Sugar substitute.
I remember once when I was in my early teens, I got myself a bowl of Wheetabix for breakfast.
Now, of course you can't eat Wheetabix without sugar, because I assume it just tastes like a strange mixture of straw and cardboard (not that I've actually tasted either of those things...)
Anyway, I went to get the sugar and discovered that there wasn't any in the little jar we usually keep it in.
"No fear" thought I, "There's probably a new packet in the cupboard, just no-ones put it in the pot yet."
But I was sadly mistaken. There was no sugar at all in the house.
So instead of finding something else to have for breakfast, I decided to try to find something else that would make my first choice a bit sweeter.
I eventually found an old bottle of strawberry syrup that we'd probably bought for pancakes.
"Ooh, this'll do nicely! Plus it'll make my Wheetabix taste all strawberry like."
.....
Conclusion of experiment:
Strawberry syrup in Wheetabix doesn't make it taste sweet and wonderful.
It actually turns everything into a purply-greyish goop that looks like death and just sits there, staring at you, willing you to taste its evilness... Which you do only to discover that it tastes even more evil than it looks.

I now eat toast.
( Mellicious is made of candy, Thu 24 Jul 2008, 16:54, Reply)