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Nibbles

This party food, or just anytime snack recipe originated in Rocky Mount, North Carolina.

Time
2-2½ hours
Servings
20

Ingredients

Dry ingredients

  • 2 boxes (16 cups/1 kg/2.2 lb) rice Chex cereal
  • 1 box (8 cups/500 g/1.1 lb) wheat Chex cereal
  • ⅔ box (5 cups/320 g) Cheerios
  • 1 bag (3 cups/250 g) thin pretzels
  • 1 lb (6 cups/450 g) peanuts
  • 1 lb (6 cups/450 g) pecans
  • 1 can (3 cups/250 g) cashews
  • Salt to taste

Sauce

  • 3 sticks (375 g) margarine
  • Heaping ½ cup (150 g) bacon grease
  • 1¾–2 tablespoons garlic salt
  • 2 tablespoons plus 1 dash Worcestershire sauce
  • Heaping ½ teaspoon Accent seasoning (MSG)
  • 2 heaping tablespoons peanut butter
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Method

  1. Melt and combine the sauce ingredients.
  2. Combine all dry ingredients except salt in a large canning pot.
  3. Sprinkle a little of the sauce mixture over dry ingredients, and shake well. Repeat until sauce is gone.
  4. Salt the mixture by sprinkling and shaking in the same way.
  5. Bake 1½–2 hours at 200 °F (95 °C) in covered canning pot.
  6. Remove frequently to shake.

Notes

  • Put the sauce in a canning jar, and punch several holes in the lid. Sprinkle by turning the jar upside down.
  • It took up to seven times of sprinkling and shaking to salt the mixture.
  • It is possible to substitute some vegetable oil for the bacon grease, but the result is less authentic.

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