Comments on: Little White Lab Rat: The Postum Showdown

By: Trail Master

Trail Master — Tue, 14 May 2013 18:27:00 +0000

Alas, I too am disappointed with the new Postum “lite”. My first hint that this was not exactly the old stuff was the missing foam. It is as though Eliza’s bought the recipe, and maybe even some processing machinery, but not the people or know-how to duplicate the original “original”.

By: Elaine Mercer

Elaine Mercer — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 19:39:24 +0000

I found the new Postem while searching for a perfected recipe. You are right, it is sweeter, but still very good. I mix mine: 3/4 cup Postum to 1/4 cup Pero. Just right.

By: Julia

Julia — Sun, 27 Jan 2013 07:01:49 +0000

I think I’ll just stick to herbal teas. Thanks.

By: Anne (UK)

Anne (UK) — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 12:52:42 +0000

Have you tried Caro or Barleycup? Those are the alternatives on offer here. Available from healthfood stores.

By: J. Stapley

J. Stapley — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 20:31:32 +0000

This post is all sorts of awesome. “Eliza’s Quest Foods.” Heh.

By: Grant

Grant — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 01:34:34 +0000

Cliff-
That date would possibly make Ardis a pre-Adamite. And I don’t think we want to open that up.

And I used to drink Postum when I was a teen. Some LDS guy I used to work with introduced it to me on “coffee” break. We may try the new stuff, but I would have to add just a little White Satin sugar.

By: Bruce Crow

Bruce Crow — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 22:32:32 +0000

Well, here’s a bit of Mormon culture I’ll have to take y’alls word for it. My parents never drank the stuff and we didn’t live close enough to Salt Lake that we saw my grandparents all that often, so I have no idea if they drank it or not. I’m pretty sure I won’t see it on the shelf in my local grocery store anytime soon.

By: Cliff

Cliff — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 19:32:44 +0000

“In my defense, how could I not have assembled the set of china used below, when every piece of this set – a pattern issued only for ten years, with my birth year smack in the middle of that time – has this mark on the bottom?”

When I first read (glanced quickly without comprehension) I thought that you were stating that this set had your birth year on it, so when I look closer at the image and found 5772 I had to assume b.c. – tee hee! Love ya Ardis, and I TOTALLY Agree how could you not have a set of china that is literally your namesake!

My parents and Grandmother (grandpa just went for the coffee) were big Postum drinkers. I could never find a taste for it, too bitter, so I might like the new stuff. Will have to see.

By: Amy T

Amy T — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 18:39:50 +0000

I’m sure I’ve said in other discussions of this kind that my entire memory of Postum was from having it a time or two with my grandparents. My grandmother would serve it as a Sunday evening meal along with toast and home-bottled peaches.

By: kevinf

kevinf — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 18:35:06 +0000

With that china, you are on the path to your own BBC series, Parshall Abbey. I'll look for the Postum here, but getting Safeway to give up Starbucks shelf space for New Postum (is that like New Family Search) might be wishful thinking. Since I was never a big fan of Postum in the first place, its value for me is totally nostalgia, as both of my parents loved it. BTW, for nostalgic Pepsi drinkers, there is Throwback Pepsi, which is still made from cane sugar, not corn syrup, and tastes much better than regular Pepsi or regular Coke. You can also get Mexican Coke (no pun intended) at Costco, made from cane sugar, but the price is high. The only cool thing is that it still comes in 16oz glass bottles.