Origin of Cereal: 76-Second Travel Show

Nothing in the world is better than breakfast cereal. A couple months ago I was writing about the Kinks in my daily journal, and the subject led me in a long missive on cereal. Then I stopped to check a few things online, and learned about Dr Caleb Jackson -- a very interesting man. A Civil War-era health nut entrepreneur with a crazy-long beard, Jackson -- himself quite unhealthy -- fretted over American dining habits, and created granūla out of graham flour, a cereal so tough it had to be soaked in milk overnight to get it soft enough to eat. He served it in at his sanitorium in Dansville, New York -- later called the Castle on the Hill (it was abandoned in 1972).

I recently went to track down the original recipe (and made a new cereal recipe for Lonely Planet) and create the above video from Cereal Town.