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TIDBITS® EATS CEREAL

by Janet Spencer There was a drought in Rome in 496 B.C. The priests thought if they started worshiping the Greek goddess Demeter, she might help. They changed her name to Ceres from the Latin ‘crescere’ meaning ‘to grow’ which is also the root of ‘create’ and ‘increase.’ She became the protector of crops, and the caretakers of her temple became the grain dealers. A new Latin word was coined meaning ‘of Ceres’-- cerealis, which became the word cereal. Come along with Tidbits as we eat cereal!

CEREAL FACTS • Over 70 percent of the world’s croplands are planted in cereal grains. Those grains provide 53 percent of humanity’s caloric intake. Wheat occupies 22 percent of crop lands worldwide, and provides 20 percent of calories consumed in the world.

• It’s been estimated that more than 60% of the population of the world relies on a total of four crops, three of which are grains. Those four crops are rice, corn, soy, and wheat.

• Oatmeal is richer in proteins than whole wheat.

Samuel Johnson remarked in the dictionary he wrote that oats are “a grain which is generally given to horses but in Scotland supports the people.” A Scotsman replied, “That is why in England you have such fine horses and in Scotland we have such fine men.”

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Tidbits® of Sheridan and Johnson Counties Tidbits Presents the

HEALTH PAGE

BREAKFAST CEREALS • John Kellogg ran a health resort in Battle Creek, Michigan in the late 1800s. He advocated a healthy diet, and invented a flaky breakfast cereal made from smashing boiled wheat and corn into thin flat sheets and baking them. He had trouble perfecting the formula until one day when he was called away while the wheat was cooking. When he returned, the wheat was far overcooked, but money was tight and wheat was expensive so he ran the overcooked wheat through the rollers anyway. The thin crispy flake that resulted was the perfect formula.

• At first he called this cereal Granula, which he later changed to Granola before finally changing the name to Corn Flakes. The cereal was a novel invention and reputedly very healthy, but it didn’t taste very good.

• John Kellogg had a younger brother named Will. Will Kellogg was more interested in making a profit than his brother was. When John left on an extended trip, Will did something that John had forbidden: he added a coating of sugar to the cereal. People liked John’s unsweetened cereal a little, but they loved Will’s sugary cereal. When John returned, he was furious. Will ended up starting his own company, which he called Kellogg’s. Will Kellogg’s cereal eventually put John Kellogg’s cereal out of business. The brothers were rivals until their deaths.

• A patient of John Kellogg named Charles W. Post started his own dry cereal company called Post Cereals, selling a rival brand of corn flakes. John Kellogg claimed that Charles Post stole the formula for corn flakes from the safe in his office.

• Charles Post came out with a cereal he called Elijah’s Manna. He tried to export it to Britain but they refused to register it, feeling giving such a religious name to a food item was sacrilegious. Post changed the name to Post Toasties.

SUGARY CEREALS • In 1949 Post Cereal introduced a sugary line of cereals such as Sugar Crisps, Krinkles, and Corn-Fetti and the kids went wild. General Mills followed suit with cereals such as Trix, Sugar Frosted Flakes, and Cocoa Puffs.

• In 1975, a dentist who was alarmed at the steep increase in the number of cavities he was seeing in children went to the supermarket and bought 78 different kinds of cereal. He took them to his lab and measured their sugar content. One-third had sugar levels between 10 and 25%. One-third contained between 26% and 50% sugar, and the rest of them had sugar levels even higher than 50%. The highest was Super Orange Crisps which was almost 71% sugar. Not surprisingly, those cereals with the highest sugar content were brands most heavily marketed to children during Saturday morning cartoons.

• By 1977 a coalition of 12,000 health professionals asked the Federal Trade Commission to ban the advertising of sugary foods on children’s TV shows. The petition was accompanied by a collection of 200 decayed teeth collected and donated by pediatric dentists. In 1979, the typical American child watched more than 20,000 commercials between the ages of two and 11, and more than half of those commercials were for cereals, candy, snacks, and soft drinks.

• As a result, Kellogg’s Sugar Frosted Flakes was re-named Frosted Flakes; Post changed Super Sugar Crisp into Super Golden Crisp; and Sugar Smacks became Honey Smacks. Although the names changed, the sugar content did not, and nothing changed about the fact that cereals were pitched to children on weekend daytime TV. The cereal industry uses 816 million pounds of sugar per year.

• Grape Nuts is one of the few cereals with no added sugar. It has nothing to do with grapes or nuts, being made out of baked wheat and malted barley.

FAST FACTS ABOUT CEREAL • In 1964 both Kellogg’s and Post introduced cereal that had freeze-dried fruit in it. The theory was that the freeze-dried fruit would absorb moisture from the milk and be reconstituted in the bowl. Unfortunately it took so long for the fruit to rehydrate that the cereal was hopelessly soggy by the time the fruit was edible.

• After winning the Olympic decathlon in 1976, Bruce Jenner was signed up to sell Wheaties. On the air, Jenner claimed he had eaten Wheaties all his life. The assistant district attorney in San Francisco brought suit against General Mills, claiming consumer fraud. They felt that Jenner hadn’t really eaten Wheaties all his life. Jenner challenged the DA to ask his mother. The suit was dropped.

• In ads, the Trix rabbit is always trying to sneak a bowl of Trix cereal, but the kids constantly take it away from him, saying “Trix is for kids!” During the 1976 presidential elections, General Mills worried that this might be teaching kids a bad thing: try as you might, you’ll never reach your goal. So they put it to the vote. By sending in box-top ballots, kids were asked to vote on whether or not the rabbit would get his Trix. 99% voted yes. Amidst great fanfare, the rabbit got to eat a whole bowl on the next commercial. Then, like Charles Dickens’ Oliver Twist, he held out his empty bowl and asked for more— only to be told he had to wait for the next election.

• In 1972, General Mills introduced a new cereal called Franken Berry with pink cereal ‘berries’ in it. Unfortunately the food dye they initially used to turn the cereal pink was not absorbed by the digestive system, so parents were alarmed to find their kids having pink bowel movements, fearing internal bleeding. The formula was quickly changed and a different dye was used.

• Cheerios were originally called Cheerioats. The name was changed in 1945.

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Woodys, Wagons & Classic Cruisers This week Tidbits had the opportunity to interview Heather Berry, owner of Woodys, Wagons & Classic Cruisers LLC. Tidbits: When did you start this business? What path brought you here?

Heather: I have been into cars most of my life, but I didn’t get super serious about it and actually open the shop until June of 2013. I started Woodys because it seemed like every time I wanted a classic car painted or worked on, other shops cringed. Insurance work is king for most shops.

T: How is your business different from your competitors?

H: It’s different because we focus mainly on classic auto restoration and sales. Where most shops do strictly collision work.

T: Who has influenced you the most in business?

H: That’s a tough question. A lot of people have influenced me starting up and along the way. I probably have to give my banker, Patrick Schilling the biggest pat on the back because he believed in me and the great people that make all of this happen.

Chip Miller aka “The Wagon Master” from Kerville, TX has also been a big influence and role model for me.

I couldn’t have made any of this happen without my partner Andy. He works a full time job and is a Captain for United Airlines and keeps all of the i’s dotted and t’s crossed here.

T: If you could start over would you do anything different?

H: Hmmmm.... I don’t think so. I am pretty happy with where thing have gone.

T: Are there any major obstacles that you overcame to get where you are today?

H: The biggest obstacle for this shop is finding good labor. A person has to have a passion for classic cars to do this kind of work. Sourcing parts can be difficult, but it is a good challenge and it’s what gets me going in the morning.

T: What do you like most in your career/company?

H: I love the people I work with the most. From the guys and gals that work here to the customers we work with. We have made friends all over the world doing what we love. We have turned what is a hobby and passion for most to our everyday job!

T: What are your interests/hobbies outside of work?

H: My family! I have awesome kids that have put up with a lot of late nights at the shop, weekends at auctions and just a lot of work in general. I really enjoy watching them play sports and have enjoyed watching them grow into the awesome people they are. I am an interior designer by default, (I grew up in the building business), so I still enjoy building homes and the interior design business.

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PET OF THE WEEK! Tyrion is our cat of the week at Second Chance Sheridan Cat Rescue! Tyrion is a long hair tabby approximately 10 months old. Tyrion is very friendly and likes to play. Tyrion would love a home to call his own! For more information about Tyrion or any other adoptable cat, please call 307-461-9555 or visit http://sheridancatrescue.org

PAW’S CORNER

By Sam Mazzotta

OAT MILL and OAT MEAL • When Henry Parsons Crowell bought a small bankrupt oat mill for a few thousand dollars in the mid-1800s, he soon found that he had a major competitor whose name was Ferdinand Schumacher. Schumacher had a near monopoly on oats, having invented a better oat-milling device which allowed him to produce oats faster and cheaper than anyone else. He was ruthless in his business dealings and sent many other oat dealers out of business by undercutting their prices.

• However, Crowell discovered that Schumacher sold oats only in 180-pound (82 kg) barrels, which were kept, usually without lids, in the back of stores. Crowell knew he couldn’t out produce Schumacher, so he decided to compete with him by adding new features.

• Crowell sold his oats in two pound (.9 kg) packages, advertising that his re-sealable cartons kept his oats free from dirt, disease, animals, and insects. Cooking instructions were printed on the package, as well as recipes. Crowell’s oats became the first food product boasting a four-color printed carton, and it was the first product to offer sample miniatures.

• Crowell’s was also the first business to add another new feature: premiums, in which boxtops could be redeemed for dishes and kitchen items.

Soon Crowell’s oat company was a food processing giant, and he eventually bought Schumacher out. By the time Crowell died in 1943, he was one of the wealthiest men in Chicago.

• His company, whose name summons images of honesty and integrity, still sells oats in familiar round cartons. What’s the name of Crowell’s company, now one of the largest manufacturers of breakfast foods in the world with headquarters in Cedar Rapids, Iowa?

Answer: Quaker Oats. (continued on last page).

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Can Renter be Forced to Give Up His Pet? --DEAR PAW’S CORNER: I’m in a dilemma. I’ve had my dog for about five years. “Shera” stays with me in my apartment, one of six in a triple-decker house, and there have been no problems until now. Now, a new owner has bought the house and told me I cannot have a pet: I must either get rid of Shera or move out. What can I do? -- Desperate in Worcester, Massachusetts DEAR DESPERATE: I feel for you, and I hope I can give you some useful advice in this limited space.

My first tip is to act fast, and the sooner the better. I recommend immediately contacting your state’s legal services or aid resource, if there is one, to discuss the problem. You also could find free or low-cost legal advice through the state’s bar association or perhaps at a local university.

Your local library can be a great resource, too -- you can get online for free, and the librarians can be very helpful.

Renters have fairly extensive rights in most states. A new landlord usually cannot simply walk in and demand you get rid of your pet. The existing lease typically cannot be changed suddenly, either. And even if you don’t have a signed lease (some apartments are still “handshake” agreements) the landlord typically must still give reasonable notice of a change in the terms.

You also might try offering your landlord a non-refundable pet deposit. These are sometimes required in rentals that accept pets.

There’s much more information out there than I have room to write about here. But basically, you have more rights than you think. Stay calm, but immediately start contacting organizations that can help.

Send your questions or pet care tips to ask@pawscorner.com. (c) 2016 King Features Synd., Inc.

Amazing Animals BIRD BRAINS • In the late 1980s, scientists in Florida scattered food pellets to attract fish to a specific spot in a bay.

A great blue heron watched these proceedings and discovered that if it hung out nearby, it could feast on the fish that came up for the pellets. After several days, either the fish got wise or they had all been eaten because they stopped coming to eat the pellets. Scientists were astounded to see the heron pick up a pellet in its beak, take it a short distance down the shore, drop it in the water, and nab a fish that surfaced.

• A man in Washington once tossed crackers to a raven until the raven was full and could eat no more.

The raven wanted to take more crackers to its cache, but it could pick up only one cracker at a time in its beak. By the time it got back to collect the next cracker, other critters would have stolen the rest of the food. The man was astonished to see the raven solve the dilemma by tucking the crackers side by side into a snowbank one at a time. When several crackers were lined up together, the raven was able to pick them all up at one time and fly off with the entire batch.

• Bill and Wilma Fisher raised birds and had about 30 parrots. Once when they were away from home at a parrot show, one of their parrots used his beak to undo the bolts that held his cage together. When the cage collapsed, the parrot escaped. He then managed to unlatch all the other cages one at a time.

When the bird sitter arrived later that day, she discovered all the birds in the middle of a parrot party.

• When a storm blew down the netting that enclosed the New York Zoological Society’s gigantic aviary in the 1960s, zookeepers captured as many of the remaining birds as they could, but left the netting open.

Within the next few days, nearly 75% of the escaped birds returned home.

• King Henry VIII had a pet parrot that one day fell unnoticed into the Thames River. It was rescued only because it raucously squawked, “Boat! Boat!”

• A parrot listed in the Guinness Book of World Records had a vocabulary of 531 words. He could recite eight nursery rhymes in a single breath without mistake.

CHICKADEE FACTS • Chickadees hide seeds in holes in trees where they will stay safe until retrieved and eaten. One researcher wanted to test the memory of chickadees, so he arranged a forest of artificial trees. Each tree had holes and each hole had a door which could either be open or closed. He gave his experimental chickadees some sunflower seeds to store when all the doors were opened. He watched where they stashed the seeds, then chased the birds away. He removed all the seeds, then closed every door— whether or not it had contained seeds. This way all the holes looked and smelled the same. Then he let the birds back in. The birds invariably searched the holes where they had stashed seeds 24 hours earlier. They tore the doors off searching for their seeds and ignored the holes where they had not placed seeds.

• For his next experiment, he set out to see if they could remember the holes they had already visited. After storing the seeds, he chased the birds out of the aviary and didn’t let them back in for 24 hours. He gave them enough time to visit half of the holes to retrieve their seeds, then chased them out again. 24 hours later he allowed them in a second time, this time with all the doors closed once again and all the remaining seeds removed. Still, the chickadees went back to each hole that had once contained seeds, but they didn’t bother going back to the holes they had visited the previous day. It seems that the memory of a chickadee is very good indeed.

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THE GREAT LAND GIVE-AWAY • In 1955, Quaker Oats offered a special prize in every box of Quaker Puffed Rice and Puffed Wheat cereal. The cereal company sponsored a TV show called “Sergeant Preston of the Yukon” and the prize was a deed granting the holder ownership of one square inch of property on the Yukon River, 12 miles north of Dawson. Quaker had actually purchased a 19-acre tract and split it into 21 million sub-divisions of an inch each. • One man collected 10,000 of the deeds which he said entitled him to a 75foot square plot, although the company pointed out that his one-inch deeds were not adjacent to each other. • The Canadian government eventually reclaimed the land for failure to pay $37 in back taxes. Today the deeds are worth about $40 for their value to collectors. • The promotional stunt was so successful that later Quaker offered one cubic inch of genuine Yukon dirt in each box of cereal.

OAT FACTS • About 95% of oats produced in the world are fed to livestock, with only about 5% of the world crop being consumed by humans.

• 80% of American households have oatmeal in their pantries.

• January is the top month for oatmeal sales.

• For steel-cut oats, the grains are sliced thin by a set of steel blades, while old-fashioned oats are steamed and then rolled to produce a flattened shape. Steel-cut oats take longer to cook and may have a bit more fiber. The more the oats are flattened and steamed, the quicker they cook – and the softer they become.

• Studies have shown that eating 3 grams of oat fiber per day (about the amount in a one-cup serving) can lower total cholesterol by 8% to 23%.

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