"dsi1" > wrote in message
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On Monday, July 25, 2016 at 10:58:58 AM UTC-10, axlq wrote:
> In the confusion from misplacing things in our home due to a
> reorganization of belongings, a nearly-full Costco-sized open box
> of Cheerios was hidden under something else. Thinking it had been
> consumed, we opened a SECOND huge box when my kid announced he
> wanted Cheerios for breakfast this morning. Then we discovered the
> already-open box.
>
> Both are fresh, but there's no way we'd consume all of those Cheerios
> before they go stale, so I'm wondering if there's something creative I
> can do. These are plain Cheerios, not honey-nut or other flavor.
>
> So I look online for recipes, and find that the Cheerios website
> actually has a page devoted to this: http://www.cheerios.com/recipes
>
> Not much there looks appetizing although some look interesting. Some
> seem as if they'd taste like sawdust, like the recipe about grinding
> Cheerios into flour to make pancakes (that's just weird, they start
> out as flour, and then you grind them back down? why not just
> buy some oat flour?). The lemon squares might be good. The pork
> meatballs are interesting but not practical if the Cheerios get
> disgustingly soggy -- anything I'd make would need to have a short
> shelf-life to consume as leftovers.
>
> Has anyone done anything interesting or tasty with Cheerios?

My wife wanted something to feed the chickens that run wild around here
because little kids find that wildly amusing. She took out a baggie of Corn
Chex cereal. She later said the chickens weren't much interested. That's
rather hard to believe. Anyway, perhaps you'd have more luck with Cheerios.

Might depend on the bird. I have seen both ducks and other wild birds eat
popcorn. But when I put some out for the ducks that live at Olive Garden,
they wouldn't touch it. Neither would the birds or squirrels in my yard.