Feeling Nastalgic

"People seem to get nostalgic about a lot of things they weren't so crazy about the first time around." ~Author Unknown

Seriously, it's autumn that makes me feel this way. Memories of smells and tastes from my childhood come rushing back. Smells of burning brush and leaves, hot tar being smeared on the school roof, my name written with black sharpie on brown paper lunch sacks (I did have a Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew lunch pail for a while), and new leather shoes (from Kinney's in Aberdeen). Anything made with or smothered in maple syrup, brown sugar, cinnamon, and all the other warm spices scream, "Eat me!", right now.

My mom always sent us out the door with a hot cereal breakfast. Usually oatmeal, but we (there were five of us kids) ate a fair amount of Cream Of Wheat and Malto Meal too. While shopping last week I picked up a box of Maple and Brown Sugar Malto Meal ( doesn't that sound so Autumn?) and I found a sweet princess handled Pyrex bowl (at the Goodwill). In short, I have been serving up good hearty breakfasts and loving it. Malto Meal is the best served with a little pat o' butter. And that's it. No milk. No extra sugar. It is wonderful to wash it down with a glass of cold, freshly pressed, apple cider though. Mmmm Mmmm Mmmm. :O)