It’s sad times for those of us, like me and Mason, who love Hawkins Cheezies.

… Around 1940, a young Ohio farmer named Jim Marker was looking for a way to preserve corn to feed his cattle year-round. So, with the help of a friend, he built a special extruder to mould the grain into porous sticks.

Chicago confectioner W.T. Hawkins got word of the unusual invention and dispatched his son, Webb, to acquire Mr. Marker’s idea and develop it into a snack food. The farmer agreed, and went into business with Mr. Hawkins. The cornmeal concoctions, now fried in oil and coated in powdered cheddar, were dubbed Cheezies. …

Globe – Jim Marker moulded Cheezies into a Canadian icon

I imagine he was submersed in a vat of Cheezies slurry.