European breakfast cereal

On one of my last trips to Germany, I browsed around a grocery store. As I remember, Müsli was €2 ($2.92 today) per kilo (about $1.33/#). Compare that to $3.50/# bulk, over here.

Which country were you in? I am going to guess that the cereal in Greece was not the same as the cereal in the Netherlands.

And there are typically a few options offered in a breakfast room that has cereal...it's really the same type of cereal you can get here, perhaps with a different brand name (which you wouldn't know as it's normally dispensed from a canister or other dispenser). What was in this cereal? Chances are you can buy it down at your local supermarket under a well-known U.S. brand name.

Several of the grocery chains have their own store brands of chocolate muesli that, to me, all taste like the exact same thing. If there's an Aldi in your area, perhaps they sell something similar?

Muesli is what I believe you remember, I love it too. I've found some similar brands here in the U.S. but nothing exactly the same. Do you have a Whole Foods store or something similar where you live, that's the kind of store I find it here is San Diego, it's usually sold in the bulk bins.

It sounds like you are talking about muesli. You can find some brands in Northamerica as well. My favourite one is the Northern Gold brand. http://www.northerngold.com/cdnmuesli.html Kellogg's Mueslix is not bad either though quite expensive compared to similar European brands. And it does have some additives that I prefer to do without.

But what does NorthernGold's 24 oz box cost? I got tired of paying $3.50/# for high quality cereal in the store, so I now make my own for probably less than $1 per # (and mine has a lot better ingredients).

I don't think anything tastes as good at home as it does in Europe....is it the air or is it all in my head (state of mind???)

1998, Muesli at the Ambassador Hotel in Berlin. I had eaten hotel breakfasts in various European cities every day for the past 3+ months when I happened on their particular blend of Muesli. I have never found a European Muesli that I liked, no loved, as much. Nothing in the bulk bins in the US has ever come close either. I still can taste that Muesli. It was perfect...It is my gold standard.

Well, there is an exclusive European high-fibre breakfast cereal recommended by the Dutch Royal Family and has their crest on the packet, but I don't know its commercial name.

Well, Lee, I thought $3.50 for 24 oz of my favourite Northern Gold was a good deal but it can't beat your home made muesli mix. And it can't beat the price of an Aldi muesli which is at about 1 Euro for 2 lbs. I cook a lot from scratch. Including making the yoghurt that goes with my Northern Gold muesli ;-) But no, I don't mix my own muesli.