Comments on: Krusteaz… I’m sorry!

By: Catherine

Catherine — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 21:31:24 +0000

Hi Elsie:
Glad you found our site and got a kick out of it. I am also glad to have Roxi’s variations on the recipe. My boyfriend loves coconut and always wants me to add it to stuff, so I’m glad to have an officially sanctioned way to mix it in to something that’s already so good.
The last time I made these for my daughter, the little darling complained that they weren’t lemony enough, so she dumped a LOT of lemon juice on top of her pieces. Next time I’ll probably try to honor her preference, especially since Leo seconded it.
Thanks again for reading!
Catherine

By: Elsie

Elsie — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 03:27:48 +0000

Oh my goodness — I can’t believe that I found this recipe on the Internet. But I can vouch for an absolute fact that it is about 50 years old. One of the women in our suburban community made a batch for our Bonco group and they were such a success that the other women had to have the recipe for “Roxi Rupp’s Lemon Squares.” Yes, it is “squares.” We all had little ones around the same age at the time and they loved them. My husband is one of the kids that is still nuts over them. When I saw this, I got out my recipe cards to compare. The only difference is that it calls for baking the crust for 15 minutes. Sometimes Roxi would either mix 2/3 cup of flaked coconut into the crust or sprinkle 2 cups of shredded coconut over the lemon filling before baking. Roxi was a scrub nurse and she didn’t have the inclination nor the time to do any fancy baking when it was her turn, so this was simple for her. How terrific would it be if she discovered this site with the recipe?!!!

By: Leo

Leo — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 04:33:42 +0000

Maybe we should say “cut into orthogonal parallelepipeds” to be politically correct?