早餐吃玉米片(cornflakes for breakfast)可以说是西方人尤其是美国人的习惯
(custom)。美国人早餐吃玉米片这一习俗最早是由约翰·哈维·凯洛格(John Harvey Kellogg)发起的。他是一位素食主义者,
健康的狂热追求者(a vegetarian health faddist)。凯洛格创造出了畅销的谷物类食品(the best-seller of
cereals), 并想要以此消除烟酒对身体造成的不良影响 (Compete against the evils of alcohol and
tobacco)。玉米片、Coca-Cola(可口可乐) and French fries
(炸薯条),不仅成为美国文化最显著的特征之一,而且改变了世界上其他一些地区的饮食习惯(Become not only one of the salient
characteristics of American culture, but also an eating habit that has invaded
the rest of the world)。 (明红) |