04/26/2022
The birth of American breakfast cereal
(from CBS News Sunday Morning):
"As members of the 7th Day Adventist Church, the Kelloggs" (Dr. John H. Kellogg and his younger brother William K. Kellogg) "believed personal health was a tenet of faith, and were early proponents of vegetarianism, nutrition and exercise."
"And so it happened one night in 1894, W.K. was in the kitchen working on a new type of granola. By accident, he let stand a batch of boiled wheat overnight. When he returned the next day, the mixture had turned into flakes."
"He repeated the process with corn . . . and Kellogg's Corn Flakes was born."
"In 1906 the brothers incorporated the Battle Creek Toasted Corn Flakes Company."
I am no longer a strict vegetarian as I was growing up, but I do appreciate it's health message.