The recipe makes enough for a
huge party or a whole lot of generous gifts. Keep plenty for yourself, too.
It keeps well, but we always finished it before any spoilage.
Aunt Tillie's "Trash Mix"
1 box Cheerios (med size)
1 box corn Chex
1 box rice Chex
1 bag Fritos (med-large size)
1 package thin stick pretzels
1 can shoestring potatoes(crunchy)
4 cups pecans (unsalted)
1 can mixed nuts
Toss all this in a HUGE bowl. or divide
between the biggest bowls you have.
Melt together in a saucepan:
3/4 cup bacon drippings (= from 1lb of bacon)
1 stick margarine
2 teaspoons garlic salt
2 TBSP red pepper
2 TBSP chili pepper
1 TBSP Accent
Pour melted mixture over, IN A fine DRIZZLE,
over the dry ingredients, stirring very gently to blend & mix.
Bake at 225 F in shallow roasting pans for
One and one half hours.
Stir every 15 minutes to blend the spices and
avoid burning in the pan's corners.
Store in tightly covered tins or jars after
drying/ cooling on paper towels.
PS: The last time I made this, I reduced
the amount of bacon grease to about half of what the recipe said:
to somewhere between a third to half a cup, because 3/4 cup just seemed
like too much. But I leave that up to you.
One year pecans were very expensive, so I
used 4 cups of unsalted cashews and 2 cups of shelled pecans, and
omitted the canned nuts. Don't use the 'dry-roasted' nuts.
This can be a flexible recipe.