1964 original nuts and bolts

Made my Mom’s version of a 1964 original nuts and bolts recipe she had. It filled over half if my table when it was cooling so I could put it into containers.
Lots of you asking for recipe so I will give you my Mom’s version.
2 bags of pretzel sticks
1 box of rice Chex cereal
1 box of original Cheerios ( I use multi grain)
2 jars of salted peanuts
2 boxes of cheese nips
Mix together in a big roasting pan and set aside.
In a saucepan mix

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1 stick of butter
3/4 of a bottle of Worcestershire sauce
2 heaping spoons of cold bacon grease (optional)
1 teaspoon of tobasco sauce ( more if you like it hot)
2 tablespoons of seasoning salt
1 tablespoon garlic powder
1 tablespoon onion powder
Bring to a slow boil and take of heat. Allow to sit for a couple mins and then pour 1/2 over the mixture in roasting pan and give a good toss and stir. Pour the remaining sauce and do another thorough toss and stir. You don’t want any liquid at the bottom of the rooster so keep tossing and stirring until you feel everything is well coated. Put on middle rack in preheated 250 degree oven for an hr uncovered tossing and stirring every 10 min. Shake it up to separate and dump into a paper covered table to cool and dry out a bit more. Pkg in airtight containers.