In America, certain things are "breakfast" foods (eggs, sweet pastries & cinnamon rolls, pancakes, cereal, etc.) and some things are not (sandwiches, salads, etc.). I have always hated eggs, and I don't care much for sweets, so I've struggled with breakfast--especially in restaurants--my entire life. As part of this little experiment of ours, I thought it would be interesting to do a little research on how we came to designate certain items as "breakfast foods."
I haven't found anything yet, but I did find a little article that seems to have run on CBS's Early Show that I thought was worth sharing. Taken straight from their website:
Seventh-Day Adventists are credited with creating breakfast cereals. They founded the Battle Creek Sanitarium, where they manufactured and promoted wholesome cereals. Will Keith Kellogg was an Adventist who discovered corn flakes in 1894 when a pot of cooked wheat was overcooked and then dried. Each grain became a separate flake. He introduced Rice Krispies in 1929. The Battle Creek Toasted Corn Flake Company was founded in 1906.
Boy, I bet he really was surprised when a pot of cooked WHEAT turned into CORN flakes!!!!
3 comments:
You got me. I re read that paragraph a few times before I read what you wrote after. I am sure he would be very surprised = )
I hate breakfast food for breakfast, I prefer sandwiches. But I do like cereal at night, which is tooo weird.
That would be one of those 'religious' miracles.
most divine.
8-)
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