• calliope@retrolemmy.com
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          2 days ago

          That’s the rumor but historically it’s not really true.

          The creation of corn flakes was part of J.H. Kellogg’s broader advocacy for a plain, bland diet. Without referring to corn flakes in particular, Kellogg elsewhere recommended a plain, bland diet as one of several methods to discourage masturbation.

          According to the available evidence, corn flakes were primarily created as an easy-to-digest, pre-prepared and healthy breakfast food, in particular for patients at the Kellogg sanitarium in Michigan. The product was never advertised as an “anti-masturbatory morning meal.”

          Quoting Snopes

  • tae glas [siad/iad]@slrpnk.net
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    3 days ago

    sounds like a delicious snack to me!

    … then again, if they made a nutritionally-balanced kibble for humans, i’d eat it all the time. like huel, but kibble instead of drinks or mac & cheese 😅

  • Snot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    3 days ago

    They’re pretty addictive. I can’t have them around or I’ll sit around eating the whole box.

    I used to get them to crumble up for breading chicken, but I’ll eat the whole damn box before I do, if I have them around.