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A to Z Monday

...the edible edition

Brought to you this week by the letter R

For one of Grandma J's all time favorite cereals.....Rice Krispies. 

Grandma J and her siblings never had sugared cereal as kids, and she never gave it to her kids.   Why you ask?  OK, you didn''t ask, but she'll tell you.   It's because cereal taste awful with sugary milk.

Rice Krispies is crunchy and flavorful without ruining the milk, and Grandma J loves her milk.

As a kid, when Grandma J was one of three kids before the last two brats where born, her mother Rita sent away for three puppets....Snap, Crackle and Pop.   They would be worth plenty today, don't you think?

Grandma J loved making Rice Krispies Treats for her kids.    They still ask her to make them because she uses real butter and lots of marshmallows.

At Christmas time she makes Rice Krispies Treat wreaths.......

They've become a big hit at her daughter's  place of work every year.

Then A-Ron asked Grandma J to make him a special Rice Krispies Treat for his team's bake sale.

Yes, he asked for the Cookie Monster.   Two of them.   They sold for  $5 each.   And yes, the bake sale was in front of Walmart...you could have guessed, right?

Any cookie cutter can turn a Rice Krispies Treat into something festive, patriotic and easy.

But somehow, not everyone gets the drift of making these simple treats.....

It's too bad they never translated the Rice Krispies Treat recipe in Chinese.

Now, mosey on  over to A to Z Mondays and check out a plethora of R foods, hosted by Jen at unglazed.   It's never to late to join in!


Grandma J has a garbage load  plethora of stuff to tell you about her trip and her return to the Spa.   Standing on her head and spitting rubber nickles isn't one of them, but close!