This is Angela Odell and you are listening to real cool history for kids.

A podcast show featuring history told from a distinctly biblical world view perspective.

Welcome to an adventure.

Welcome to Episode 58 of Real Cool History for Kids.

This episode is for James McCarthy in honor of his 13th birthday today, September 13th.

Happy Golden Birthday, James! Here is your special episode about the history of cereal.

Cereal, crunchy, sweet, quick and easy, the perfect way to start your morning.

Just pour some in your bowl, splash a little cold milk over it and dig in. Yum!

You know, when James requested a special episode about the history of breakfast cereal,

I jumped at the chance. Cereal is one of my favorite foods. In fact, my love of cereal goes way,

way back. When I was a kid, I used to dream of having a huge cupboard full of all kinds of cereal.

Whenever I had the chance, I would stand in the cereal aisle of the grocery store and just gaze

and wonder at the brightly packaged deliciousness displayed before me. Well, as an adult,

I still occasionally enjoy a perusal of the cereal aisle and I do enjoy a bowl once in a while.

Although, I don't eat it as much as my childhood dreams depicted. You know, hang on,

I'm suddenly having a craving for a bowl right now. Mmm, crunchy, yummy. You know,

I really hit the spot. The history of breakfast cereal is really quite fascinating. Cereal,

as we know it, really became a thing in the late 1800s. Yep, really, that long ago. That's

more than a hundred years ago. Actually, a variety of grains had been used as breakfast food

even in the ancient times. And of course, the way grains have been used since then has changed

in numerous ways. Well, in this episode, we're going to take an almost decade-by-decade look

at the journey breakfast cereal has been on since the first kind was created and sold right here

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