Here are some common foods people ate prior to the invention of Cream of Wheat (which was first introduced in 1893): 1. Oatmeal (Oats) 2. Cornmeal Mush (Cornmeal) 3. Rice Porridge (Rice ...

Cream together butter and sugars. Add flour, salt, cinnamon and soda to sugar mixture. Mix well. Blend in egg-raisin mixture, oatmeal, wheat germ (if using) and chopped nuts. Dough will be stiff.

I think we can all agree that some foods are distinctly old person-coded. Cream of wheat, oatmeal, meatloaf – they're all ...