The American breakfast table has changed dramatically since the
Pilgrims landed and settled in Massachusetts in 1620. Rising
early to begin their chores, our forefathers began the day with
a spartan meal of cider and corn meal mush cooked over the
embers all night, topped with maple sugar or molasses, according
to the Oxford Encylopedia of Food and Drink in America. Today we
have a striking selection of breakfast choices, but most
Americans pressed for time in the morning do not take advantage
of this largesse. Many eat no breakfast at all, and others
choose a quick breakfast of cereal, coffee and some fruit,
according to one of the largest surveys ever conducted on
breakfast and morning mealtime routine. Kellogg Co.
(www.kelloggs.com), Battle Creek, Mich., surveyed more than
14,000 Americans of varying ethnicities, income levels,
geographic regions and ages earlier this year and found that
while the vast majority of Americans feel breakfast is
important, the reality of hectic mornings makes it difficult to
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