Possible Clues:

• Wet sauce, about two gallons
• Crunchy no more, as cereal
• Like cereal that's been in milk for a while
• Left in the cereal bowl too long, maybe
• Like overly moist bread
• Like soft Kix
• Like neglected cereal
• “A ____ little island huffing and puffing to keep up with Western Europe” (John Updike, describing Britain)
• Like cornflakes, after sitting for a while
• Left in the cereal bowl too long, perhaps