Weekend Cereal History #2

Both Catherine and Peter the Great of Russia earned their honorifics because they were able to consume Grapenuts without milk; indeed, Peter spent several years condemned to a circus sideshow when he was just a boy, astonishing onlookers with his “iron will.” According to primary sources, they were originally known as “Catherine the Grape” and “Peter the Grapenut,” respectively. Linguists believe that this interpretation of their nicknames was corrupted in a nineteenth-century translation, and the less meaningful name stuck.