Breakfast Cereal - A Global History

Kathryn Cornell Dolan (Contribution by)

Oats, an ancient grain used for that most enduring breakfast meal, porridge, have been found preserved in 5,000-year-old European 'bog bodies', The word 'cereal' derives from the name of the Roman goddess of agriculture, Ceres, Scotland hosts the annual porridge festival known as the Golden Spurtle Worl...