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Cornflakes
Light, toasty, and mildly sweet, crisp until milk softens it.
Lens analyzedCornflakes are toasted, flattened corn flakes sold as a ready-to-eat breakfast cereal, meant to be eaten cold with milk. Their thin, crisp texture is designed to hold up briefly in milk before it softens.
Where it comes from
Cornflakes were developed in the late 19th century at a sanitarium in Battle Creek, Michigan, originally as a plain, bland breakfast food before later commercial versions added a sugar coating and flavor variants. That original plain recipe still sells alongside the many flavored spin-offs it inspired.
Buying it
Check the box for a recent production date and give it a shake; stale cornflakes clump and lose their crisp snap.
Storing it
Keep the inner bag folded or clipped shut in the pantry to keep the flakes crisp and pest-free.
Keeps about 6 months in the pantry.
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