Julie Bove > wrote:
>
> "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.
>
>

That you know many people that do it does not make it "often eaten as
cereal in the Midwest". I know of people that have eaten grasshoppers in
the PNW, and I can find plenty of recipes online for them, that does not
make eating them "common in the PNW".

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jinx the minx