Monday, February 27, 2012

Oatmeal and Creamy Wheat

When my kids were little, they referred to Cream of Wheat as "Creamy Wheat" and the name has stuck to this day! No doubt, in their now adult years, the kids rarely if ever think about Creamy Wheat, much less say it, so it is up to my hubby and me to carry on this tradition.



So, when grocery shopping recently, imagine my delight when I saw none other than "CREAMY WHEAT" sitting on the shelf! It fairly jumped into my cart! It surely knew that I would enjoy it more than any other brand  of cream of wheat.

Then that got me thinking of oatmeal and a couple of long ago memories. My mother made oatmeal frequently (and creamy wheat too!) and she always put raisins in it. Now I'm sure that she figured that the addition of raisins would increase the healthiness, not to mention the deliciousness, of said oatmeal. Well, she was WRONG!! I probably never told her (being the obedient kid that I was) that I could not stand, disliked intensely and otherwise detested the raisins in my oatmeal. I would eat them anytime straight out of the box, but hot in my oatmeal? Nooooo. So I suffered through the hot raisins.

And you know what's funny now?  I LOVE raisins in my oatmeal!! Who knew! I guess my mother did : )


My other oatmeal memory is of a time when I was about four, maybe five, and had to have my tonsils out. Back then, if you got sore throats, they yanked your tonsils. Well, my throat was sore for pity's sake and I didn't want any old oatmeal -- with or without raisins.



So along came the milkman making his milk delivery. Milkmen back then knew the people on their routes and ours was always friendly and offered a bit of cheery conversation as he picked up our empty bottles and left our milk order at the back door. I liked to talk to him and watch him put the bottles in the wire basket that my mother put out on the back steps. (The best was when she opened a new bottle and stuck a table knife in the cream on top -- I got to have some before she mixed it into the milk. Yum!!)



The day of my tonsillectomy (since I refused to eat the oatmeal) my mother asked him if he would feed me a few bites and see what happened. Well, you know the end of this story! He got me to eat the oatmeal, I got my tonsils out, and afterwards had all the ice cream and jello that I wanted!!!

And, my little friend from down the street was waiting on the front steps when I got home from the hospital -- just like he told my mother he would!


 I'm linking my creamy wheat and oatmeal memories over at Blue Monday at Smiling Sally's.
♥  And also linking over on Rednesday at It's a Very Cherry World.

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22 comments:

  1. Wonderful sense of nostlagia. Thanks for including my milk bottles. :)

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  2. Warm oatmeal and cream of wheat does bring back memories that warm the heart. I enjoy maple syrup in mine and Love oatmeal cookies. BUT HOLD THE RAISINS.

    Thanks for warming my morning
    Dee at Vintage Nonsense

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  3. Wonderful memories. Our milkman came in a horse pulled wagon. Those were the good old days when you knew what you were drinking. Oatmeal, yes; cream of wheat, no; tooo creamy.

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  4. I've always loved oatmeal with raisins and still enjoy a bowl.

    Happy Blue Monday, Sarah. Be sure to check out my book giveaway.

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  5. We had a neighborhood dog named Cream of Wheat when I was a kid :) I'd almost forgotten about the little furball until I read this :)

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  6. I will leave the cream of wheat to the kinds. I like oatmeal better.

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  7. Love your story down creamy wheat lane!!!I had a lot of cream of wheat when I was a little one, still like it but rarely make it. You use the same brand as we do... I really do like vintage tins and I have a milk carrier like this one. Happy Blue Monday.
    Ann

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  8. Sarah - love your story! Great photos and items to compliment the post, too. Funny how food can really take you back.

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  9. Sweet story. I wonder why you don't hear of kids having their tonsils out these days. When I was growing up, it was rare NOT to have your tonsils out.

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  10. You brought back many memories, and yes, we parents have to hold the traditions--I eat Oatmeal with raisins every other day!

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  11. I confess that I don't like oatmeal at all, but I do remember having a milkman deliver milk in bottles to our front door. Some of our neighbors had a chute on the side of the house just for milk deliveries.

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  12. cute post. We never ate oatmeal, just cereal... I love the picks you found. Very reminiscent! {:-D

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  13. Love that you found Creamy Wheat. My grown daughter still loves Cream of Wheat. Me, I'm an oatmeal kind of girl.

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  14. I loved Cream of Wheat growing up. The milkman delivered the milk to our front door. He would give us kids chunks of ice off the truck.
    Lovely and fun memories.

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  15. Wow wish we could get fresh milk like before. I love my oatmeal with raisins of course ^_^

    Mary, MI

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  16. I've always loved oatmeal, but I don't think I've ever had Cream of Wheat! LOVE that old Bordens bottle and the bottle carrier. I have one of those, but mine holds canning jars, and I like to put flowers in each jar in the summer!
    Happy REDnesday,
    Carol

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  17. That is a cute story about the creamy wheat. I never liked oatmeal or Cream of Wheat. My mom always bout Cheerios. I hated them but had to eat them. I still do not like them!!

    That is a cute Bordon's Milk bottle!

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  18. Oh, those were the days, were they not? And, for you to find Creamy Wheat on the shelf... they say great minds work together!!

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  19. Yummy and healthy!


    Visiting for Blue Monday- hope you can stop by:)

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  20. Oh, I love oatmeal, and cream of wheat! When I was little, being one of six kids, my dad was the oatmeal maker in our house. He would make a huge pot of it, enough for everyone! (My mom slept in a lot cuz she stayed up late watching Johnny Carson!)

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