Meaning of muesli | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A breakfast dish based on uncooked rolled oats and fruit.
   countable, uncountable
2. Rare form of muesli.
   form-of, rare, uncountable

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“[This] is a queer mélange of attractions (another homemade müesli and a farmhouse apple relish) and absurdities (canned bouillon, gilded, becomes Memories-of-Kitzbühel soup).”

“Breakfast includes such specialties as chocolate chip coffee cake, homemade müesli, or bread pudding with boysenberries. […] Guests wake up to a buffet of müesli, Black Forest ham, cheeses, apple strudel, torte, fruits, and if they’re lucky, traenchenkuchen, a German cheesecake with a meringue top. […] After a buffet breakfast of plums in port, müesli Ballymore, zucchini bread, apple pancakes, or perhaps crab and artichoke quiche, juice and a special blend of coffee, you can walk it off down the terraced, wooded path into town.”

“At breakfast, for instance, your choices, in addition to standards such as country ham and eggs, might include a strawberry or walnut waffle with bacon or Buckhorn’s own version of müesli cereal.”

“So these surreal days went by. I progressed from my mattress to the armchair, from bowls of müesli to pasta dishes, from occasional scatty exchanges to proper conversations.”

“Menu for an Outdoor Brunch / The key to a good outdoor brunch is simple, serve-yourself foods. Concentrate on a nice assortment of hot breads and things to drink. 🌹︎ An Assortment of Fresh Fruits 🌹︎ Homemade Müesli #647”

“A bowl of Swiss müesli supplies 3.03 grams of essential fatty acids, compared with a bowl of Corn Flakes, which has only 0.78 gram. […] homemade müesli cereal [(cal)] 217 [(g)] 6”

“Everyone can share in carrying the picnic. In kindergarten, we needed thermoses of herb tea, cups, teaspoons and a container of müesli, sandwiches, etc.”

“As the semi-enlightened frantically stockpile their dugout shelters with a two-year supply of müesli awaiting the much-dreaded Pole Shift, spiritual trendies are on a race for enlightenment to book window-seats on Noah’s space-ark bound for the Fifth Dimension.”

“Similar to [John Harvey] Kellogg, Swiss nutritionist [Maximilian] Bircher-Benner was a proponent of clean living, and created the cereal called Bircher müesli in 1906 to serve as a breakfast meal at his sanitarium in Zürich. […] With the addition of müesli’s dried fruits and nuts to the toasted and crumbled oat and wheat cereal trademarked by Kellogg in the late 1880s, granola enjoyed a resurgence in popularity.”

“Credit for inventing the mixture of nuts, grains, and fruit known as müesli goes to the Swiss, but it’s now a ubiquitous breakfast throughout Europe. When mixing up this homemade müesli, which makes a hearty breakfast with the addition of fresh fruit and yogurt, work with what you have available: pear juice instead of apple juice, or dried blueberries, figs, or fresh dates instead of apricots, for example.”

“[Maximilian] Bircher[-Benner]’s müesli was well received by his patients, who benefited from the nutrient- and fiber-rich staple. Soon enough müesli became the breakfast of choice of the Swiss elite. […] In the United States, müesli became popular in the 1960s, when the whole food movement gained momentum. […] Like granola, müesli can be adapted to fit the cook’s preference. […] My version of müesli calls for rye flakes instead of traditional rolled oats. Rye flakes are thicker and toothier, and give the müesli a pleasant chew.”

“This dish combines the preparation of the popular overnight oats with a century-old breakfast staple: Swiss müesli. Swiss doctor, Maximilian Bircher-Benner (thus the term “Birchermüesli,” which it is also called by), invented müesli in 1900 at a health clinic. Once when I was in Switzerland, I couldn’t help but ask a server what ingredients were in my delectable bowl of müesli. […] If eating the entire portion, remove the müesli from the refrigerator, stir, and garnish with toppings of your choice.”

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