On 13/01/2016 11:13 AM, jinx the minx wrote:
> 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".
>
If you can find recipes online, that makes them common.
Unless you sit at the breakfast tables of myriad other families, you're
not in a good position to determine what is common outside your own retinue.

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Xeno