THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Wednesday, August 14, 1996 TAG: 9608130043
SECTION: FLAVOR PAGE: F1 EDITION: FINAL
COLUMN: MORSELS
SOURCE: RUTH FANTASIA
LENGTH: 57 lines
HE'D STAND in the store yelling, ``I want my Maypo.''
I'd scurry down the aisle and turn the corner pretending I didn't know the man. Maypo became one of many reasons to avoid grocery shopping with my husband. He has these attachments to foods from his childhood and Maypo was one of the strongest.
Maypo, he said, was maple-flavored oatmeal.
``We have maple-flavored oatmeal in the South, dear,'' I'd argue. ``Why don't you just buy Quaker's?''
``It's not the same.''
Then he'd pout.
``I want my Maypo,'' he'd say, copying a cartoon-character spokesperson for the cereal.
One morning, on a recent cruise in Maine, the ship's cook served Maypo.
``Maypo!'' You'd have thought it was Christmas.
And he was right. Other maple-flavored oatmeals aren't the same.
They're too sweet. Too gritty.
Maypo is smooth and silky with a delicate maple flavor. It contains only 3 grams of sugar per 1/2-cup serving compared to 13 grams in a serving of Quaker Instant Maple and Brown Sugar Oatmeal. Also, Maypo doesn't contain sodium; Quaker's version does.
We bought three boxes on the way home from New England.
But you don't have to travel north to get Maypo. Hannaford, the Maine-based grocery chain, stocks Maypo in its Norfolk and Virginia Beach stores. A 14-ounce box costs about $2.19.
Now when he wants his Maypo, he can have it. Maybe we'll start shopping together again.
Nah. APPLIANCE HELP
A couple of weeks ago I had a conversation with a reader who mentioned she was having trouble finding parts for her old mixer.
Shortly after, I received a press release about a company called Culinary Parts Unlimited. The Pacheco, Calif., firm sells replacement parts for at least 20 appliance manufacturers including KitchenAid, Krups, Braun, Mr. Coffee, Norelco, Waring and Proctor-Silex.
Culinary Parts Unlimited is open 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Mondays through Fridays, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturdays and 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sundays. Call (800) 543-7549. Fax orders are accepted 24 hours a day at (510) 676-0540. NOTES FROM NEW ENGLAND
Name of a soft-serve ice cream stand in Salem, Mass.: Dairy Witch.
Name of a poultry processing plant in Maine: The Last Stop.
Sign on a Maine seafood restaurant: ``Lobsters and clams and beer - Oh My!'' ILLUSTRATION: Color photo
Maypo: When only the best will do. by CNB