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Default Bacon and eggs for breakfast? How marketing created rituals

On Friday, January 8, 2016 at 6:35:36 AM UTC+10, graham wrote:
> This was an interesting broadcast, as are all Riley's programs. Scroll
> down to the last couple of paragraphs and read about the real reason
> Bush extended daylight saving - it was all about candy sales!
>
> http://www.cbc.ca/radio/undertheinfl...uals-1.3392793


Exaggerated.

Bacon and eggs is a pretty old breakfast dish - advertising didn't create it. Might have made it more popular in the USA.

Porridge is a very old breakfast dish. Modern breakfast cereals are an instant substitute for cooked porridge.