Warning: Contains some explicit content.
Cults, crackers, and cornflakes, oh my! This week Meg dives into the weird history behind a few popular food items in the U.S. - Celestial Seasonings, graham crackers, and cornflake cereal. These seemingly innocuous foodstuffs have rather peculiar creation stories and are seemingly connected historically as wel, though the links may not be obvious. This research was sparked by the supposition that Celestial Seasonings, the famous tea company, may have started with a cultish background, a notion that had been explored by food writer Megan Giller who's website can be found here. Let us know what you think!
Recorded and Edited by Meghan Pavlovsky and Allison Varca. Music by Mike Vontas.
Sources:
http://www.celestialseasonings.com
https://www.inverse.com/article/10731-cults-conspiracies-and-the-twisted-history-of-sleepytime-tea
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_S._Sadler
https://www.foodandwine.com/drinks/sleepytime-tea-and-little-known-religion-behind-it
http://www.megangiller.com/features#/cults-conspiracy-history-sleepytime-tea
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham_cracker
https://time.com/3958070/history-of-veganism/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temperance_movement
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_vegetarianism
