Jennifer Ebeling · @GardenerPodcast
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November 23, 1862
Alexander Pierce Anderson, an American #Botanist is born.
His work at the #NewYorkBotanicalGarden led to a fantastic discovery.
Alex suspected that microscopic amounts of water existed inside the #Nucleus of #Starch crystals in #Rice. Once he found a way to extract the #Water, he created #PuffedRice... and #Breakfast #Cereal was changed #Forever
Alexander sold over 20,000 lbs of puffed rice at the 1904 #St.Louis #WorldFair.
#botanist #newyorkbotanicalgarden #nucleus #starch #rice #water #puffedrice #breakfast #cereal #Forever #st #worldfair #iamabotanist #garden #funfact