Cornflakes

[bluesoup]

How are they made? What is in them, exactly? Is there something off of which they flake? Is there a batter? How does it get into that flake shape? Are there little flake pans? Is there a little machine that blops batter out into little flake forms to be toasted? These questions have troubled me since breakfast

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[orionsbelt200]

do you know the story of how graham crackers came into existence? a reverend sylvester graham invented them, an "His original "Graham bread" was the centerpiece of the diet he created to suppress what he considered unhealthy carnal urges, the source of many maladies according to Graham." (see Wikipedia).

here's the story my history teacher gave me:

1) single men moving into industrialized areas were working indoors more, and sometimes in sedentary office jobs.
2) they were still eating a farmer's type-diet, with lots of red meat.
3) rev. graham saw greater immorality--and chances for masturbation--because there were no women around to curb these impulses. (that is, they were bachelors)
4) and of course red meat causes more lust, our lovely reverend believed. (???)
5) red meat eaten late at night by bachelor men in sedentary jobs meant that they would masturbate. (?????)
6) so he came up with an alternative to red meat, "graham crackers." this healthy, filling snack would put an end to all types of midnight cravings!

yeah, victorians were crazy.

how's that for reverse psychology?

[bluesoup]

I will never eat a Victorian-era carbohydrate again without thinking about sex.