Because if you don't, someone else will.

Of course, that's enriched bread, and what people probably didn't say a lot back then was that these nutrients had to be added back into the bread after the milling process.

Now, that process creates a longer shelf life, so if your kid isn't hungry today, the bread will last until the weekend, when you finally offer them food again. That's how they learn to eat when food is available. The flour gets bleached further with chemicals processes banned in a lot of countries these days. Three decades later they started adding folic acid, which helps prevents birth defects.

Momma knew your wonder years were racing by, but there was always that little brother and sister to think about.

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