope just

00:12:55 ◼   ► the regular Krispies I love them

00:12:57 ◼   ► especially with grapes green grapes cut

00:13:01 ◼   ► in half

00:13:02 ◼   ► that's an interesting combo I know it's

00:13:05 ◼   ► really I really liked fruit cereal

00:13:07 ◼   ► I guess so huh you a grape your cereal

00:13:09 ◼   ► breaks my cereal but that's not right

00:13:12 ◼   ► the grapes in half otherwise it's too

00:13:14 ◼   ► slippery sure and they're like just a

00:13:16 ◼   ► little buzzing around their cereal and

00:13:18 ◼   ► that's the madness right it's unfinished

00:13:21 ◼   ► raisins yep being ready to make some

00:13:27 ◼   ► rankings yet yeah now that a small line

00:13:33 ◼   ► is forming behind us yeah listen the

00:13:36 ◼   ► snap is the mic good enough to pick it

00:13:39 ◼   ► out oh yeah and I got to get a little

00:13:44 ◼   ► Reese's puffs yeah so that I can

00:13:46 ◼   ► confidently state that it is the best

00:13:47 ◼   ► cereal because it's Reese's rhymes yeah

00:13:59 ◼   ► this they used to sell this do you have

00:14:01 ◼   ► that rice krispies with the marshmallows

00:14:03 ◼   ► yeah they sold those they had the rice

00:14:05 ◼   ► krispies treats cereal no no oh just

00:14:07 ◼   ► there was one with her marshmallows in

00:14:08 ◼   ► rice krispies they used to sell that it

00:14:10 ◼   ► was like a crossover yeah I believe it

00:14:13 ◼   ► very good i when I was shopping I did

00:14:23 ◼   ► charms because it's rice crispies with

00:14:25 ◼   ► the marshmallows okay it's a way better

00:14:27 ◼   ► that's that's rockin right you know I

00:14:30 ◼   ► didn't make much I think I agree I think

00:14:33 ◼   ► you've converted me from peanut butter

00:14:34 ◼   ► Cap'n Crunch to Reese's puffs that is

00:14:37 ◼   ► better Oh Paul do you want to try some

00:14:39 ◼   ► rice krispies of lifts marshmallows I'm

00:14:40 ◼   ► good

00:14:41 ◼   ► the marshmallows aren't vegetarian can't

00:14:44 ◼   ► eat it even these like crappy little

00:14:47 ◼   ► marshmallows they're not either full of

00:14:48 ◼   ► cow hooves okay enjoy cool all right I

00:14:55 ◼   ► think I think I've got my top four hmm

00:14:57 ◼   ► all right Mike since you are the

00:14:59 ◼   ► resident rudest person and this is all

00:15:00 ◼   ► very strange do do you want to start

00:15:01 ◼   ► yeah so I just go with the whole list of

00:15:03 ◼   ► for sure so at number four I'm gonna go

00:15:06 ◼   ► with Apple Jacks then number three

00:15:09 ◼   ► Captain Crunch even though my tongue cut

00:15:10 ◼   ► still number two I'm gonna go with the

00:15:14 ◼   ► Rice Krispies plus marshmallow combo and

00:15:16 ◼   ► then Cinnamon Toast Crunch is number one

00:15:19 ◼   ► yeah yeah awesome

00:15:21 ◼   ► all right Paul I mean my top four is

00:15:26 ◼   ► Reese's puffs Reese's puffs Reese's

00:15:29 ◼   ► puffs and then maybe we'll go like

00:15:31 ◼   ► cinnamon life all right I think I gotta

00:15:41 ◼   ► go with I think number one is Reese's

00:15:44 ◼   ► puffs for me and part of this I mean I

00:15:46 ◼   ► would I think I'd feel bad buying a

00:15:47 ◼   ► whole box of it but this is tough for

00:15:49 ◼   ► cereals from a van so that's different

00:15:51 ◼   ► from necessarily what you'd buy at home

00:15:53 ◼   ► like okay I like smart start a lot yeah

00:15:56 ◼   ► because it sounded like Samara starts

00:15:57 ◼   ► sounds like it's you can excuse a little

00:15:59 ◼   ► sugar in it because it sounds like a

00:16:00 ◼   ► healthy choice even though you know it's

00:16:01 ◼   ► as healthy as anything else right you

00:16:02 ◼   ► got it here alright it's a delicious

00:16:04 ◼   ► cereal and it's full of vitamins and it

00:16:06 ◼   ► sounds healthy

00:16:07 ◼   ► and it has more sugar than frosted

00:16:08 ◼   ► flakes I probably sugar but it makes you

00:16:11 ◼   ► think that it's healthy it's a smart

00:16:13 ◼   ► start exactly right but I wouldn't get

00:16:15 ◼   ► it from the van because this seemed like

00:16:17 ◼   ► an excuse to get something more

00:16:18 ◼   ► indulgent yeah alright so from the van I

00:16:20 ◼   ► would want

00:16:21 ◼   ► number one I think my my number two has

00:16:24 ◼   ► to be cinnamon toast crunch it's such a

00:16:26 ◼   ► classic it works really well

00:16:28 ◼   ► number three I would probably go with

00:16:31 ◼   ► don't forget your cocktails I know see

00:16:34 ◼   ► the cocktails are good the cocktail I

00:16:35 ◼   ► had last night which was the Apple at

00:16:37 ◼   ► the apple pie one which is the Apple

00:16:38 ◼   ► Jacks the grape nuts and the cinnamon

00:16:39 ◼   ► toast crunch yeah that was fantastic

00:16:41 ◼   ► and even though Cinnamon Toast Crunch

00:16:42 ◼   ► was my number two I think I could reuse

00:16:45 ◼   ► it as part of it absolutely so the

00:16:46 ◼   ► cocktail is number three and for me I

00:16:48 ◼   ► think number four I'd probably pick

00:16:50 ◼   ► something else it's a little bit weird

00:16:51 ◼   ► but a little bit classic but I wouldn't

00:16:53 ◼   ► always buy probably a frosted flakes

00:16:55 ◼   ► this is the most serious Europe well I

00:17:03 ◼   ► was I was gonna go with just cereal and

00:17:06 ◼   ► now when you said it's brought

00:17:07 ◼   ► specifically from a van I'm gonna have

00:17:09 ◼   ► to switch some things up because I can't

00:17:10 ◼   ► access the frozen milk that I would

00:17:13 ◼   ► normally have with Froot Loops and you

00:17:14 ◼   ► guys don't happen to have the fake Froot

00:17:16 ◼   ► Loops from Whole Foods do you I know

00:17:19 ◼   ► like fruit circles all right so I guess

00:17:30 ◼   ► my number four then is gonna be Cookie

00:17:32 ◼   ► Crisp my number three is gonna be Apple

00:17:37 ◼   ► Jacks my number two is going to be

00:17:40 ◼   ► fruity pebbles and my number one is

00:17:42 ◼   ► going to be rice krispies with the

00:17:44 ◼   ► marshmallows yeah I think we're good

00:17:49 ◼   ► right yeah we are yeah I think I'm gonna

00:18:10 ◼   ► get a cocktail maybe or maybe some more

00:18:11 ◼   ► peanut butter all right and if anyone's

00:18:13 ◼   ► worried this was our dinner I feel like

00:18:14 ◼   ► yes yeah all right well thank you very

00:18:18 ◼   ► much to the cereal man where can people

00:18:20 ◼   ► find you have a web site or promoting

00:18:21 ◼   ► cereal from a van coms exactly right all

00:18:24 ◼   ► right man I can't believe that domain

00:18:26 ◼   ► was available yeah

00:18:28 ◼   ► all right thank you very much for having

00:18:30 ◼   ► us here and thank you everyone for

00:18:32 ◼   ► listening and we'll talk to you next

00:18:34 ◼   ► time right yeah we will we kind of have

00:18:35 ◼   ► a live audience

00:18:36 ◼   ► say hey XOXO alright thanks for

00:18:41 ◼   ► listening everybody and we'll see you

00:18:42 ◼   ► next time the old milk from the same and

00:18:55 ◼   ► toast crunch really is amazing yeah it

00:18:58 ◼   ► really holds excellent thank you so much

00:19:15 ◼   ► I mean it's not like you've had any

00:19:17 ◼   ► cereal that's sure right