On Tuesday, January 12, 2016 at 7:13:22 PM UTC-5, 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".
>
> --
> jinx the minx

It's hard to quantify "often". If 100 people eat popcorn as cereal
every day, that might be "often", even though it's a tiny fraction
of the people who live in the Midwest (which appears to be somewhat
north of 65 million people).

I suppose I could eat popcorn with milk, but why bother when it's
so good with butter and salt (and cayenne, or curry powder, or
Cajun seasoning, or Worcestershire and seasoned salt--like Chex
mix).

Cindy Hamilton