National Cereal Day
March 7th, 2012
The first breakfast cereals were created in the late 19th century as a vegetarian alternative to the typical meat-tastic breakfast of eggs, bacon, sausage and beef. For years cereal enthusiasts were all, 'Hey look over here! You may have a meat trifecta, but we have bran nuggets that have to be soaked in milk overnight!' Not surprisingly, cereal didn't really take off until the brothers Kellogg came up with some more appetizing cereals, beginning in 1877 with granola, then wheat flakes, and finally corn flakes. To this day, cereal is a popular and healthy breakfast choice, unless you happen to favor the marshmallow-coated, chocolate infused, sugar sprinkled variety.