health food...

 My west coast brother has informed me that today is "Shredded Wheat Day."  Learning this has brought back some interesting memories.   First I should say that shredded wheat is still one of my favorite cereals, but these days I prefer it in the small square pillow shape of frosted mini wheats.  I believe you can get unfrosted mini wheats but what would be the point?  We ate a lot of shredded wheat when I was a child, but then it came as a single bundle? bale? loaf? of shredded wheat about four inches long, two inches wide and one inch high.  My dimensions may be a little off but you get the idea.  I remember, because it was quite stiff, my mother giving it a quick soak in hot water, then draining the water off and adding milk and sugar to the bowl.  This softened it up nicely and made it much easier to eat.  But the best thing I remember about shredded wheat was the packaging.  I think there were 12 in a box, layered neatly, four to a layer with pieces of cardboard between the layers, and (this is the good part) printed on those pieces of cardboard were shapes that, when cut out, could be pieced together to make stiff little airplanes capable of soaring for several feet, especially if launched from the roof of the chicken coop.  I know, I know, I was easily entertained, but it was a simpler time.  Let's hear it for health food.