I am not saying that all Americans eat breakfast like this. What I am saying is that one particular American grandmother prepares breakfast this way. To be fair, she does not exactly prepare it this way herself. It is for her grandson, and let us just say that she gives the grandson the proper tool set, and then he goes to town.
Or, as Maxime would put it:
"I'm goin' downtown. Oh, yeah."
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Little Gabriel, for his part, does not go in for all the whipped cream fanfare. He sticks with his favorite cereal, Captain Crunch, which cannot be had in France, so Meresy keeps him supplied by shipments across the ocean. :-)
In the video below, Gabriel's innate sense of order is on display, albiet subtly. Watch how he puts away the bag of Captain Crunch...
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*Maxime mashes berries, and readies for the whipped cream; and Gabriel serves up Capitain Crunch, in his soft, tidy manner*