Something else that I really enjoyed as a kid was the Mark Trail hiking and camping tips that were printed on the dividers between the Shredded Wheat biscuits. And was disappointed when I already had it. We lived in a rural area and I spent many, many hours hiking up and down the creek about 100 yards behind our house trying out the tips that I learned about in those boxes. And if mom knew how many small campfires I built when I was ten.......well let's just say she would not have been pleased. Smiley

Smiley,
I can't talk about shredded Wheat because I hated them. Yeeech. Soggy shredded wheats! Gaggg... LOL... But. What I remember about Mark Trail was the comic strip was the camping & hiking tips after the story. And, that the comic was always in the Sports Section... Are we getting old, or what? 'Fess up, Old man.

Wheat Do you remember when that Shredded Wheat box, with its picture of Niagara Falls, was a product of the National Biscuit Company, not yet Nabisco?

Link: I do remember that Niagra Falls was on the box. I do vaguely remember National Biscuit Company. Do you remember Shredded Wheat's competitor, for a while, back in the 50's? And then it disappeared. I don't know if it was a national brand or not at least this cereal was sold in the middle-west. Smiley

Wasnt it "Kellogg Shredded Whole Wheat Biscuits?"

Tom: The one I am thinking of was a round shredded wheat biscuit. Don't know who marketed it. Smiley

The answer to my shredded wheat question is "Muffets". They were round shredded wheat biscuits. Mrs. Smiley says she thinks they were made by Quakers Oats Co. Smiley

Kan.......fans of "Muffets" can actually see an old ad for this cereal can be found at:
www.fiestafanatic.com/muffetsad.html

I remember sometime in the early 50's the box of Shredded Wheat had celeophane on a portion of the box front where the Niagara Falls were. You saw the wheat as the falls.

I never really minded Shredded Wheat as long as I could pour some powdered Ovaltine over it and maybe add some fruit. The trick was to eat if before it got soggy. Nowadays, my taste runs more to Cheerios.

Shredded Wheat was my father's mainstay for cold cereal. So we had it in the house all the time when I was growing up but I don't remember the celophane panel in the front of the box. Today my taste runs to Cheerios, Wheaties and still Shredded Wheat. Does anyone remember "Pep". It was a wheat cereal just like Wheaties. Another question: Does anyone have any idea what the oldest cold cereal on the market is today? My guess maybe Kellogg's Cornflakes. Smiley

Kelloggs Pep was one of my least favorite cereals of all.
If it even sensed that milk was near, it would go limp. The trouble was they sponsored Superman and to get his premiums someone had to eat it. They also put those nifty pinback buttons of comic heroes in them and the little foldup paper airplanes. I managed to get my Uncle to eat the stuff and I took the boxtops and enclosed goodies. Gad, I hated that cereal...... Wheaties were not a favorite of mine either, but Jack Armstrong did not offer that many premiums that I wanted to send in for, so I was pretty safe avoiding that one.
Heck, I even learned to eat Hot Ralston because of Tom Mix and his Straight Shooters.

I agree with Diduseeim---shredded wheat--pitui. Smiley, I think the first cold cereal would be either Kellogg's corn flakes or shredded wheat. Does anyone know for sure?

Dr. John Kellogg created the first cold cereal when his presciption was to eat cereal everyday for better health. Eating cereal was to combat the effects of fatty meats that plagued Americans of the 1800s. But because it took hot cereal too long to cool, he and his brother came up with the first cold cereal made of corn (flakes).
Interesting stuff, the history of cereal. It was initially prescribed as a cure "to self abusement." In other words, to "cool the fires of the loin."
For history buffs. Check out Sylvester Graham. He's either a hilarious nut or a true advocate of good clean living.
I think. Kellogg's only competition was Post's Grape Nuts. At least that's what I remember. Kellogg's Corn Flakes was all we ever ate (and Uncle Ben's Cream of Wheat) until Tony Tiger and his gang came along with sugar coated stuff.
W

"Cream of Wheat is so good to eat,
that we have it every day.
We sing this song,
cause it makes us strong, and it makes us shout HOORAY!
It's good for growing babies,
and grown-ups too to eat.
For all the family's breakfast,
you can't beat Cream of Wheat".

Especially the way mom made it with lots of gooey lumps. YEEECH!

Honestly, it really wasn't that bad, but Ralston was the hot cereal of choice, especially when you could get tom Mix premiums for box tops.

I received an e-mail from a friend reminding me of Quaker Puffed Rice and Puffed Wheat. The cereals that were shot from guns. Talk about getting soggy fast. I got to the point I had to put one handful at a time in the bowl of milk. The only redeeming factor about the Puffed cereals by Quaker was that they sponsored Sgt. Preston of the Yukon. Smiley

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