He Lives A Hard Hard Life, Just Ask Him
September 13, 2005
I have not been grocery shopping in awhile. We still have plenty of food in the house to eat, just not the staples that the kids enjoy… bread, soy milk, eggs, bagels, flour…
Breakfast this morning was a bit of a challenge. We are out of all the usual fare. So I made a big pot of Cream of Wheat. I like it and most of my children like it.
Except, of course, my eldest son, who feels it is his birthright to enjoy a sugary breakfast cereal each morning. He was playing with the Cream of Wheat in his bowl, having already sweetened it with brown sugar AND maple syrup, when he says, “You know how in books sometimes when they talk about poor people, orphans, and prisoners and they say they had to eat gruel? Well I am thinking that they mean Cream of Wheat.”
And with tears welling in my eyes and my hand held over my heart, I replied, “Oh yes my son, what a poor tortured existence you must suffer through.”
“I can tell you are being sarcastic, you know.”
At least I am teaching them something.
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Oh my lord, I LOVE cream of wheat. Your son is insane.
September 13th, 2005 at 12:38 pmLOL! Oliver Twist he ain’t. “Please, sir, may I have some Captain Crunch?”
September 13th, 2005 at 12:54 pm“shut up Oliver, you’ll need a good breakfast to get all the thieving done today….”
hahahahaha
make them grits tomorrow.
September 13th, 2005 at 2:11 pmno butter,
no jelly
no salt
just grits.
He’ll beg for cream of wheat.
I can just see my oldest in a few years pulling the same stunt.
September 13th, 2005 at 2:39 pmToo funny!
September 13th, 2005 at 3:12 pmI wish I could trade our sugary cereal for cream of wheat! Around here, we don’t even take the 5 minutes to make it. It is just ziploc baggies of sugary cereal for breakfast.
September 13th, 2005 at 4:26 pmI remember thinking it was a crime to be fed cream of wheat…now I love it! Maybe he will come around in his “old” age LOL
September 13th, 2005 at 8:42 pmI know how he is feeling. Not a fan of cream of wheat. Too funny.
September 13th, 2005 at 9:37 pmSugarPlum always lets me know how much she *hates it* when I am sarcastic. That’s the point, though, isn’t it? hee hee!
September 14th, 2005 at 12:07 amI can’t help it, my imagination has gotten the better of me; I have to ask:
September 14th, 2005 at 9:12 amHow many servings of Cream of Wheat did you make?
When you say a big pot, I’m picturing my stock pot.
Also, we’re huge COW fans, especially in fall and winter. My mom sings a song about it from back in the pioneer days when she was growing up:
Cream of Wheat is so good to eat, and we have it everyday.
We sing this song; it will make us strong, and it makes us shout, “Hooray!”
It’s good for growing babies, and grownups too to eat.
For all the family’s breakfast, you can’t beat Cream of Wheat.
Maybe he would like CoCo Wheats better… anybody else remember those? LOL!
September 14th, 2005 at 11:08 amJ,
According to the package I make 12 servings, which uses 12 cups of water. Probably not much more than you make since it really isn’t a favorite of anyone here.
September 14th, 2005 at 1:07 pmNot quite as big as a stock pot
Ooooh, you should try it with milk (though I’ve never tried it with soy milk…you don’t do milk, right?) and see if they don’t sing a different tune.
September 14th, 2005 at 5:04 pm