Re: [CH] evil chex mix

Andy (quark@erols.com)
Thu, 08 Nov 2001 20:56:56 -0500

Brad,

You should have accompanied your Chex mix with some Evil Cookies.
Of course, you might have gotten arrested. <g>

Andy


bradley ellis wrote:
> 
> Doubt I'm the first to do this, but I had to share this with you guys.
> 
> We had our annual United Way fund raiser at work last week and everybody was
> asked to bring a dish to share.  I whipped a double batch of standard Chex
> mix, but added 4 tablespoons of Jim Campbell's Backdraft to the wet mixture
> used to coat the dry mixture.  The aroma wafting through the house while it
> slowly baked was wonderful.  Anyway, at work, I put a sign in front of the
> bowl that said "HOT: the slow, back-of-your-throat kind of burn."  The
> people who know me cautiously took a nibble and confirmed that yes, it was a
> slow burn that snuck up on you.  The folks who don't know me would toss back
> a handful and claim, "This isn't hot!"  And then while walking away, start
> to cough and say something like "My God!" or "What the hell did you put in
> this?"  Common consensus was that "it's good, but it's damn hot."  A few
> true heatseekers gathered around the bowl and finished it off by day's end.
> And I can't count the number of times I started the sentence, "Well, there's
> this guy in Indiana ..."  (Jim, I passed your name and web address on to a
> few folks ... converts maybe?).
> 
> The next day on my desk was a note -- scrawled in blue highlighter on a
> piece of scrap paper -- "you are evil."
> I consider that high praise!
> 
> Brad