Pop culture: Teddy Grahams

Self-tutoring about North American culture: the tutor mentions Teddy Grahams.

It’s been windy here lately, from the north. Today I went outside and walked straight into a Teddy Grahams wrapper that had blown down the driveway. I picked it up, and it sent my thoughts spiralling. “What a great post idea,” I thought.

I recall Teddy Grahams first being advertised; they weren’t around when I was in elementary school. I don’t know what they taste like. However, there were none left in the wrapper that blew into my feet today, so I expect they’re pretty tasty.

Teddy Grahams came out, apparently, in 1988. I didn’t understand the demographic they were appealing to, or how society had changed to create it. By then, parents didn’t want their kids to go hungry. Rather, why not have a between-meals snack, a fun one, even, just to take the bite out of hunger? (In my day, they liked you to be hungry for meal time.)

Although their package says “Cookies” on it, perhaps parents see Teddy Grahams as a snack rather than a cookie. They are less than 25 percent sugar, which might further support that idea. In that way, Teddy Grahams may occupy a niche not well populated: sweeter than a cracker, but not so much as a cookie. As such, they appeal to kids and parents. This is just me talking out loud; I don’t know if it’s true.

To me, Teddy Grahams symbolize the care-free, spontaneous way kids are encouraged to be nowadays. I have to say it looks good on them.

Teddy Grahams have been around for 35 years. I’d call that a proven track record. In a strange way, when I picked up that wrapper today, it was like being told “Hello” from an old friend I’d never met. Perhaps now, we have.

Source:

wikipedia

saveonfoods.com

giantfood.com