wondering

December 6, 2007 - Posted by danielle

Why do people use the words breakfast cereal? Why not just cereal? Is there such a thing as lunch cereal or supper cereal and we need to be sure to differentiate among them?

Just wondering.

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8 Comments

  1. Ern says:

    There SHOULD be lunch cereal and dinner cereal. Mmmmmmm.

    ... on December 6th, 2007
  2. jenski says:

    Hmmm…

    I just looked it up. :) I’m a dork.

    It appears as though ‘cereal’ refers to grains in general. Apparently the word comes from ‘Ceres”, the Roman goddess of harvest and agriculture.

    ... on December 7th, 2007
  3. Danielle says:

    I am grinning that you looked it up, Jenski! You are indeed an official part of dork-dom now. ;-)

    ... on December 7th, 2007
  4. Squirl says:

    Hee, I love dork-dom. I’ll eat breakfast food any time of the day. How dare they restrict my cereal or egg intake to just morning. :-)

    ... on December 7th, 2007
  5. Amber says:

    Thank you for the laugh.

    I have always wondered about the “breakfast cereal”.

    I like my cereal anytime, thankyouverymuch.

    ... on December 7th, 2007
  6. Danielle says:

    I guess, that when I was in college, I ate Kracklin’ Oat Bran as a dessert after any meal. It was pretty yummy. And I’d occasionally eat granola with chocolate chips as a snack. yummmmmm.

    ... on December 8th, 2007
  7. victoria winters says:

    Do people say breakfast cereal? Weird. I call it cereal, just cereal. :)

    ... on December 9th, 2007
  8. jenski says:

    Yum, Kracklin’ Oat Bran! I also enjoy Frosted Mini-wheats and whole grain Cheerios. :)

    I have never called it breakfast cereal either, but figured I just had to know why some people do.

    ... on December 14th, 2007

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