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  Postum - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Postum is a powdered coffee substitute sold by the Post Cereals company.
Postum is still popular among those who believe coffee to be unhealthy, particularly Seventh-Day Adventists and members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (aka Mormons).
Postum was sometimes marketed by an invisible cartoon ghost named, "Mister Coffee Nerves," who would appear in situations wherein normal human characters were shown in uncomfortable life-situations (eg irritability, lack of sleep, loss of athletic prowess) due to their use of coffee and its negative effects.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Postum   (349 words)

  
 Post Cereals - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
Post Cereals, formerly Postum Cereals was founded by C.
It began in 1895 with the first Postum, a "cereal beverage", developed by Post in Battle Creek, Michigan.
The Postum Cereals company, after acquiring Jell-O gelatin in 1925, Baker's chocolate in 1927, Maxwell House coffee in 1928, and other food brands, changed its name to General Foods Corporation in 1929.
www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Post_Cereals   (182 words)

  
 Overflow » Postum
The jar languished in the bottom of my desk drawer for over a year before I saw a rerun of that Seinfeld episode where George and Jerry wonder why Postum is not a more popular drink.
At first I created combinations that simply hid the taste of the Postum, which, while quite yummy, did not seem to satisfy the spirit of the challenge I had set before myself.
Postum provides a dark, rich flavor to help offset the acidic flavors that go into tomato-based recipes like chili and barbecue sauce.
crossimpact.net /archives/2003/12/05/postum   (428 words)

  
 Postum: Coffee Substitute - Jeff Werner
Postum’s tagline is “Instant Cereal Beverage—No Caffeine”; and if I was 10 years old and hopeful to snag a cup of grownup liquid Count Chocula I’d be sorely disappointed by how much it resembles coffee.
July 7, 2005 09:13 PM Postum was a substitute for coffee in WW2.
Postum is a drink I take when watching the tv or for a mid-afternoon drink.
jeffwerner.ca /2004/12/postum_coffee_s.html   (6829 words)

  
 Postum Prices Rising in Lockstep With Crude Oil   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
That's why he was stunned to realize that Postum prices have risen in direct proportion to gasoline prices over the past year.
Kraft Foods, which distributes Postum, was quick to dismiss Peterson's analysis as a "malicious" and "flawed" "example" of "coincidence", "we mean it".
However, while Postum prices are at record highs, having more than tripled since 1998, it seems that, as with gasoline, consumers are just continuing to grit their teeth and pay the higher cost, blithely ignoring any health concerns.
johnnyvu.com /crudeoil.aspx   (423 words)

  
 Case #1: Postum   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Postum is a 100 year old coffee substitute, which many of today’s North American consumers have never even heard of.
Postum marketers feel that much of that success can be traced back to early advertising efforts.
Even though Postum pretty much “owns” the coffee substitute market, sales of Postum have not increased in recent years and, in fact, have shown a slight decrease.
www.conestogac.on.ca /marketing/dea/Case1Postum.htm   (537 words)

  
 Postum   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
He pointed out that of the 3 hot beverages, coffee, tea, and Postum, only Postum was caffeine free.
Harrice concluded when people drank Postum on a consistent basis, they were more calm, cool, and collected--- even during those stressful times.
Postum drinkers definitely got the last laugh on Mr.
www.old-time.com /commercials/1940's/Postum.html   (328 words)

  
 carob-postum-cooler recipe from FatFree   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
I love coffee, good fresh ground, drip coffee and I don't, as a rule, drink Postum.
Cold Carob/Postum cooler 1 Tablespoon carob powder 1 1/2 teaspoons Postum 2 Tablespoons boiling water 1/2 to 1 teaspoon dark molasses 4 oz.
Stir in the carob powder and the Postum.
www.fatfree.com /recipes/drinks/carob-postum-cooler   (178 words)

  
 POSTUM - Caffeine-Free Coffee Substitute   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
POSTUM is a great hot beverage that is 100% natural and naturally caffeine-free.
Postum will not affect the SBS Breast Enhancement System™ in any way, so you can have as much of it as you want.
Even back in the 1890's POSTUM was used as a coffee substitute to promote a healthier lifestyle.
www.sbsproducts.com /postum_info.htm   (92 words)

  
 Bob Greene
The old magazine ad probably was an indication of Postum's quandary -- people must have thought it was a kind of coffee, and when they found out it wasn't, they required education.
She said Postum has a quiet but loyal following -- aboout a million packages a year are sold, which is not all that much in the grocery game.
Postum shops -- that's where the money is. Whoever opens the first Postum shop next to a Starbucks will become wealthy within days.
www.jewishworldreview.com /bob/greene072700.asp   (1722 words)

  
 Pregnancy Information in Week by Week Calendar ALL on One CD
Water Until Postum is dissolved in the water.
Postum and Irish Cream Coffee Mate have been my Coffee and Bailey's substitutes my whole life.
P.S. The "Postum Liqueur" can also be the substitute for Kahlua in a White Russian.
www.pregnancyupdates.com /NonAlcoholicDrinks1.html   (1466 words)

  
 Religious Postum   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Experimenting in a horse barn with mixtures of molasses, bran and wheat 101 years ago, Charles William Post invented a coffee substitute, which he humbly named after himself: 'Postum.' Americans had 'Coffee-free Coffee.' It tasted like the real thing, but with none of the caffeine risks.
For the next 62 years many Postum drinkers sweetened their coffee-free-coffee with good old fashioned sugar.
Well, perhaps you did until 1963, when we got cream-free-cream in the form of the new 'Cremora.' Postum drinkers could now have their coffee-free-coffee with cream-free-cream and sugar-free-sugar.
www.drurywriting.com /keith/postum.htm   (311 words)

  
 Cooks.com - Recipes - Postum
Results 1 - 10 of 11 for postum.
Rub them in the palms of the hand until it is well mixed.
Mix all together, pour into oiled casserole and bake 40 minutes at 375 degrees.
www.cooks.com /rec/search/0,1-0,postum,FF.html   (156 words)

  
 Michigan Historical Marker: Postum Cereal Company / Factory
Post's first commercial success occurred in 1894 when he created the hot beverage Postum.
In 1929 Postum became the General Foods Corporation.
Remarkable as a factory with structures dating from as early as 1895, the complex reflects the evolution of cereal making.
www.michmarkers.com /Pages/S0678.htm   (223 words)

  
 CuisineNet Digest: Breakfast Cereal Beginnings
Within four years, he had developed Postum, a wheat- and molasses-based hot beverage.
There was, he said, no limit to the number of physical and moral ills (even divorce or juvenile delinquency) caused by coffee, but it could all be improved with Postum, the beverage that "makes red blood." Two years later, he launched an even bigger hit.
Grape Nuts was a failure as a grain beverage, as Post originally marketed it, but it turned out to be a fantastic breakfast cereal.
www.cuisinenet.com /digest/breakfast/cereal.shtml   (840 words)

  
 History
The boxes were indeed filled with genuine Postum, under the name of Monk’s Brew.
Post’s cooking process was also innovative and he sought to protect it from competitors who might attempt to duplicate it.
Grape-Nuts was introduced to the market for the first time in January of 1898, and to this day it is Post’s only product not successfully copied by a competitor.
www.posttexas.com /CWPostHHistory.htm   (3612 words)

  
 Comics in Advertising   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
One of the strips starts selling the product in the first balloon while the others carefully build up the situation to the advertising moral at the end.
The comic strip sequence for Postum uses the "Aside"--a stage device as old as Drama.
Coffee Nerves" stalks villianously -- and triumphantly -- through the early pictures only to be thwarted when his victim discovers the answer to his troubles.
xroads.virginia.edu /~UG00/3on1/tobaccoads/comic.htm   (523 words)

  
 BabyCenter | Readers' Comments - Fetal Development: Embryo illustration   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Water Until Postum is dissoved in the water.
"Postum Liqueur" Boil together: 1 cup water 1 cup sugar 1/4 cup corn syrup When sugar is dissolved, remove from heat.
Vanilla Extract Mix 1 shot "Postum Liqueur" 1 shot Irish Cream Flavored Coffee Mate 1 shot Milk It's pretty sweet, so adjust the flavors to your taste.
www.babycenter.com /comments/8661?i=60   (1854 words)

  
 No, I Don’t Want My Iced Tea Plum Flavored, Thanks
I regularly drank coffee-flavored instant Postum at nights while in law school in the late 1960s.
Somewhere, there just might be a short order counter in a drug store, like the one I remember at the Bay Pharmacy in the Pacific Palisades, where you could get a grilled cheese sandwich, Postum, or, if you were a grown-up with stomach distress, a Bromo Seltzer.
I suspect that any such a place is many miles from here, and that if you want a bromo, you’re just going to have to mix it yourself.
www.metnews.com /articles/reminiscing120403.htm   (692 words)

  
 Alex Wright : Postum
So far I've worked my way through decaf (too frustrating), herb teas and fruit juice, none of which could begin to substitute for a good cup of mud.
Last night, my parents' friends the Fullers turned me on to Postum, an obscure coffee-like concoction made from wheat and molasses.
It was apparently all the rage about 50 years ago, and still has a quiet but devoted following among a handful of retirees, Mormons, Seventh Day Adventists and other caffeine puritans.
www.agwright.com /blog/archives/001030.html   (121 words)

  
 Salt Lake City Weekly - Hello Vietnam(s)
He took the time to buy me a meal, during which he coaxed me out of falling on my own hand grenade, so I guess I have his attention.
As he was buying me breakfast (Me: poached eggs, dry toast and Postum; Him: kitchen-sink omelet, heated cinnamon roll with butter and V-8 juice that he doctored up with a mysterious clear liquid), I just had to relent.
No matter that the good senator is so barely relevant these days that his comments were found on page 6, I spit up my Postum nonetheless.
www.slweekly.com /editorial/2004/priv_2004-04-08.cfm   (1423 words)

  
 CoffeeGeek - Members: Coffee Recipes, CAROB POSTUM COFFEE COOLER   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Discussions > Members > Recipes > CAROB POSTUM...
Step 1: Mix POSTUM and carob powder with hot water until smooth.
No profanity, illegal acts or personal attacks will be tolerated in these discussion boards.
www.coffeegeek.com /forums/members/recipes/75051   (278 words)

  
 » Review of Postum Postum is an all-grain coffee substitute. If
» Review of Postum Postum is an all-grain coffee substitute.
Review of Postum Postum is an all-grain coffee substitute.
If you’re looking for a caffeine-free replacement for your daily cup of coffee, you might want to see my thoughts on Postum….
www.coffee-n-beans.com /blog/251   (136 words)

  
 a FOOD WORD weblog : What, if anything, is Instant Postum? Tuesday's food quotation
I tell you, you will regret it if you trifle with me. I have put you into it, a very agreeable character so far, reading the Decline and Fall and eating white currants.
But it is well within my means to make you read the Encyclopaedia Britannica and drink Instant Postum.
A 12-ounce espresso can keep me going for the day.
perso.wanadoo.fr /dalby/blog/archives/2006/01/entry_198.html   (221 words)

  
 Postum Grape-Nuts Tommy Titmouse Ad 1925
Shipping outside United States: Quoted at time of purchase
It is a nice fl and white ad from Postum Cereal Company Inc of Battle Creek, makers of Grape-Nuts, with nice graphics from an early magazine.
It has a really nice picture and story of "How Tommy Titmouse conquered Bruin the Bear" In mint condition.
www.goantiques.com /detail,postum-grape-nuts,51401.html   (110 words)

  
 The Aldrich Family Series Log   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
'But why do you say that dear?" (Postum)
' Father, Could I bother you for just a second?' (Postum)
'Will you have another piece of cherry pie?' (Postum)
www.otterprojectonline.info /Series_Helps/Aldrich_Family.htm   (683 words)

  
 Postum Building, New York City   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
How you can advertise your firm on Emporis.
Your position: World / North America / U.S.A. New York City, NY / Postum Building
Do you have an update for the content on this page?
www.emporis.com /dk/wm/bu/?id=114381   (65 words)

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