Daily Quiz for May 15, 2020

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    Mike Nolan
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      When were Corn Flakes invented?

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      #23846
      RiversideLen
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        I got the date wrong but I knew why they were invented.

        #23853
        BakerAunt
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          I answered correctly because I had done some reading on the Kellogg sanitorium. In investigating the history of our house, I discovered that our house was built by a pair of brother-in-laws, one of whom passed away at a relatively young age at the Kellogg sanitorium. It was 1918, and the newspaper story mentioned that he had been ill in Chicago the previous winter. I've wondered if he were one of the influenza epidemic casualties. There seems to have been quite a sanitorium push in Indiana and Michigan. One of the Indiana state parks hotels is a former sanitorium. The idea was to relax and take the nature cure. Ironic that cornflakes--not particularly natural--became a hyped breakfast food.

          #23855
          Joan Simpson
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            I missed it.

            #23860
            RiversideLen
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              If I am not mistaken, I believe Kellogg believed in a vegetarian diet and the cornflakes were developed to give people an alternate to the fat laden breakfasts that were typical of the time.

              #23862
              BakerAunt
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                That's correct, Len, but he went a bit far in the other direction when it comes to breakfast. Oatmeal was always the better choice!

                #23878
                Italiancook
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                  I missed this and am surprised that cornflakes was ever considered healthful.

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