What we now call “granola” was formulated with the help of a variety of interesting groups, including nutritionists, preachers, sanitarium staff and patients, and hippies. To summarize, the first ruminants of the cereal were developed in the 1800s by Sylvester Graham, who wanted to combine healthy food with morality. As you might have guessed, this is how the graham cracker arose as the famed base of a s’more. Dr. James C. Jackson later went on to use this grain to make a health food called “granula.” The grain was next passed down to the hands of the director of a Michigan sanitarium, John Harvey Kellogg. He then came up with a whole-grain cereal and named it “granula,” as well. Dr. Jackson sued him for using this name, so Kellogg changed the name to granola. Unfortunately this never made it in the breakfast cereal market. Not until the 1960s that is. During this time, hippies revitalized the granola recipe…this included Fiona's family!
So next time you reach for that bowl of granola, stop and think for a moment about the many years that went into its development! Wow!
Information extracted from: http://www.foodreference.com/html/artgranola.html
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