People having cornflakes in hotels abroad

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I have stayed in many hotels across Europe. Why do many British people have cornflakes for breakfast? The most boring breakfast.
I have different things to what I have at home

Don’t most European countries (and
long haul ones) have pretty unexciting breakfasts anyway? Unless you want fermented shark or something, what are the breakfast items baffled posters are expecting people to eat in a Spanish or Italian hotel? I don’t think baguettes or prosciutto are exactly adventurous.

a fully grown adult was crying because there are no corn flakes?
really?

Or ketchup. I’ve travelled to many countries and never found myself like some kind of pied piper attracting strangers crying over cornflakes and ketchup.

@Kalanthe Are you still keeping count or am I moving too fast for you 😁

Kellogg's cornflakes are 8% sugar. Hardly "sugar in crunchy form" perhaps you're confusing them with sugar cubes?

Also the thread is about breakfast, I'm sure many many people eat traditional food in local restaurants then fancy a plain breakfast, at least that's what we have done on many occasions.

Indeed. Let people get on with it.
Perhaps things she does other people regard as "cringe" (sic).

Yeah, and I do all that and eat the food.

So your cultural experience is not as rich as mine.

You don't have to take it as a slur. It's understandable why you don't eat the food. But don't pretend that not eating the food is equivalent to eating the food. Obviously it isn't.

Why does putting something in your mouth make you more cultural?

Putting something in your mouth doesn't "make you more cultural". (I don't know what that means.)

Tasting local flavours and textures in a Thai street market or a Mexican beach cafe is a richer cultural experience than just looking at them.

How is this hard to understand?

Good point. And also, if you are in the habit of having a croissant for breakfast while in the UK, is it still OK to have one when holidaying in the strange and distant land that is France? Where they also eat corn flakes FWIW. I read books at home, can I do that on holiday? What about wearing shoes?

I understand what you’re saying I just disagree with you.

What was difficult to understand about what I was saying? I don’t think putting food in your mouth means you’ve had a more cultural experience.

You don’t have to taste something to understand and appreciate the culture behind it.

Thankfully nobody needs your approval. Leave people alone.

Fgs U actually made a post about cornflakes
U need to get out more

I have the cornflakes as dessert for breakfast at a hotel buffet.

I'll be scanning the room for you, next time, OP.

Nice. It's been decades since i had a sugar puff, but i can still remember the smell and taste. I used to sneak a handfull from the cuboard before dinner. Nostalgic comfort food, why not?

I’ve always found it bizarre that eating food is seen as a superior activity with those who don’t partake lacking in some way.
Eating local cuisine doesn’t mean you’ve had a richer cultural experience than someone on a restricted diet, it just means you’ve had a different experience.

I love visiting places of worship when I travel as I’m interested in world religions. I don’t go around telling people I’ve had a richer cultural experience than them because they preferred a local restaurant instead. They’re just different activities which give you an insight into the culture and history of a place.

I never have cornflakes at home, sometimes I do when I'm in holiday!
Does it matter what people eat?

Yes. I think its pathetic. Putting cornflakes into your suitcase because you cant possibly eat "foreign muck" yet you will go on holiday there. Utterly ridiculous!

Who said that?

Not to most of us.

You’re thinking of that baked bean advert.

Eh?
Who said anything about packing them?

Although, I do take a stash of Belvita biscuits when I travel to Asia as I struggle to find food I like sometimes. Never taken a box of cereal though!!

Ah, is that where they got it from? I think that's supposed to be a joke!

ChocolateCinderToffee
I agree and I can't remember the last time I ate them either. At a guess it was very early 1990's.

Because they like them probably and they're light and nutritious. The locals in many foreign countries will also eat cornflakes or other cereal for brekkie, you know.

Cornflakes are my go-to breakfast before a half marathon. They fill me up fine. I take my own if im staying away from home. I wouldnt necessarily have them in a hotel abroad, but if they are available, its feasible people will eat them....🤷‍♀️