tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15663150.post7851236024376514729..comments2024-03-27T20:43:53.828-04:00Comments on Miss Cellania: How Did Cereal Become a Staple Breakfast Item?Miss Cellaniahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16056319889765739429noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15663150.post-39750776603519836072018-07-25T19:07:19.661-04:002018-07-25T19:07:19.661-04:00I seriously think that once moms found out kids co...I seriously think that once moms found out kids could make their own breakfast just by pouring milk in a bowl, you could forget ever getting homemade biscuits again. Miss Cellaniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16056319889765739429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15663150.post-79265627350371024752018-07-25T11:26:37.445-04:002018-07-25T11:26:37.445-04:00Oh - and Today I Found Out the real reason Euell G...Oh - and Today I Found Out the real reason Euell Gibbons<br />died. It wasn't from eating pine trees, his "Back to Nature"<br />cereal did him in.gwdMainenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15663150.post-53358219463980483282018-07-25T11:17:40.017-04:002018-07-25T11:17:40.017-04:00That was a riot. Dyspepsia? Really? And yep - Mr. ...That was a riot. Dyspepsia? Really? And yep - Mr. Kellogg<br />was a fruitcake. But here's the real reason: Saturday<br />Morning Cartoons. You couldn't be watching Bugs, the <br />Roadrunner, or Roger Ramjet without a big bowl of Fruit<br />Loops. Or Cap'n Crunch. We weren't allowed to have Lucky<br />Charms (or anything else with freeze-dried marshmallows).<br />THOSE weren't any good for you. ..sigh..<br /><br />And then all of sudden cereal was part of a "complete<br />breakfast" and there were pictures of eggs and bacon and<br />pancakes along with a glass of orange juice. Right. The<br />cost of orange juice aside, no parent in my neighborhood<br />got up on a Saturday morning to make their kid a complete<br />breakfast. Easier to have a second bowl of Fruit Loops.gwdMainenoreply@blogger.com