Weird things that bug me
Why do they call it The Original Chex Party Mix, when it isn't? I mean, there's no way they had little garlic bagel chips when Chex Party Mix recipes were first printed on boxes.
I'm equally suspicious of the inclusion of garlic powder....
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It's been bugging me for a while too. Maybe because they claim 'original'. Well, I remember the original and that's not it! Now I'm spending too much time trying to find the real original recipe.
Posted by: Len | April 25, 2003 12:10 AM
:-) If you ever find the original, let me know. I have one I make now (with no garlic bagel chips, I might add), but I don't think it's really original, either...
Posted by: debco | April 25, 2003 07:15 PM
THE original Chex Mix
Here's my original recipe for Chex Mix. It
doesn't have some of the spices called for in
the current "original" version on the Chex
cereal box.
1 stick (1/2 C) butter or margarine
1 1/4 t. seasoned salt
4 1/2 t. Worchershire sauce
2 2/3 C. Corn Chex
2 2/3 C. Rice Chex
2 2/3 C. Wheat Chex
1 C. salted mixed nuts
Heat oven to 250. Melt butter in 15x10x2
pan; remove pan from oven. Stir in seasoned
salt and worchestire sauce. Gradually add
cereal and nuts, stirring to coat evenly.
Bake 1 hour, stirring every 15 minutes.
Spread on paper towels to soak up excess oil.
Makes 9 cups. Makes a neat gift during the
holidays, wrapped up in a nice container.
NOTES: My original recipe says to bake at
350 for 20-25 minutes but the oven was too
hot and the butter burned (perhaps the
original recipe actually called for
margarine?) so I used the temperature and
time suggested now on the cereal box. Also,
you can use the mixture of cereal mentioned
above, or 8 cups of any flavor mix. My
friend's mom, in the 60's, included Cheerios
in the cereal and also small pretzel sticks.
Posted by: Ken | October 11, 2003 08:48 PM
Yes, definitely use the cheerios and pretzels (thin little sticks, NOT twists). An interesting take on the subject is also provided in the online SF Examiner:
http://www.examiner.com/ex_files/default.jsp?story=X0529CHEXw
Posted by: John | December 8, 2003 09:39 AM
Ken's receipe from the '60s is better than the one currently published, but the original had no pretzels or Corn Chex (Corn Chex came later). To find the original, I looked for a picture of the back of an old Chex box on the web. I found one, which I can date to 1951-1954. How? It also has an ad for a "Space Patrol" periscope "get yours for only 25 cents". Ralston Purina sponsored the Space Patrol TV show from 1951-1954 (the show ran from September 11, 1950 to February 26, 1955). Here's the very simple receipe from the box:
"Melt 1/2 cup butter in a shallow pan. Stir in 1 tbls. Worchestershire sauce, 1/4 tsp. salt, 1/2 tsp. garlic salt (not garlic powder). Add 2 cups Wheat Chex, 2 cup Rice Chex, 1/2 cup nuts (peanuts, pecans or cashews). Mix until all pieces are butter coated. Heat 30 minutes in a 200 degree oven, stiring every 10 minutes. Cool...enjoy!"
Posted by: Mark | January 19, 2004 04:25 PM
No Pretzels?
That's just not right....
Posted by: debco | January 19, 2004 10:32 PM