But for most of the last century, Charlestonians made do with "quick" and "instant" supermarket varieties, the pallid, slick grits that earned their reputation as the stuff of greasy diner breakfasts: creamed-wheat bland, a cultural embarrassment.
But my vegetarian main course of stuffed peppers with vegetables and bulgur wheat, creamed zucchini and ribbon pasta with porcini, showed how the trend for "modern Hungarian", a cuisine mixing old and new, has really taken hold.
And when he returned home to New York, I was his live-in nurse for those last six months, supercharging his Cream of Wheat with heavy cream to try to keep his weight up, emptying his dialysis bag several times a day after his kidneys failed, and sharing his king-size bed.
There's a recipe for Cream of Wheat – just a box of Cream of Wheat, sugar to serve and some milk – in memory of Kris's late husband and the Kardashian sisters' dad, Robert Kardashian.
I split a bowl with my father for 60 kroner, a bargain if measured per gram of fat: the porridge may have looked like Cream of Wheat but was thick with sour cream; sprinkling cinnamon-sugar in top and dousing it with a ladle of butter brought the taste closer to frosting.
As you push a cart down the aisles of an American supermarket, time after time the same brands ambush you: Maxwell House; Kool-Aid; Oscar Mayer; Velveeta; Philadelphia Cream Cheese; Shake 'n Bake; Grey Poupon; Cream of Wheat; Ritz; Jell-O; Chips Ahoy; Oreos.
Our Burmese aunt also explained and recommended some desserts, including shwe kyi, sweet, soft parallelograms made of cream of wheat and coconut milk, and faluda, reminiscent of an ice cream float.
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One appetizer, rava idli, uses cream of wheat (sogi) rather than rice.
