Muesli is a cold Swiss dish that has become a common breakfast cereal prepared without cooking. It was developed around 1900 by Swiss physician Maximilian Bircher-Benner for patients at his sanatorium in Zurich, inspired by a similar dish he and his wife encountered while hiking in the Swiss Alps. The traditional preparation uses rolled oats soaked overnight in water, combined with fresh apple, nuts, lemon juice, and sweetened condensed milk, though modern versions add other grains, seeds, dried fruit, yogurt, or milk. Besides breakfast, it can also be eaten as a supper dish known as Birchermüesli complet, served with milk coffee and bread with butter and jam.
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What went into the original Birchermüesli?
The Swiss müesli maker bio-familia, in its company history, says: Dr M. Bircher-Benner, a man who believed in the healing power of nature and the importance of raw food, honed the recipe. Using oats, raw apples, nuts, sweetened condensed milk and a dash of lemon juice, he created a meal that he prescribed to his patients every day.
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Developed around 1900 by Swiss physician Maximilian Bircher-Benner for patients in his hospital in Switzerland, it is also consumed for supper as Birchermüesli complet, 'Bircher's complete little mush', i.e., muesli with café complet (milk coffee accompanied by Butterbrot (bread, butter and jam)).
- Uses Ingredient: Water, Infobox main_ingredient field: Rolled oats, water
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