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n. a breakfast cereal made from toasted flakes of maize.
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Corn flakes, or cornflakes, are a popular breakfast cereal made by toasting flakes of corn. The cereal was first created by Dr. John Harvey Kellogg in 1894 as a food that he thought would be healthy for the patients of the Battle Creek Sanitarium in Michigan where he was superintendent. The breakfast cereal proved popular among the patients and the Kellogg Company was set up to produce corn flakes for a wider public. A patent for the process was granted in 1896.
With corn flakes becoming popular in the wider community, other people, particularly a previous patient at the sanatorium, C. W. Post, started to make rival products. Various ingredients were added and different grains were used. Dr Kellogg continued to experiment and in 1928 started to manufacture Rice Krispies, another successful breakfast cereal. The trademark rooster that appears on the cereal packets and which first appeared in a television commercial may have been inspired by the Welsh word ceiliog, suggested by Kellogg's Welsh friend Nansi Richards. Nowadays there are many generic brands of corn flakes produced by various manufacturers. As well as being used as a breakfast cereal, the crushed flakes can be substituted for bread crumbs in a recipe and can be incorporated into many cooked dishes.
Usage examples of "corn flakes".
And little piles of Post Toasties, corn flakes, stacked up in designs.
He accumulated a carton of corn flakes with very pukey dehydrated peach slices in the box, a can of pink applesauce that resembled tree moss from fairyland, and a package of kosher hot dogs.
He found sacks of litter, a few cans of cat food, a box of Purina Dog Chow, a jar marked BLOOD WORMS, and one bag that held a single serving of organic corn flakes.
His choice was between stale toast with jam and corn flakes floating in reconstituted powdered milk.
His choice was between stale tost with jam and corn flakes floating in reconstituted powdered milk.
Nor could I turn to Tarantoga, whom I trusted like myself but there was no way to inform him of my (our) plan without drawing attention to him, and even as it was, ultrasensitive laser microphones were no doubt aimed at his every window, and when he bought corn flakes and yogurt at the supermarket, they were both no doubt x-rayed as he carried his groceries to the car.
She watched him shake corn flakes into a bowl and pour milk on them-something else she'd never seen before.
He had splashed a lot of that milk on his corn flakes at Aunt Cindy's house.
WORMS, and one bag that held a single serving of organic corn flakes.
Bob sat on the floor eating the dry corn flakes, considering his situation.
Paul added four of the mini-snacks to the growing stash in his lap, plus single-serving boxes of Corn Flakes and Wheaties.