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by Janet SpencerThere was a drought in Rome in 496 B.C. The priests thought if they started worshiping the Greek goddess Demeter, she might help. They changed her name to Ceres from the Latin ‘crescere’ meaning ‘to grow’ which is also the root of ‘create’ and ‘increase.’ She became the protector of crops, and the caretakers of her temple became the grain dealers. A new Latin word was coined meaning ‘of Ceres’-- cerealis, which became the word cereal. Come along with Tidbits as we eat cereal!

CEREAL FACTS• Over 70 percent of the world’s croplands are

planted in cereal grains. � ose grains provide 53 percent of humanity’s caloric intake. Wheat occupies 22 percent of crop lands worldwide, and provides 20 percent of calories consumed in the world.

• It’s been estimated that more than 60% of the population of the world relies on a total of four crops, three of which are grains. � ose four crops are rice, corn, soy, and wheat.

• Oatmeal is richer in proteins than whole wheat. Samuel Johnson remarked in the dictionary he wrote that oats are “a grain which is generally given to horses but in Scotland supports the people.” A Scotsman replied, “� at is why in England you have such � ne horses and in Scotland we have such � ne men.”

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In 2008 Kellogg’s ran an ad claiming that children who ate Frosted Mini Wheats cereal for breakfast improved their attentiveness and school grades by nearly 20%. The Federal Trace Commission investigated and discovered the research had been commissioned and paid for by Kellogg’s themselves. Independent studies showed children who ate Frosted Mini Wheats for breakfast showed little to no improvement in either their ability to remember or their school grades.

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BREAKFAST CEREALS• John Kellogg ran a health resort in Battle Creek,

Michigan in the late 1800s. He advocated a healthy diet, and invented a � aky breakfast cereal made from smashing boiled wheat and corn into thin � at sheets and baking them. He had trouble perfecting the formula until one day when he was called away while the wheat was cooking. When he returned, the wheat was far overcooked, but money was tight and wheat was expensive so he ran the overcooked wheat through the rollers anyway. � e thin crispy � ake that resulted was the perfect formula.

• At � rst he called this cereal Granula, which he later changed to Granola before � nally changing the name to Corn Flakes. � e cereal was a novel invention and reputedly very healthy, but it didn’t taste very good.

• John Kellogg had a younger brother named Will. Will Kellogg was more interested in making a pro� t than his brother was. When John left on an extended trip, Will did something that John had forbidden: he added a coating of sugar to the cereal. People liked John’s unsweetened cereal a little, but they loved Will’s sugary cereal. When John returned, he was furious. Will ended up starting his own company, which he called Kellogg’s. Will Kellogg’s cereal eventually put John Kellogg’s cereal out of business. � e brothers were rivals until their deaths.

• A patient of John Kellogg named Charles W.

Post started his own dry cereal company called Post Cereals, selling a rival brand of corn � akes. John Kellogg claimed that Charles Post stole the formula for corn � akes from the safe in his o� ce.

• Charles Post came out with a cereal he called Elijah’s Manna. He tried to export it to Britain but they refused to register it, feeling giving such a religious name to a food item was sacrilegious. Post changed the name to Post Toasties.

SUGARY CEREALS• In 1949 Post Cereal introduced a sugary line

of cereals such as Sugar Crisps, Krinkles, and Corn-Fetti and the kids went wild. General Mills followed suit with cereals such as Trix, Sugar Frosted Flakes, and Cocoa Pu� s.

• In 1975, a dentist who was alarmed at the steep increase in the number of cavities he was seeing

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series � nale? -- Ste� S., Mims, FloridaA: � e sci-� crime drama -- which stars Jim Caviezel and Michael Emerson --takes its � nal bow on Tuesday, June 21, on CBS. I was fortunate to get to speak with Michael about these last few episodes of this creative and intense series, and he revealed: “I think that the ending is really satisfying. And you do worry about that. You think: ‘Well, what can they do? Samaritan has taken over the world.’ We’re going to try to � nd a way for � e Machine to do battle with it, but as you can see from the episodes that have already aired, it’s not looking that good. So, what cards have we left to play? It seems like a losing battle now.” Michael enjoyed working with Jim Caviezel these past � ve years, telling me: “It’s been good, and we made a good odd couple, because in real life we are an odd couple. We lucked out. You can’t plan to have good chemistry among your actors, but we

actually do. It was a good, odd chemistry.”As for his future plans, Michael is taking a well-deserved break. “� e one thing I cannot contemplate is going right back onto a network series. I want to mix it up a little bit and knock around a little and recharge my battery and do some other kinds of things. Maybe do a play somewhere or get some guests spots. Play some odd, quirky character that I haven’t been able to do before. I would be happy to do a series that shot only 10 episodes a year. � en you would have seven or eight months to do other things, whatever you please. I’ll just see what comes my way.”***Q: A while back, you had mentioned a sequel to “Trainspotting.” Is that still happening? -- John T., via emailA: � e “Trainspotting” sequel is o� cially a go, and production has already started. Original cast members Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremmer, Jonny Lee Miller and Robert Carlyle are all returning, as well as director Danny Boyle. Right now the � lm is using the working title “T2,” but it’s loosely based on the book called “Porno” by “Trainspotting” author Irvine Welsh.***READERS: It’s time for another episode of “Canceled or Renewed.” Held over from last week is CBS’s “Limitless.” � e series was being shopped around to other networks, but it failed to � nd a home, so it now resides in the canceled category. And now, onto the CW: “America’s Next Top Model” was canceled by the CW but picked up by VH1 in February. However, “Beauty and the Beast” is now airing its fourth and � nal season, and “Containment” is kaput. Write to Cindy at King Features Weekly Service, 628 Virginia Drive, Orlando, FL 32803; or e-mail her at [email protected].(c) 2016 King Features Synd., Inc.

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1. How many pounds of cereal does the average American child eat per year?2. What percent of Americans typically start their day with a bowl of cereal?3. Rice Krispies mascots Snap, Crackle and Pop brie� y had a fourth member in early 1950. What was his name?4. What percent of Frosted Flakes are consumed by adults?5. Voice actor Thurl Ravenscroft was the voice of Tony the Tiger (“They’re GRRRRREAT!”) as well as this Christmas villain from a Dr. Seuss animated classic.

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Smacks became Honey Smacks. Although the names changed, the sugar content did not, and nothing changed about the fact that cereals were pitched to children on weekend daytime TV. � e cereal industry uses 816 million pounds of sugar per year.

• Grape Nuts is one of the few cereals with no added sugar. It has nothing to do with grapes or nuts, being made out of baked wheat and malted barley.

FAST FACTS ABOUT CEREAL• In 1964 both Kellogg’s and Post introduced

cereal that had freeze-dried fruit in it. � e theory was that the freeze-dried fruit would absorb moisture from the milk and be reconstituted in the bowl. Unfortunately it took so long for the

fruit to rehydrate that the cereal was hopelessly soggy by the time the fruit was edible.

• After winning the Olympic decathlon in 1976, Bruce Jenner was signed up to sell Wheaties. On the air, Jenner claimed he had eaten Wheaties all his life. � e assistant district attorney in San Francisco brought suit against General Mills, claiming consumer fraud. � ey felt that Jenner hadn’t really eaten Wheaties all his life. Jenner challenged the DA to ask his mother. � e suit was dropped.

• In ads, the Trix rabbit is always trying to sneak a bowl of Trix cereal, but the kids constantly take it away from him, saying “Trix is for kids!” During the 1976 presidential elections, General Mills worried that this might be teaching kids a bad thing: try as you might, you’ll never reach your goal. So they put it to the vote. By sending in box-top ballots, kids were asked to vote on whether or not the rabbit would get his Trix. 99% voted yes. Amidst great fanfare, the rabbit got to eat a whole bowl on the next commercial. � en, like Charles Dickens’ Oliver Twist, he held out his empty bowl and asked for more— only to be told he had to wait for the next election.

• In 1972, General Mills introduced a new cereal called Franken Berry with pink cereal ‘berries’ in

in children went to the supermarket and bought 78 di� erent kinds of cereal. He took them to his lab and measured their sugar content. One-third had sugar levels between 10 and 25%. One-third contained between 26% and 50% sugar, and the rest of them had sugar levels even higher than 50%. � e highest was Super Orange Crisps which was almost 71% sugar. Not surprisingly, those cereals with the highest sugar content were brands most heavily marketed to children during Saturday morning cartoons.

• By 1977 a coalition of 12,000 health professionals asked the Federal Trade Commission to ban the advertising of sugary foods on children’s TV shows. � e petition was accompanied by a collection of 200 decayed teeth collected and donated by pediatric dentists. In 1979, the typical American child watched more than 20,000 commercials between the ages of two and 11, and more than half of those commercials were for cereals, candy, snacks, and soft drinks.

• As a result, Kellogg’s Sugar Frosted Flakes was re-named Frosted Flakes; Post changed Super Sugar Crisp into Super Golden Crisp; and Sugar

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Cap’n Crunch, cartoon mascot of the eponymous breakfast cereal, has a full name which is Horatio Magellan Crunch. Because he has three stripes on his sleeves instead of four, he actually technically ranks as a commander in the Navy, which is one rung below a captain.

[email protected] “I Love that little paper!” Call Today (250) 832-3361crackers side by side into a snowbank one at a time. When several crackers were lined up together, the raven was able to pick them all up at one time and � y o� with the entire batch.

• Bill and Wilma Fisher raised birds and had about 30 parrots. Once when they were away from home at a parrot show, one of their parrots used his beak to undo the bolts that held his cage together. When the cage collapsed, the parrot escaped. He then managed to unlatch all the other cages one at a time. When the bird sitter arrived later that day, she discovered all the birds in the middle of a parrot party.

• When a storm blew down the netting that enclosed the New York Zoological Society’s gigantic aviary in the 1960s, zookeepers captured as many of the remaining birds as they could, but left the netting open. Within the next few days, nearly 75% of the escaped birds returned home.

• King Henry VIII had a pet parrot that one day fell unnoticed into the � ames River. It was rescued only because it raucously squawked, “Boat! Boat!”

• A parrot listed in the Guinness Book of World Records had a vocabulary of 531 words. He could recite eight nursery rhymes in a single breath without mistake.

CHICKADEE FACTS• Chickadees hide seeds in holes in trees where

they will stay safe until retrieved and eaten. One researcher wanted to test the memory of chickadees, so he arranged a forest of arti� cial trees. Each tree had holes and each hole had a door which could either be open or closed. He gave his experimental chickadees some sun� ower seeds to store when all the doors were opened. He watched where they stashed the seeds, then chased the birds away. He removed all the seeds, then closed every door— whether or not it had contained seeds. � is way all the holes looked and smelled the same. � en he let the birds back in. � e birds invariably searched the holes where they had stashed seeds 24 hours earlier. � ey tore the doors o� searching for their seeds and ignored the holes where they had not placed seeds.

• For his next experiment, he set out to see if they could remember the holes they had already visited. After storing the seeds, he chased the birds out of the aviary and didn’t let them back in for 24 hours. He gave them enough time to visit half of the holes to retrieve their seeds, then chased them out again. 24 hours later he allowed them in a second time, this time with all the doors closed once again and all the remaining seeds removed. Still, the chickadees went back to each hole that had once contained seeds, but they didn’t bother going back to the holes they had visited the previous day. It seems that the memory of a chickadee is very good indeed.

OAT MILL and OAT MEAL• When Henry Parsons Crowell bought a small

bankrupt oat mill for a few thousand dollars in the mid-1800s, he soon found that he had a major competitor whose name was Ferdinand Schumacher. Schumacher had a near monopoly on oats, having invented a better oat-milling device which allowed him to produce oats faster and cheaper than anyone else. He was ruthless in his business dealings and sent many other oat dealers out of business by undercutting their prices.

• However, Crowell discovered that Schumacher sold oats only in 180-pound (82 kg) barrels, which were kept, usually without lids, in the back of stores. Crowell knew he couldn’t out produce Schumacher, so he

it. Unfortunately the food dye they initially used to turn the cereal pink was not absorbed by the digestive system, so parents were alarmed to � nd their kids having pink bowel movements, fearing internal bleeding. � e formula was quickly changed and a di� erent dye was used.

• Cheerios were originally called Cheerioats. � e name was changed in 1945.

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BIRD BRAINS• In the late 1980s, scientists in Florida scattered

food pellets to attract � sh to a speci� c spot in a bay. A great blue heron watched these proceedings and discovered that if it hung out nearby, it could feast on the � sh that came up for the pellets. After several days, either the � sh got wise or they had all been eaten because they stopped coming to eat the pellets. Scientists were astounded to see the heron pick up a pellet in its beak, take it a short distance down the shore, drop it in the water, and nab a � sh that surfaced.

• A man in Washington once tossed crackers to a raven until the raven was full and could eat no more. � e raven wanted to take more crackers to its cache, but it could pick up only one cracker at a time in its beak. By the time it got back to collect the next cracker, other critters would have stolen the rest of the food. � e man was astonished to see the raven solve the dilemma by tucking the

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decided to compete with him by adding new features.

• Crowell sold his oats in two pound (.9 kg) packages, advertising that his re-sealable cartons kept his oats free from dirt, disease, animals, and insects. Cooking instructions were printed on the package, as well as recipes. Crowell’s oats became the � rst food product boasting a four-color printed carton, and it was the � rst product to o� er sample miniatures.

• Crowell’s was also the � rst business to add another new feature: premiums, in which boxtops could be redeemed for dishes and kitchen items. Soon Crowell’s oat company was a food processing giant, and he eventually bought Schumacher out. By the time Crowell died in 1943, he was one of the wealthiest men in Chicago.

• His company, whose name summons images of honesty and integrity, still sells oats in familiar round cartons. What’s the name of Crowell’s company, now one of the largest manufacturers of breakfast foods in the world with headquarters in Cedar Rapids, Iowa?

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1. How many cereals will a typical grocery store stock?

2. What cereal has the highest percentage of sugar?

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1/4 cup Kraft fat-free mayonnaise1/2 cup Land O’Lakes no-fat sour cream1/4 cup Kraft Fat-Free � ousand Island Dressing2 tablespoons sweet pickle relish2 cups � nely shredded lettuce1 (15-ounce) can sauerkraut, well-drained2 (2.5-ounce) packages Carl Buddig lean corned beef, shredded3 slices rye bread, toasted and cut into small pieces6 (3/4-ounce) slices Kraft reduced-fat Swiss cheese, shredded

1. In a medium bowl, combine mayonnaise, sour cream, � ousand Island dressing and pickle relish.2. In an 8-by-8-inch baking dish, layer lettuce, sauerkraut, shredded corned beef and toasted bread pieces. Carefully spread dressing mixture over top. Evenly sprinkle shredded Swiss cheese over dressing mixture.3. Cover and refrigerate for at least 1 hour. Divide into 6 servings.TIP: Place sauerkraut in a colander and press juice out with a sturdy spoon.

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Answer: Quaker Oats.

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• In 1955, Quaker Oats o� ered a special prize in every box of Quaker Pu� ed Rice and Pu� ed Wheat cereal. � e cereal company sponsored a TV show called “Sergeant Preston of the Yukon” and the prize was a deed granting the holder ownership of one square inch of property on the Yukon River, 12 miles north of Dawson. Quaker had actually purchased a 19-acre tract and split it into 21 million sub-divisions of an inch each.

• One man collected 10,000 of the deeds which he said entitled him to a 75-foot square plot, although the company pointed out that his one-inch deeds were not adjacent to each other.

• � e Canadian government eventually reclaimed the land for failure to pay $37 in back taxes. Today the deeds are worth about $40 for their value to collectors.

• � e promotional stunt was so successful that later Quaker o� ered one cubic inch of genuine Yukon dirt in each box of cereal.

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• 80% of American households have oatmeal in their pantries.

• January is the top month for oatmeal sales.

• For steel-cut oats, the grains are sliced thin by a set of steel blades, while old-fashioned oats are steamed and then rolled to produce a � attened shape. Steel-cut oats take longer to cook and may have a bit more � ber. � e more the oats are � attened and steamed, the quicker they cook – and the softer they become.

• Studies have shown that eating 3 grams of oat � ber per day (about the amount in a one-cup serving) can lower total cholesterol by 8% to 23%.

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had been adopted by a college friend. For reasons I won’t go into, my friend was unable to keep him and � gured this out about two weeks after adopting him from the local shelter. He was about a year old then, very shy and skittish, but also super curious about everything.My friend asked if I’d like to keep Two Socks, and even though I had never owned a cat before and I would have to dredge up a pet fee to keep him in my apartment, I said yes. I didn’t regret it one bit. Two Socks had personality to spare. Over time he was joined by two more cats, “Chewy” and “Belle,” but he ruled the apartment despite his shy nature. Two Socks lived to be about 14 and eventually passed away after a long illness.You never forget your � rst pet. I only regret that I didn’t get to keep pets when I was younger, but I’m making up for it now thanks to that little black-and-white cat. -- Kathy in Des Moines, Iowa

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1. GEOGRAPHY: What is the capital of Honduras?2. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE:

Which one of Christopher Columbus’ three ships was wrecked in the New World and didn’t return to Spain?3. EXPLORERS: What was Christopher Columbus’ nationality? 4. MOVIES: What was the name of the character played by John Travolta in “Pulp Fiction”?5. GAMES: What is the best hand in poker?6. ANATOMY: What is the most common blood type in humans?7. LANGUAGE: What characteristic makes the word “facetious” interesting?8. LITERATURE: In which of

Shakespeare’s plays does the ghost of Banquo appear?9. RELIGION: What are the seven virtues as de� ned in early Christianity?10. MUSIC: What instrument does the musician James Galway play?

Answers1. Tegucigalpa2. Santa Maria3. Italian4. Vincent Vega5. Royal � ush 6. Type O positive7. It contains all � ve vowels in the correct order.8. “Macbeth”9. Faith, hope, charity, courage, prudence, justice and temperance10. Flute(c) 2016 King Features Synd., Inc.

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