IronKids Bread

When I was a kid my parents were health freaks. We could only have carbonated beverages once in a blue moon. We never had any kind chips or little snacky foods unless it was graham crackers. We ate balanced meals EVERY night. You can ask my brothers. One night Parker stayed at the table 'til the wee hours of the morning until he ate all of his spinach. When he finally ate it, he threw it all up. (Okay, maybe it wasn't the wee hours of the morning, but we always ate dinner at six o'clock, and it was definitely dark outside by the time he finished.) When I went to my friend Keri's house, I always pigged out on Domino's Pizza, Dr. Pepper, and Dorito's until I was sick.

The worst thing, though, was that we had to eat wheat bread. That's right, when most kids were eating PB&J with Sunbeam with the crust cut off, the Duffey kids were eating whole wheat bread and turkey. I HATED it. I always asked my mom for IronKids Bread. "Mama, it has just as much calcium as wheat bread! It says so on the commercial." But my mom wasn't havin' it. She knew what refined flour would do to a kid's intestines.

But here's the kicker: My mom bought a loaf of the Kroger equivalent of IronKids Bread a couple of months ago. Maybe more than a couple of months. In fact, I'll say it's been a few months. I haven't touched the stuff, but prefer my 9-grain wheat bread. And, yes, the "IronKids Bread" is still around. Not a speck of mold. (Months, I tell you.) Mmm, preservatives. (The commercial didn't say anything about that.)