om our food editor, Verla Burrell-Bordelon:
Happy National Cereal Day -- established in 1853 by Emmett Lee Dickinson (Emily Dickinson's third cousin, twice removed -- at her request). Dickinson LOVED cereal, and prior to establishing a day to celebrate the breakfast staple, he invented an oat cereal called "Cheeri-Odes" -- which he touted as "pure poetry in a bowl." He also invented a rice cereal called "Rice Onomatopoeias -- they Snap, Crackle, & Pop!." Later they became known as "Rice Krispies."
Happy National Cereal Day -- established in 1853 by Emmett Lee Dickinson (Emily Dickinson's third cousin, twice removed -- at her request). Dickinson LOVED cereal, and prior to establishing a day to celebrate the breakfast staple, he invented an oat cereal called "Cheeri-Odes" -- which he touted as "pure poetry in a bowl." He also invented a rice cereal called "Rice Onomatopoeias -- they Snap, Crackle, & Pop!." Later they became known as "Rice Krispies."
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Dickinson LOVED cereal, and he wrote about his passion for bowls of breakfast oats in his now classic poem, "My spirit rose to such a height" (below on the left). His poem inspired third cousin Emily to pen her poem "Her spirit rose to such a height" (below on the right).
| By Emmett Lee Dickinson: My spirit rose to such a height When at the counter top I ate Like one that fed on awe. With purpose I attack the dawn In front of me a cereal bowl That effervesces me. | By Emily Dickinson: Her spirit rose to such a height Her countenance it did inflate Like one that fed on awe. More prudent to assault the dawn Than merit the ethereal scorn That effervesced from her. |
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