Chef at 17:08, 21 July 2014

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[[Image:Fresh muesli.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Fresh muesli, made using rolled oats, orange juice, blended apple and banana, red currants, raisins, cottage cheese, topped with raspberries]]
[[Image:Dried muesli.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Dry muesli mix, served with milk and banana]]
'''Muesli''' is a popular breakfast [[cereal]] based on uncooked rolled [[oats]], [[fruit]] and [[nuts]]. It was developed around 1900 by Swiss physician Maximilian Bircher-Benner for patients in his hospital. It is available as a packaged dry form, or it can be freshly made.

In Switzerland, it is also eaten as a light evening dish; Birchermüesli complet is muesli with [[butterbrot]] and [[milk coffee]].

Originally known in Swiss German as Birchermüesli or simply Müesli, the word is an Alemannic diminutive of Mues which is related to the Old English word moose, meaning [[stew or pottage]].

===History===

'''Muesli''' was introduced around 1900 by the Swiss physician Maximilian Bircher-Benner for patients in his hospital, where a diet rich in fresh [[fruit]] and [[vegetables]] was an essential part of therapy. It was inspired by a similar "strange dish" that he and his wife had been served on a hike in the Swiss Alps. Bircher-Benner himself referred to the dish simply as "d'Spys" (Swiss German for "the dish", in German "die Speise"). Muesli in its modern form became popular in western countries starting in the 1960s as part of increased interest in Health food and healthy [[vegetarian diets]].

===Packaged muesli===

Packaged muesli is a loose mixture of mainly rolled [[oats]] together with various pieces of dried [[fruit]], [[nuts]], and [[seeds]]. It commonly contains other rolled [[cereal grains]] such as [[wheat]] or [[rye]] flakes as well. There are many varieties, some of which also contain [[honey]], [[spices]], or [[chocolate]]. This dry packaged muesli can be stored for many months. It can be served quickly after mixing it with [[milk]], [[yogurt]], [[coffee]], [[hot chocolate]], or [[fruit juice]] and (if desired) pieces of [[fresh fruit]]. Alternatively, the mix may be soaked overnight in [[milk]] and then served with [[fresh fruit]] or compote to taste.

===Fresh muesli===
Fresh muesli can be made using any combination ingredients, som eof the more common being a mixture of rolled [[oats]], [[orange juice]], blended [[apple]] and [[banana]], [[red currants]], [[raisins]], [[cottage cheese]], topped with [[raspberries]].
===Original Bircher-Benner muesli recipe===

A slightly modernised version of the original Bircher-Benner recipe is still a prototype for most fresh muesli today. For one serving, it consists approximately of:

* 1 tablespoon rolled [[oats]], soaked in 2–3 tablespoons water
* 1 tablespoon [[lemon juice]]
* 1 tablespoon [[cream]]
* 200 grams [[apple]] (about one large, preferably a sour variety), finely [[grated]] and mixed with the above directly before serving
* optionally top with 1 tablespoon ground [[hazelnuts]] or [[almonds]]

The original recipe actually used sweetened [[condensed milk]] instead of [[cream]], a compromise due to hygiene concerns regarding fresh [[milk]] products in 1900 (bovine tuberculosis etc.), before [[pasteurization]] and [[refrigeration]] became commonly available. The original recipe also advised to soak the [[oats]] in water overnight; this long soaking time is unnecessary with modern rolled "quick oats", which the manufacturers already soften through a steam treatment.

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Chef at 17:08, 21 July 2014