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muesli|ˈmʏslɪ, ˈmuːzlɪ, ˈmjuːzlɪ|
Also müesli, musli.
[Swiss-Ger.]
A dish, originating in Switzerland, consisting of a cereal (usu. oats) and fruit to which milk is added, often eaten as a breakfast dish.
[1926Bircher-Benner & Bircher Fruit Dishes & Raw Vegetables iv. 29 This dish..is popularly known as ‘Birchermüesli’.] 1939Ibid. (ed. 2) iv. 29 The fact that it is cold is never harmful as long as the müesli is well chewed and thus sufficiently warmed in the mouth. 1943M. Y. Brady Health for All: Wartime Recipe Bk. 58 Müesli is a delicious dish, even when modified to suit wartime shortages. 1965H. Rubinstein My Life for Beauty vi. 76, I lived on a diet of Muesli (a mixture of rolled oats, lemon juice, sweetened condensed milk, grated apples and hazel-nuts). 1971J. Aiken Nightly Deadshade vii. 71, I find them finishing their breakfast of musli. 1971M. Thompson in C. Bonington Annapurna South Face App. D. 274 Ideal High Altitude Rations..Readi-Brek or Muesli, [etc.]. 1973[see instant a. 4 c].
Add:b. muesli belt [see belt n.1 5 a], (humorously) a region held to be densely populated by prosperous, middle-class, health-food faddists.
1981Not The Church Times 22 Sept. 6 Team vicar required. An attractive post in S.W. London ‘Muesli belt’. 1986Times 2 June 1/2 Many children are suffering from ‘muesli-belt malnutrition’, which could cause stunted growth and weight loss. |