Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Gothic metal outfit Tapping The Vein take on classically trained Newton, North Carolina chamber pop artist Tori Amos's 1994 single "Cornflake Girl."
Cornflakes were a cereal invented by the Kellogg brothers in the late 19th century to provide patients at the Battle Creek, Michigan sanitorium a simple, pure, and unstimulating breakfast of toasted maize.
John Harvey Kellogg, a nutritionist and devout Seventh Day Adventist, was against adding sugar to the recipe, as he intended the bland flavor to be instrumental in suppressing urges among those partaking of the cereal.
In short, cornflakes were brought into being to keep patrons of their health resort from waxing the dolphin.
The more you know....
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