100 Years of Breakfast Taste Test

When did your favorite breakfast. first rise and shine? Let's talk about that. Good Mythical Morning. We are about to explore 100 years of breakfast foods, but first, this portion of today's episode is. sponsored by BetterHelp. You know, for so much of my adult life, I insisted. that I did not need therapy. I wasn't, you know, really depressed, and I hadn't. experienced anything particularly traumatic. in my life, so I thought it wasn't necessary.

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and get 10 percent off. your first month of therapy. And thanks again to BetterHelp for sponsoring this. portion of today's episode. Believe it or not, breakfast has been around. for a hundred years. 101 years. 102 years. 100 plus years. Yes. Close enough. And in that time, a lot has changed. Like, back in the 80s, my mommy used to make me pancakes. with smiley faces on them. But now my wifey makes me pancakes with. smiley faces on them. And we thank you for that, Jessie.

So today we delve deeper into the history. of the breakfast foods that we know and love, in a little. game of shuffleboard. It is time for a Shuffle in Time breakfast edition. Welcome to the Shuffle in Time zone. Okay, boys, you're going to taste a name, brand breakfast item. then shuffle your pucks to the decade you think that. brand first hit the market. And surprise, surprise, Link won last time.

So he's gonna be shuffling first. All right. That's right. What do we have here? Boop, boop, boop, beep. Pop Tarts. Man, This is a staple of every camping trip I. went on in college. In college? Remember that? We used to go camping in college. Yeah, in college we did. And we would always have Pop Tarts. Oh! What was that face, Link? Thank you for toasting them. Like, what was that in the... Like, it kinda.

looked like you farted. He did. Did I bite my lip? You, like, looked into the distance. Maybe you were thinking about the camping trip, - but it looked like... - That was my face of nostalgia. He farted a lot on those camping trips, too. It looked like some wires got disconnected for a second. Did my eyes cross? Yeah. It's the outfit. I mean, I'm cosplaying as the Wheel of Mythicality. Yeah, can you do a cartwheel? - So I gotta get all... - Can you do a cartwheel? With the power of this pop tart, yes, I can.

He's been working on his cartwheels. I'm excited about this. Oh. He's been working on that. We graduated from college in 2001. 2000. For you? Mm. Okay. I beat ya. Um, that's not even an answer. So we know it was before then.

1880 is the earliest year. Um, ain't no way, pop tarts require a lot. of technology to make. Technology that wasn't available until, I think the 70s. Why you laughing at? You think, you think pastry, I know pastries. were invented before then, but to mass produce a tart. that pops in a toaster? Oh, you got me, 70s. When did the toasters first come about? Toasters didn't exist until the 50s.

Where'd you learn that? - Am I the... - In college? The toast or the waffle? You're the waffle. All right. So you're gonna go right on the pinnacle? I think this is the 60s, which is in the back corner. That's the earliest I can imagine. And then 70 is way up there. You can't imagine earlier than 1960? No. I just imagine the 50s. I can't remember anything earlier than 1985. Okay, so here we go. Bouncing off the back. You know what?

It's a bounce fest kind of a day. These pucks are made for it. Okay, it's a little further back than I wanted it to be. Isn't this a great pop tart? Boy, what a sleeper. Frosted brown sugar and cinnamon. I, I didn't, you know, I never had it before, I don't believe. This is such a bump fest waiting to happen, but. you're trapped back there, so it's really not an. enticing thing for me. But you like my answer?

No, I don't. I don't, I don't like it at all. Well. I think it's too late. But here's the thing. Too late? You think it's the 80s? Too early, I mean? I've been doing so much thinking lately. What? I've been doing so much thinking lately. I'm glad someone has. And, uh. I just feel like thinking's overrated. And so I'm gonna start intuiting. Welcome to my world. I believe this answer is floating out there. and me, like an antenna, I'm very antenna like.

Have you looked at me lately? Slender. I might be the most antenna like person here. Just in stature. I mean, in those pants, specifically, though. I don't know. Oh, come on, Stevie. Well, you're channeling, um, like, 1993 Umbro. soccer shorts, but pants. You're welcome. Yeah. So I don't know if that's antenna like. That's all I was saying. I'm just saying, I'm gonna receive the answer, I'm. gonna stick my hand up.

He has an answer in his mind. 1950. Okay, but I'm going to land in 1930 because if that is right, I don't want you to be closer. I just need to be between you and every other. answer besides 1960. Go easy on me. Okay, I'm happy with that. When Kellogg set out to put a new twist on toast and.

jam, Pop Tarts were born. The first four flavors to hit shelves were Strawberry, Blueberry, Brown Sugar Cinnamon, and Apple Currant. In 1964. - Dang it! - Yes! The universe lied to me. What we got? - Bisquick! - Oh, my goodness! We got us a nice bisquick made into the form of a. pancake, but according to the back, you can make.

cheese garlic biscuits, peach cobbler, chicken pot pie. Does it say since some year on the back? I'm not gonna cheat. Oh. Oh! Bisquick doesn't make a bad pancake, does it? That's a good pancake. Well, I don't know if Bisquick made the pancakes. Unless that's a nickname for somebody here. Well, Bisquick is in the pancake, I'm having to assume.

It's made of Bisquick, made by Vee. Vianai. Austin. V, do you go by Bisquick? Yes, I do. Okay. I feel like this could be around a long. time, because, you know, like all of them old, uh, radio shows, like, you know, Grandpappy's Flour Hour. Oh yeah, Flour Hour's one of my favorites. On the, um, on the radio. So we're talking, I'm looking at 1930, but I feel like.

You're looking at it, and what is it saying back to you? It's saying, I'm it, buddy. Oh. But it could be as early as 1880 and I'm. realizing we are going back to 1850 on the board. I just really feel compelled to 1930. But I'm. compelled to get there with a couple of bumps. Okay. - I love you doing that. - I have to bump it enough...

and this thing is low center of gravity. It's perfect for For some bumping. It just, I, I, you know, as your opponent, I'm not, I'm not your opponent. Let me be your like just friend for a moment. Yeah. I would just say you might be about to. unleash a win streak. I just wouldn't take chances with unnecessary bumps. It just feels like a show off kind thing. That's what happened last time and... Okay, I'm just saying. And it's fun. It's fun. What's winning if you didn't have fun doing it?

Usually losing. That's not how I work. Here we go. Nice and easy. Gonna land in 1930 using my billiards geometry. Here we go. Oh, that's fine. It's still, it's still in the field of play, which is a win for me. Well, crap. Um, maybe it's 1880 or 1850. If so, I'm feeling good. I wholeheartedly believe it is either 1850 or 1880.

Ha ha! What you gonna do? I think if I bump you from this side hard, this board. is so slick, it's gonna bump you out of the field of. play, but I can't bump you beyond the field of play, because that's illegal. I feel just as strongly about 1850 as I do 1880. I don't know.

I'm gonna try to bump you a little bit to the right and. back up, but not past 1970. Woo! Come on back! Stop, stop, stop! Okay, I basically just gave you 1850 and gave me 1880. Alright, what a definitive result. That was not what I wanted, but, let's see. When a General Mills salesman requested a quick meal on a. train car, he was gobsmacked by how quickly his plate. of biscuits was prepared. After the chef told him of his secret premixed batter, the. salesman took the idea back to General Mills where their food.

scientists managed to produce the shelf safe version. We know as Bisquick in 1931. Oh, dang. You were right. But you were then wrong. Dang, blasted. I'm gobsmacked. Uh, I don't think we need a measurement. I'm pretty sure I'm closer, but if you would like to call. for a measurement, you can. I know it.

Sleeping in? Okay, that's fine. Well, after you wake up, watch the next episode of Good. Mythical Weekend, because the crew's gonna be playing a new. game called Truth or Dare. - It's going to get very... - Nope, Text or Dare. Oh, Text or Dare? Truth or Dare, that's old news. Oh, Text or Dare. bigger consequences. Oh. Lots of hilarity. Okay, well, you should watch it after you wake up. Sleep in. On this channel, Good Mythical Weekend. What do we have? We have Morningstar Farms original sausage patty.

to eat with the hand. So this is made out of plant protein. That's not bad. Microwave, oven, or air fryer. Needs mustard. It needs, it needs mustard. All right, we're tied up, but since, uh, I've been. in the winning position. I have to go first again. This is, of course, a recent development. of the 20th century.

1990 is my most recent decade. How could it not be 90? I mean, they might have been ahead of the curve in the 80s. Oh. Soy protein. Now don't you be reading too much over there. Hold on, it contains 2 percent or less of maltodextrin. Does that change your answer? I gotta go for 1990. Now strategically, I think I do wanna stop short of it. I'm gonna go off of the back to kill some.

of the momentum there. And I wanna land in like 1930. Okay. For my 1990 answer. Well, okay, alright. There we go. We're competing at a high level today, Rhett. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Putting on a clinic, they say. I've been right both times. The shuffleboard community, I don't know if you know. about this, you know, the greater shuffleboard. community, which consists of old folk, they love this.

Yeah, we've become somewhat of icons. Oh, yeah, the retirement homes, yep, yep, yep. The villages down in Florida. You got old people coming up to you? We're big down there. We are real big down there. We would get mobbed. Shuffle, it would be a slow mobbing. We'd be able to get away from them. Yeah. We just need a faster golf cart. Right. 1990, not a bad answer at all, Link. Thank you, thank you. You've been right with your guesses. 100 percent of the time today. Uh, I've been wrong with my guesses.

100 percent of the time today. I think, I don't think that, I'm gonna continue. on with my streak of disagreeing with you, even. though you've been right. I think 1990's too recent. I think this is 70's or 80's. I think Morningstar was first in the game of. this particular game. The game that lots of people play now. And so I'm gonna just land in, uh, 1980, to be. closer to that, and 70. You're welcome to it. You're wrong, so.

Okay. That is a strategic center board. placement for McLaughlin. Before Beyond Meat, before Impossible Foods, and. before Tofurky, there was Morningstar Farms stocking. grocery store freezers with soy based sausage, bacon, and more since 19... 1975. - Yeah! - What? First in the game! Dang, Morningstar! First in the game! Oh, you gotta get up early if you wanna beat. the Morningstar, you know what I'm saying? That's right, gotta get up before 1970.

What do we have here? We have a coffee maker that has made some. delicious Folgers Classic Roast for us here. Forest. Forestier. Forestier. Is it Folgers or Folgers? Folgers. Yeah. You're right. Thanks for the correction. Yep. Um, it's good to catch those so we don't have to, like, hear it in the comments. Yeah, right. Yeah. Can we sing a jingle, or are we getting in troubles? Ah. Folgers!

Get yourself in gear! Folgers, any time of year, Folgers, if you're a woman. or a man, or any type of gender at all, it doesn't. matter, cause it's coffee. Folgers! Let's not make it a gender thing. Right, yeah. You know, they're famous for that jingle. And the crazy thing about it is... They're very progressive. It was such, it was so progressive, In 1850 , I.

mean, talking about every gender in 1850. Yep. Love who you want, be who you are. Be who you are. - Folgers. - Folgers. Yep. I remember. I remember. Yep. I remember. 1850 well. You know, gen Z, they don't have any idea. of when we were born, like. They have no point of reference. I could tell them I was alive in 1850 and they'd. probably believe me. They didn't... Numbers mean nothing to them.

Have you talked to one of them? They don't know anything. That's funny, because I don't know when Gen Z was born. Yeah, who cares? All right, 1850, I'm gonna land on it, because this is so old. Go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go! Crap, crap, crap. I love that. And you went first, even though you're winning. The rules state that I cannot bump you. I do go first, because I'm winning. Yeah, but I also can't bump you, which gives you an.

advantage, but I propose that we amend... The scroll? The scroll. I don't wanna read the scroll, I just wanna amend it. That's basically what we do now. We think we remember what the scroll says, and then we change it. I believe we can bump on the last round now, because it's just more fun. Well, the reason I'm okay with this proposal is. because we do four rounds instead of five rounds now. And we have the sudden death. And it allows a sudden death situation. So, you can bump, but all the same bump rules still apply.

You cannot bump me out of the field of play. If you do, I get to go back to where I was. My point is I can touch you. without penalization. What I'm trying to do is get closer to 1850 without. pushing you to 1880, which might also be correct. It might also be. So I'm gonna do the old bump around. Bump around? I'm gonna, I'm gonna bump against the back wall, and. I'm gonna come back and nudge you a little bit. But if you send me past the tip, I get to come.

back here and then put you wherever I want. That's true, that's the risk I'm taking. Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, crazy. He's crazy. But bumping you forward puts you in closer to. all the other answers. You're right. I can't do that. It's quite a predicament you're in. Can't do that to you, so. Oh, oh, oh, and then what just happened? - Okay, so, in this case. - Crap, crap, crap. I go back to where I was, And now I can place.

you wherever I want. I know the rules. What am I gonna do, though? The thing I love about it is at least I'm back. in the field of play. Yeah, this is I mean... It has to be in an eligible answer. So, if it is 1880, you basically win because. every single eligible answer is closer to 1880. Yes. Basically, my only hope is that it's not 1880. And I'm gonna put you right here.

That's already taken. You can't put me there. 1960 was the correct answer. Has 90 been taken? You're good on 90. Because if it's 1930 or 19... I think it. already has been 1930. So basically, it has to be 1850 for me to win. If it's 1880, you win. No, we tie. And then we go on. This goes on forever. Yeah. While his brothers were trying to strike it rich as. gold prospectors, James A. Folger sought a future in coffee.

He joined Pioneer Steam Coffee and Spice Mills at. the age of 15 and worked his way up until he had full. ownership of the company. It wasn't until then that he slapped his name on. it, but it was originally established in... 18... 1850. Lucky Dog. Woo. You've saved all the sudden death. Uh, and we gotta drink some crappy coffee in the process.

What I got? Well, yeah. So Link, you've lost and you have to take a bite of. the Breakfast of Losers. Oh, it said loser and I messed it up. 'cause gravity. Look, it says loser. It's bacon though. Just have a little bite. Is it supposed to be bad? I think it's burnt. Oh, you got some on your sweatshirt. Oh, man, that is burnt. Reminder, tomorrow is the last episode of Good. Mythical Weekend for the rest of the year. So come on back tomorrow morning for that.

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