Cereal has 100th birthday
The Associated Press
GRAND FORKS, N.D. — Momma said there'd be days like this: cold autumn days made for thick, hot porridge.
More than 5,000 people were treated to a steaming Cream of Wheat breakfast Wednesday in honor of the town where the cereal was created 100 years ago.
It took 500 gallons of milk, 400 pounds of bananas and 200 pounds of brown sugar and peanut butter to top off vats of the cereal, served in tents, said Ann Smith, a representative for Nabisco Food Groups.
"I eat it every day." Lieutenant Governor Rosemarie Myrdal said, "I really, truly do."
While she selected bananas and milk, others tried marshmallows, chocolate chips and raspberry jam with their Cream of Wheat, which alone is something of a conservative breakfast statement.
No silly rabbits or fruity toucans. No snap, crackle or pop. It sits calmly in a bowl. Left to sit too long, it congeals.
Thomas Amidon, a Grand Forks miller,
made the first 360 boxes by hand.
Nabisco historians said Cream of Wheat was a last-ditch effort to save a local mill during the Financial Panic of 1893.
As the story goes, the company shipped the first 10 cases of cereal to New York in freight cars loaded with flour. A telegram delivered the next day said, "Never mind flour, send us a car of Cream of Wheat."
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Her students seem to appreciate Good's approach. Mark Douglass, St. Louis freshman, said, "Calculus is sometimes hard, but she makes it easier. She has way of explaining every step instead of assuming you know it already."
David Day, Wichita sophomore, agreed with his classmate. "She has a very simple way of teaching," he said. "The first day of class, she explained a term to us by using a metaphor of a boyfriend on one side of a river and a girlfriend on the other, and they can never get to each other. That really helped me understand.
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Although classes keep her busy, Good says she does find time to have fun with her friends.
"I like outdoor activities like camping and biking,"she said."And some friends of mine have Chiefs season tickets, so we go to a lot of those."
Larsen said he and Good sometimes get together to relax and have fun. "We go out drinking sometimes," he said. "She's not too bad at pool. And she's learning to play basketball."
Good said that when she sees her students outside of class—in bars, restaurants, or on the basketball court—they seem surprised.
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