
nuts & bolts
I was putting together my list for Christmas brunch (flank steak, cheese for the cheese grits, fruit and gelatin for Rosa’s Fruit Salad, etc.) and I realized that I hadn’t even thought about making nuts and bolts this year! It’s one of my favorite Christmas-time snacks and the season almost passed without me making a batch! Nuts and bolts started in our family with my Oma (also named Marian). I have memories of her sitting in front of the stove, stirring the snack mix in a large roasting pan. The smell of butter, season-all, and Worcestershire sauce would waft out of the oven and creep through the house before the door was closed again. I could hardly wait for it to be finished and cool enough to eat. I often wouldn’t wait and would snag a few pieces from the roasting pan while the mix was being stirred. She would









