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Muesli

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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 Birchermuesli complet, served with milk coffee and bread with butter and jam. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Origin Period, From (Year)
from 1900 1
Origin Region
Switzerland 2
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Water, Ingredients
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1. Muesli (Wikipedia)
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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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2. Muesli (Wikidata)
P495 (country of origin): Switzerland
Quote, P495 (country of origin): Switzerland
Switzerland
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