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