Nostalgia

When it comes to food, among other things, I can get very sentimental. I guess that sounds kind of ridiculous, but it's true. A lot of my fondest memories are tied into food and what I was eating at the time.

I guess it is not surprising, then, that I am often nostalgic about food, especially items that are no longer carried. I figured I would put this nostalgia into use and start a continuing column about foods that I once loved that now cease to exist, or are difficult to come by.


I decided to start this column with something I only had a handful of times but have never forgotten about: French Toast Crunch. The younger brother of Cinnamon Toast Crunch, a cereal loved by many and still in production, French Toast Crunch only lasted a brief eleven years in the American market.

The whole grain cereal was shaped like little pieces of French toast and was flavored to taste like the breakfast favorite. Apparently, after a few years they changed the cereal to look like Cinnamon Toast Crunch's little squares, and I believe this was their downfall.

Even though I only had the cereal a few times, I to this day, find myself craving it. Fortunately, through a little research, I found out that the cereal is still sold in Canada. Québec: here I come.