ZOMG CRACKLIN' OAT BRAN

[marah_sarie]

From David Tennant's Video Diary from Episode 11, Utopia:

{David is filming inside John Barrowman's trailer:}
David: "Lots of doggy treats, on the table."
John: "And then this, this is my breakfast."
David: "Suuuuuuure. Nice."
John: "Cracklin' Oat Bran, which I'll have at our next break, 'cuz it's too early to eat for me

Comments

[qthewetsprocket]

is there a grocery store near you that specializes in american foods? i usually have to find a special british grocery store close by wherever i live if i want to get my mcvities fix. if not, then you could always go online, although the shipping would likely cost you almost more money than the food itself.

otoh, maybe barrowman brought a big supply of it over with him the last time he was in the states? i had to do that with my caffiene free pepsi when i lived in leeds.

anyway, sorry i can't be more helpful than that. :/ (fwiw, cracklin' oat bran is terrifically tasty...you have to eat it fast, though, because it dissolves into mush really quickly. a lot of people just eat it straight without even bothering about the milk.)

[marah_sarie]

When I lived in Kyoto there were two foreign foods stores that I frequented, but neither one of them had Cracklin' Oat Bran. (Although they did carry quite a few types of McVities...) I'll have to keep an eye out around here for anywhere selling American brands, but I wouldn't be surprised if Barrowman either has it shipped or stockpiles it when he visits the US. A few minutes with Google last night turned up a couple of places that will ship Cracklin' Oat Bran to the UK, at £7.30 for 17 oz. Thanks, but I think I'll be waiting until I go back home for Christmas...

And you're right about Cracklin' Oat Bran and milk. If you plot time vs. mushiness, there's a very short window of maximum tastiness.

(Oh, and I hope this isn't too stupid or offensive of a question, but I'm curious and haven't been able to figure it out: Are you a Brit living in the US, or an American who used to live in the UK?)

[qthewetsprocket]

heh! it's not stupid or offensive, don't worry - i'm an american who used to live in the uk, and am completely desperate to get back. omg england is happening without me! *missing yorkshire like crazy*

if i sound british in text, though, it's probably because i play a lot of british characters in an rpg, and sometimes the spellings creep over into my real posts if my brain hasn't switched gears yet ('realise/realize' is a bad one). how about you? expat yank, i take it, from the references in your comment further down?

[marah_sarie]

Yeah, I haven't lived in the US for going-on five years now, and I don't have any plans at the moment to return, so I guess I qualify as an expat. But I only moved to the UK a few months ago (packing up and shipping all my stuff from Japan to the UK was a blast, let me tell you. Also fun: flat-hunting in Edinburgh in the middle of Festival season.)

The spellcheck on my computer seems to randomly alternate between British and American English these days, so my spelling is all over the place...

[gritsinmisery]

Long, long time ago (say, 1993) there was a fairly large American community in Surrey, in the Addlestone / Byfleet / Woking area b/c of the oil companies. There was even an "American" school there. But I don't remember anybody importing American stuff that wasn't readily available elsewhere in the U.K....

I'm guessing Barrowman's got a supplier.

Sorry, but Cracklin' Oat Bran does nothing for me, taste-wise.

[marah_sarie]

Yeah, it seems like there are a number of companies these days that let you order American products over the internet and then have them delivered to the UK. For a price. (Stupid exchange rate *grumblegrumble*)

Yeah, Cracklin' Oat Bran is pretty sugary, really. For me, the appeal of it is also all tied up with: 1) I only ever get to eat it when I go home. 2) I only go home, on average, once every year and a half, so I only ever get to eat Cracklin' Oat Bran, on average, once every year and a half. And 3) eating Cracklin' Oat Bran is part of "what I do" when I visit home. (Along with going to Krispy Kremes and eating at the Mexican restaurant near my parents' house.) So there's an emotional component tied up with all that sugary goodness, is what I'm saying. :)