Graham crackers were invented around 1830. Minister named Sylvester Graham wanted people to eat healthier foods.
He toured the country giving lectures on the merits of eating coarse whole grain breads and abstaining from fats and meat.
He did not think that people should eat meat or white bread. He wanted
people to eat more fruits and vegetables and wheat breads that were
brown instead of white. Graham crackers were named after Sylvester
Graham.
During the late 1820s and early 1839s, Sylvester Graham launched
America’s first culinary revolution the importance of coarsely milled,
unbolted, whole wheat flour. Recipes for so-called Graham crackers made
from this flour appeared in cookbooks during the nineteenth century.
During the 1850s Graham cracker was probably first manufactured by
Russell Thacher Trall, a follower of Sylvester Graham and the author of
the New Hydropathic Cookbook in 1854.
The National Biscuits Company was the first national manufacturer of
Graham Crackers in 1898.
The invention by graham crackers by Sylvester Graham
