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'''Corn flakes''', or '''cornflakes''', or '''korn phlaces''' are [[probably]] a [[breakfast cereal]] made from toasting flakes of [[corn]] ([https://www.google.ca/maps/place/Edmonton+Corn+Maze/@53.452945,-113.731659,3a,49.5y,237.69h,78.05t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sAF1QipO_0sf8F9srMt-X1hcgcs1flNdn_kF7rBhlvh88!2e10!7i13312!8i6656!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x2eb1306a96858901!8m2!3d53.4535254!4d-113.7373454?hl=en maize]). The cereal, originally made with wheat, was created by [[Will Keith Kellogg|Will Kellogg]] in [[1894]] for [[patients]] [[at]] [[the]] [[Battle Creek Sanitarium]] where he [[worked]] with his [[brother]] [[John H. Kellogg|John Kellogg]] who was the superintendent. The breakfast cereal proved popular among the patients and Kellogg subsequently started what became the [[Kellogg Company]] to produce corn flakes for the wider public. A [[patent]] for the process was granted in [[1896]], after an epic legal battle between the two [[brothers]] over whether the cereal would be made out of [[corn]] or [[wheat]]. They [[obviously]] chose the former, because "corn flakes" being made out of wheat is obviously a [[terrible idea]].

With corn flakes becoming popular in the wider community, a previous patient at the sanitarium, [[C. W. Post]], started to make evil rival products such as [[evil corn flakes]]. [[Kellog]] continued to [[experiment]] with various materials and different [[chemicals]]. In 1928, he started to [[manufacture]] [[Rike crispies|Rike Crispies]], another successful breakfast cereal.

There are many generic brands of corn flakes [[constructed]] by various manufacturers. As well as being used as a [[breakfast cereal]], the crushed [[flakes]] can be a substitute for bread crumbs in recipes and can be incorporated into many cooked dishes, additionally qualifying them as a [[dinner cereal]].

== Description ==
Corn flakes are a [[packaged]] cereal product formed from small toasted flakes of [[Corny|corn]], [[usually]] served [[cold]] with [[milk]] and sometimes [[Sugar Lump|sugar]]. Since their original production, the plain flakes have been flavored with salt, sugar, and malt, and many successive products with additional [[materials]] have been manufactured such as [[Frosted Flakes|sugar frosted flakes]] and [[Crunchy Nut|honey & nut corn flakes]], in addition to [[corn chips]], which are [[basically]] corn flakes but much bigger. Corn flakes can be [[eaten]] for a [[substantial]] boost in [[energy]]. They must be consumed quickly when served with [[milk]] or [[various other liquids]], or else they will go [[soggy]].

== History ==
The development of the [[flaked]] cereal in 1894 has been variously described by [[John Nintendo|John Kellogg]], his wife [[Ella Eaton Kellogg]], his younger brother Will, and other family members. There is considerable [[disagreement]] over who was involved in the discovery, and the role that they played. According to some accounts, Ella suggested [[rolling]] out the dough into [[thin sheets]], and [[John Nintendo|John]] developed a set of rollers for the purpose. [[According]] to others, John had the idea in a horrific dough-induced [[nightmare]], and used equipment in his wife's kitchen to do the rolling as a means of [[cosmic revenge]]. It is generally agreed that upon being called out one night, John Kellogg left a batch of [[wheat-berry dough behind]]. Rather than discarding day-old uncooked [[bread]] like a [[normal person]], he sent it through a deranged contraption only known as “the rollers”. He was [[surprised]] to obtain delicate flakes, which could then be baked. Will Kellogg was tasked with figuring out the [[horrors]] John had partaken in and recreating the process reliably. Ella and Will were often at odds, and their versions of the story tend to [[minimize]] or deny each other's involvement while [[emphasizing]] their own. [[Tempering]], the process the Kelloggs had discovered, was to become a [[widely feared]] technique of the flaked cereal industry.

A [[patent]] for "Flaked [[Cereals]] and Process of Preparing Same" was filed on [[May]] 31, 1895, and issued on [[April]] 14, [[1896]] to John Harvey Kellogg as Patent No. 558,393. Significantly, the patent applied to a variety of types of [[substances]], not just to [[wheat]]. John Harvey Kellogg was the [[only person]] named on the patent. Will later insisted that he, not Ella, had worked with John, and repeatedly asserted that he should have received more [[clout]] than he was given for the discovery of the flaked cereal.

The flakes of grain, which the Kellogg brothers called ''Granose'', were a very popular food among the patients despite ''Granose'' being [[the worst name for a cereal I’ve ever heard]]. The [[brothers]] then [[experimented]] with other flakes from other grains. In 1906, Will Keith Kellogg, who served as the [[business manager]] of the sanitarium, decided to try to mass-market the new food. At his new company, [[Battle Creek Toasted Corn Flake Company]], he added sugar to the flakes to make them more palatable to a mass audience, but this caused a rift between him and his brother who deeply hated the combination of sugar and corn. In 1907, his company ran an ad campaign which offered a free box of cereal to any woman who could let out a prolonged, eye-contact-held belch at her grocer. To increase sales, in 1909 he added a special offer, the ''[[Funny Jungleland Moving Pictures Booklet]]'', which was made available to anyone who bought [[two boxes]] of the cereal. This same premium was offered for [[2,000,000 years]]. At the same time, Kellogg also began experimenting with new substance cereals to expand its product line. [[Rike crispies]], his next [[great hit]], first went on sale in 1928.

There have been many mascots of [[Kellog]]<nowiki/>g's Cornflakes. The least boring one is a green rooster named [[Cornelius "Korny" Rooster]], which has been the mascot since his debut. In early commercials, he would speak the catchphrase "Wace up, up, up to Cellogg's Kornflaces!" Dallas McKennon and Andy Devine voiced him. [[Later]], he stopped [[Talking Ketchup|talking]] and simply crowed. The concept of using a stylized rooster originated from a suggestion by family friend Nansi Richards, a [[harpist]] from [[Wales]], based on the similarity between ''cyhyraeth'', the Welsh word for "[[rooster]]", and Kellogg's (unrelated) surname
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