It’s National Cereal Day Today

I was always cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs.

Cereal became popular in the mid-1800's after many Americans were considered to be suffering from gastrointestinal problems from not having a proper diet.

The early cereals were not at all tasty, made mostly from dense bran nuggets that had to be soaked overnight just so folks could get them down.

Then in the 1930's someone decided to add sugar to the morning meal, and voila! A new generation of kids so hyped up they could make it through most of the day without slowing down.

Here are some fun cereal facts according to national cereal day.com;

Cap’n Crunch’s full name is Horatio Magellan Crunch. He was born on Crunch Island in the Sea of Milk. In 2013, a food blogger noticed the Cap’n’s uniform only sported three stripes instead of four. This would make him a Navy Commander, a step down from a true Captain. When word got out, Cap’n Crunch declared on Twitter, “Of course I’m a Cap’n! It’s the Crunch—not the clothes—that make a man.”

Kix cereal issued its atomic-energy inspired Lone Ranger ring in 1947. The ring actually contained trace amounts of radioactive polonium which glowed. Sadly, the material inside the rings had a short shelf life and none in existence work today.

Of the more than 314 million people in the U.S., 49 per cent start their day with a bowl of cereal.

My favorite all-time cereal was Cocoa-Puffs, if only for the chocolate milk you were left with once the cereal was gone. Honorable mention goes to Cap'n Crunch and Lucky Charms.