by Carolyn Rust | Aug 30, 2016 | Story
In the 1950s we rented Mrs. Blackburn’s 140 acre farm 6 miles south of Roberts, Idaho. In the summer we raised hay, grain, and those famous Idaho Russet Burbank potatoes. Come winter my dad would drive his white 1952 GMC pick-up into Roberts each day to work in...
by Carolyn Rust | Jul 9, 2016 | Story
I am 69 years old now. As s child growing up in a small town in central Illinois, I wish I could tell you how many times I have told told friends about ‘My Grandma’s Postum’. My grandma, Mrs. Mary Amanda Deibert, came to our home every afternoon...
by Carolyn Rust | Jul 9, 2016 | Story
Growing up in the post-war years, my grandmother lived with us and always drank Postum. I don’t know if it was a habit left over from the war rationing period, or just what she liked, but my very first cup of “grown-up” beverage was Postum. Now I am...
by Carolyn Rust | Jul 9, 2016 | Story
When I was a child, we always went to church services on Sunday evening after the cows were milked and chores done. We waited to eat until we got home about 8:30 p.m. Often we had popcorn, and always we had Postum, a steaming cup made with milk on chilly winter...
by Carolyn Rust | Jul 9, 2016 | Story
It was 1895 when my great, great grandfather Harry Brownell sold the first gas stove to C.W. Post when he founded Postum in Battle Creek, MI. Harry became an employee of Postum and a company newsletter covered his sale of the stove which was published in 1926.
