"Have you ever tried to CRUSH a Cheerio?"
This was not Genghis Khan nor Sally Sour speaking. It was not a sardonic Brit, who couldn't get the last word as an opponent left the argument. It was a hungry, white-haired elder trying out a Stop and Shop muffin recipe that called for this odd ingredient: X amount of crushed Cheerios. A Cheerio, being so little and round, and good-natured, might sound like an easy target. Guess not. She said that when a large spoon was applied, the little buggers just leaped out from between the spoon and the breadboard. I suggested a paper bag and a sledge hammer or the hopelessly modern device: the food processor. Both suggestions were booed.
The baker, not to be derailed from baking, put the Cheerios in the muffin batter whole. Guess what? Not one whole or partial Cheerio was found in the tasty finished muffins. Despite the ignored instructions of the marketing department, the laws of physics triumph once again.....
