Talk:Cream of Wheat

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Contents 1 Regional Preferences 2 Contradicts Uncle Ben's 3 Contradicts Aunt Jemima 4 using africanamericans as product mascots in that era 5 Image:Cream of Wheat 1895.jpg 6 What is it? 7 So is it Kraft or B&G?

[edit] Regional Preferences

Just wondering if there should be a mention of the U.S. regional preferences between Grits and Cream of Wheat. As I understand it, many people in the northern US eat Cream of Wheat and have never heard of Grits, and vice-versa. Wikilackey 02:49, 18 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Contradicts Uncle Ben's

One article says it was common practice to use African Amwericans as product mascots. Another says it was not. Statements in both articles are unreferenced.

Roodog2k 17:57, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Contradicts Aunt Jemima

Ditto on Aunt Jemima

Roodog2k 18:07, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] using africanamericans as product mascots in that era

i agree with Roodog2k, African-americans were used vastly in that era (drawn mostly as Caracture-like), even the words Nigger and "negro" were used in some brands.

This is corroborated by one of the references in this very article -- on the page http://www.ferris.edu/htmls/news/jimcrow/mammies/ under the heading Commercial Mammies. I am changing this article and removing all contradiction tags. Krychek 15:36, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Image:Cream of Wheat 1895.jpg

The image Image:Cream of Wheat 1895.jpg is clearly a magazine advertisement, not a box, and has the look of ads from roughly 20 years later (could be a bit more) than the 1895 date suggested. (This is pretty obvious to anyone who has worked with materials from that era-- spend a few minutes looking at ads in magazines from the 1890s verses late 1910s if you wish confirmation.) I have asked for more details of the image source from the uploader on Commons, and have changed the caption here. -- Infrogmation 00:32, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] What is it?

If farina is wheat & grits are corn, what is rice?

[edit] So is it Kraft or B&G?

Part of the article references that it is no longer manufactured or marketed by Kraft (and the FAQ link at the bottom of the article is broken.) So, should it be in category "Kraft Brands" if it was sold, as the article implies? 98.215.53.205 (talk) 17:05, 15 March 2008 (UTC)