"Cheri" > wrote in message
...
>
> "jinx the minx" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Michelle > wrote:
>>> On Monday, January 11, 2016 at 2:46:01 PM UTC-6, Julie Bove wrote:
>>> Snipped a whole bunch of stuff.
>>>>
>>>> Another thing that the OP might consider is popcorn. It is often eaten
>>>> as a
>>>> cereal in the Midwest. My mom liked to put it in a tall glass, pour
>>>> milk
>>>> over it and eat it with an iced tea spoon. My uncle said at his house
>>>> they
>>>> just used leftover popped popcorn as they would a breakfast cereal.
>>>> Put in
>>>> a bowl and pour milk over.
>>>
>>> You've said this before, but I wonder - was it just your family?
>>> Or maybe your specific place in the Midwest (AKA Wichita)?
>>> Because I've lived in the Midwest all my life (first Illinois, now
>>> Missouri)
>>> and I have never heard of this or seen anyone do it.
>>>
>>> I've asked coworkers who come from other parts (Iowa, Indiana, Kansas)
>>> and they've never heard of it either.
>>>
>>
>> I've lived my whole life in the Midwest as well (Minnesota), including
>> having a grandmother from Kansas and many other relatives from Wisconsin,
>> Iowa, Indiana, South Dakota, and I've never heard of it either. It's
>> about
>> as crazy as her claim that in the Midwest we use potato chips in
>> casseroles as the starch as well. We only use them as topping!
>>
>> --
>> jinx the minx
>
> All of my family came from Sioux City Iowa, and it was common for them to
> use popped corn for cereal.

Thank you! I did post some links so obviously this isn't some cockamamie
thing that I just dreamed up. Some of us might find it hard to believe that
they eat Jezebel sauce in some parts of the US. But I'm not going to call
them liars just because I've never seen it served. I also would never
assume that just because my family does something or someone else I know
does something that *everyone* does it. But I have heard and read about the
popcorn as cereal enough to know that many people do, do it.