roundy roundy

i LOVE traditions!!! we grew up with lots of fun traditions that are now good memories. it's been fun to carry on some of them with will as well as begin some of our own new traditions. there are also some traditions that will and i don't really do, but if we're with my family, we do... or i do.... : ) ha

so i grew up eating "roundy roundy" at christmas time. it wasn't my all time favorite thing ever, but i liked it pretty well, and for goodness sake it was a tradition!! : ) it's not a tradition that will and i have continued, but if we're at my parents' around christmas, i'll have it.

in case you didn't grow up eating roundy roundy, or aren't sure what it is, it's just sweetened condensed milk over cheerios (or tastee o's... : )

as will and i made our (late for cinco de mayo) tres leches cake over the weekend, roundy roundy came up. will reminded me that he thinks it sounds NASTY. he's never tried it, so i was trying to explain that if he likes sweetened condensed milk, how could he not like roundy roundy??! i told him it's no worse than eating froot loops or any other sugary cereal, really. and it's like when people put sugar directly on their cereal ("didn't you say your grandparents had a sugar bowl on the table?" i asked him.) well he just couldn't get over it and reiterated that it just sounds plain nasty.

i decided we could just disagree... : ) i let him have his opinion, but i did make sure he knew that i grew up eating it, and it was a TRADITION started before my parents even (as far as i know). great grandma mcallister?? so though i didn't think it was the best thing ever, i just grew up eating it... ok? : )

i went on to explain that it's called roundy roundy because you don't take off the whole lid, you just poke the two holes so you can pour it. then you pour it over your cheerios in a circular motion (round and round and round... get it? : ) until you're satisfied. i also mentioned that you can pour it on before or after you put the milk on it, but my preference is definitely before so that the skim milk helps spread the sweetened condensed milk onto more of the cheerios and helps sweeten the skim.

ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh............ he NEVER KNEW that you put regular milk in there too!!!!!!!!! hahaha : )

i said, what, you thought that we just poured sweetened condensed milk on cheerios and ate it just like that?!?!?! that IS nasty!!!


now we're on the same page : ) and now will is looking forward to trying roundy roundy next time we're in washington for christmas.... whenever that is... : )



also, i forgot just how good tres leches is... mmmmmm : )