These Were Always Filled With Cereal & On Top Of The Refrigerator

We had a neighbor whose mom made him eat cereal with OJ. He hated it. He wasn't even allergic to milk, just wasn't allowed to have it on cereal. He also wasn't allowed to stand at the bus stop with the 17 other kids even though it was directly across from his house if that tells you anything about his mom

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Appropriate-Food1757@reddit

Sounds like my next door neighbor’s Mom. He was 2 years older than me and I had to teach him how to discreetly piss outside on bushes and whatnot. His mom was furious, but before me lessons he going into the bathroom and getting butt ass naked to go to the bathroom, bro was like 9! You gotta let him sprout his wings!

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Electrical-Pie-8192@reddit

She wouldn't send him outside to catch the bus until it stopped, then watched from the kitchen window. He wasn't a flight risk, he wasn't a disobedient kid. He could have a friend over but could never go to their house or even to the park a block away. I still wonder what the deal was with his mom

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Appropriate-Food1757@reddit

She had a weird phobia probably. I understand the desire to shield your kids, I look at their little faces and it makes sad what the world is inevitably going to do to them. But as a rational person I don’t overprotect them, if I do I’m just sending them out into the world with no ammo. Best I can do make it clear I’m always on their side and while they are here I discuss things with them.

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Electrical-Pie-8192@reddit

It was such a strange concept to us neighborhood kids. We were allowed to walk/ride all over the place alone or with friends, yet that kid was stuck at home. I'm just glad the kids I grew up around didn't give him a hard time for it, I'm sure it was difficult enough for him

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123FakeStreetAnytown@reddit

Blue milk

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_AMOK_@reddit

Mom would throw a juice log in there from the freezer

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raerae1991@reddit

That was what my Grandma used hers for. Frozen OJ in a can!

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slithyknid@reddit

The sound of the wooden spoon hitting those plastic ends as you “stirred” it like a paddle back and forth, long-ways, to get the frozen chunks distributed…

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Espexer@reddit

I used to use some hot water so it would melt faster, then fill with cold after. Sometimes we could let it melt to liquid first.

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_AMOK_@reddit

Holy shit you made me flash back!!!!

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body_by_monsanto@reddit

I’ve never heard it referred to as a juice log before, but I love it! I’m using this from now on.

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_AMOK_@reddit

Cause I forgot the name of the brand lol

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Appropriate-Food1757@reddit

Bro nobody remembers the brand lol. Calling it a log is amazing though.

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body_by_monsanto@reddit

Ha! Well, “juice log” is such a great descriptor. Thank you for brightening my day with this!

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Gluten-Free-Jesus@reddit

Apple juice at our house.

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hatfarm@reddit

Always Minute Maid orange juice or lemonade.

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Electrical-Pie-8192@reddit

Pink lemonade for the win

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No-Hospital559@reddit

Same

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clutzycook@reddit

Yes, mine too. I recognized the container but I had to think for a minute in what context because I knew we never kept cereal in it.

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Stang1776@reddit

Nothing beats the tang of concentrate

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Appropriate-Food1757@reddit

Not if I ate it first, full flavor

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sarabridge78@reddit

We always had juice in ours too.

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Pineapple_Towel@reddit

Grandma's secret recipe was 50% Frostie Flakes and 50% Special K by volume.

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SeaSkimmer2@reddit

We were too poor to use separate containers for cereal. We just curled the plastic inside the cereal box and put it up.

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janellthegreat@reddit

I thought these were for the cereals that come in just bags without boxes. You have the cereal in this that you can eat this week and the remainder in the bag is for next week.

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SeaSkimmer2@reddit

Huh? Just twist the bag closed and tuck under.

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janellthegreat@reddit

Then its being subject to being eaten too quickly. The bin is stuff which can be eaten this week. The bag is off limits.

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SeaSkimmer2@reddit

That’s more rich people talk. That kind of portioning doesn’t work in normal-people homes. 😆

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Appropriate-Food1757@reddit

Yeah I was hammering cereal since I was self sufficient at breakfast since like age 4. My own kids are following in my footsteps.

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Appropriate-Food1757@reddit

Same but not poor, just no time for the extra steps. My Mom did like keep landmines (old gross shit) disguised as margarine all up in the fridge though. Those were our containers.

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SeaSkimmer2@reddit

🤣 Yeah my mom will still put new sticks of butter on top of ancient butter bits in the butter dish and never wash it. I threw it in her sink recently after a dinner to let it soak, and she had a massive shit fit. The next stick ended up on a tea plate covered with foil.

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Appropriate-Food1757@reddit

My mom lost her shit when I tossed some eggs (cooked) she had hanging out in the counter for 36 hours to make deviled eggs.

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hey_suburbia@reddit

Yeah, this was some rich kid shit. Or, at the very least a stay at home parent

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Acceptable-Double-98@reddit

Or the cereal box on top lol

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Soulforge411@reddit

Mine was cereal 👍

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Imaginary_Attempt_82@reddit

Nope iced tea in grandmas fridge.

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iamnoone815@reddit

Nope. That was grandma’s iced tea. The best ever

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mrnoonan81@reddit

I miss that lid. They don't make lids like that anymore.

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NakedSnakeEyes@reddit

This really takes me back. I think we kept pink lemonade in it.

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SLyndon4@reddit

Yep. Usually Raisin Bran or Grape Nuts.

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celem83@reddit

Still got it, holds dog food

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hunnypunny@reddit

We kept flour or sugar in them

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chriszimort@reddit

One day I ran inside so hot and sweaty from running around like a wild man with my friends all afternoon - just like a sunny d commercial - ran to the fridge to grab something to drink, spotted this exact pitcher lookin’ straight frosty. What’s inside? Freak yes, apple juice. Threw that bad boy back and just guzzled. Held my breath for like 5 seconds while I chugged the sweet nectar. Finally breathed. Tasted.

Chicken stock. It was chicken stock.

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CaptServo@reddit

country time lemonade

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RepresentativeSink29@reddit

There's never been anything close to a lemon in it. 🍋 🌳

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FruitMustache@reddit

Lipton iced tea in the fridge at grandmas!!

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AnnetteXyzzy@reddit

We filled ours with popcorn kernels, which we would then pop in the air popper.

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BulimicMosquitos@reddit

Permanently stained red from all of the Kool-Aid. Much like the Country Crock container stained from all the spaghetti.

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maggie320@reddit

Kool-Aid pitcher in my house.

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Traditional_Isopod80@reddit

Yes!

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nickd1980@reddit

As a few others have mentioned we had juice or lemonade in ours. Or if our milk carton broke we used it to put the milk in it as a backup.

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ANewTempo@reddit

It was filled with water, lemonade or tea at our house. I had a mini version that I put water in and my sister hated that I had my own 😂

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RumblestheDwarf@reddit

Five Alive or Frozen OJ.

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MerriweatherJones@reddit

Frosted mini-wheats.

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Stang1776@reddit

Red box or the orange box?

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MerriweatherJones@reddit

I don’t remember. It was the sweet ones.

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Kuroude7@reddit

Still have ‘em, just a little more modern-looking! The kid loves ‘em.

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irishprincess2002@reddit

Wait it had a handle? Ours never had a handle! We used ours for cereal and drinks it just depended on what we needed it for at the time and what was available.

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wmubronco03@reddit

It was a secondary koolaid pitcher for us and my aunt who lived across the street had like 3 in her fridge filled with coffee, at all times. The woman craved caffeine like it was crack. She would go through a coffee maker every year or two. It’s was nuts. RIP aunt Linda, crazy caffeine lady.

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Defiant-Difference17@reddit

Late MIL had ( now i have) the cake carrier with the same "handle" and design. Our other" cereal " container is more updated with the blue lids... but it is our tea jug.. 1.5 gallon. 👌

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PilotC150@reddit

Orange juice.

Cereal stayed in the box

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