I guess we could have named this blog « Our Parents’ Bites » since our fathers have had some great recipes up their sleeves as well- and not all of which require a barbeque. Here’s a great recipe my dad used to make for special occasion. It makes a munch that goes great with cold beer or your favourite cocktail. This recipe is simple to make and surprisingly addictive.

Ingredients:

• 2 pounds salted peanuts
• 12 ounces shreddies cereal
• 10 ounces cheerios
• 6 ounces small round pretzels (if you can’t find them, just double up on the sticks)
• 8 ounces stick pretzels
• 2 cups oil (canola or another mild-tasting oil preferred)
• 2 Tablespoons worcestershire sauce
• 1 Tablespoon garlic salt
• 1 Tablespoon seasoned salt

Set the oven to 250 Farenheit .

Combine the first 5 dry ingredients in a LARGE roasting pan, or a large bowl and a roasting pan (this recipe calls for a large volume of ingredients). Mix well.

Mix the remaining ingredients together to make a flavourful sauce and pour over the dry mixture in the roasting pan. Mix well again to ensure that the liquid covers as much of the dry ingredients as possible.

Put the roasting pan in the 250F oven for 2 hours, stirring every 25 minutes or so.
After 2 hours, remove the roasting pan from the oven and cool. Pack the nuts & bolts in jars.
Freezes well.