Corn Flakes
Corn flakes are world-famous breakfast cereals made by toasting flakes of corn. They were originally created in 1894 by doctor John Harvey Kellogg, an Adventist who believed that bland-tasting food would reduce people's need to masturbate.
Corn flakes are usually eaten with cold milk, sometimes sugar, and there are even some people who like them with warm milk. It is believed that the original corn flakes contained no sugar, unlike today, because eleven years after the creation, Will Kellogg, John's brother, decided to add sugar to corn flakes, creating a rift in their brotherly love.
The rooster mascot on Kellogg's boxes of cereal was used because the Welsh word for rooster, ceiliog, sounds like Kellogg's. Corn flakes was the first cereal to contain a prize inside the box, which was another invention by Will Kellogg - between 1909 and 1931 every box contained the Funny Jungleland Moving Pictures Booklet. Read more
And despite the original reason for the invention of corn flakes, Kellogg's product subsequently revolutionized the American breakfast because it's so easy and convenient. Apart from being a breakfast staple, cornflakes can also be used instead of breadcrumbs or incorporated in various cooked dishes.
They're a part of Honey joys, an Australian party snack, and in New Zealand, they're a key ingredient in Afghan biscuits.
