# How Different Is The "Original" Graham Cracker From It's "Modern" Relative

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [February 5, 2011, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-different-is-the-original-graham-cracker-from-its-modern-relative/570230 "2011-02-05T00:53:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2011, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-different-is-the-original-graham-cracker-from-its-modern-relative/570230/1 "2011-02-05T00:53:51Z")

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I realize [graham crackers](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham_cracker) were invented by Sylvester Graham as a health food. But I read that the graham cracker of today is markedly different from it’s early origins.

With that said, has anyone ever had a “true” graham cracker? Did you like it?

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**Author:** ![MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MPB_in_Salt_Lake)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2011, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-different-is-the-original-graham-cracker-from-its-modern-relative/570230/2 "2011-02-05T03:50:13Z")

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Cecil devoted an entire Straight Dope column to the Graham Cracker, and it’s lead role in stamping out and eventually totally eradicating the filthy practice of masturbation throughout all of North America (except for a few isolated parts of Wasilla, Alaska and the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport)

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**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2011, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-different-is-the-original-graham-cracker-from-its-modern-relative/570230/3 "2011-02-05T06:45:19Z")

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I think I had a box of graham crackers once, that were **not** “Sugar Honey Grahams.” Don’t remember the brand name, but I’ve been chasing that dragon ever since.