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We were a big Bisquick family. I vividly remember that bright yellow box in our pantry. It’s odd, in hindsight, that we were so sold on Bisquick as we were not big baker’s. I did, however, think that the only way to make pancakes was by using Bisquick. Super crazy, thick pancakes that are the classic Bisquick texture. I had absolutely no idea that some people out there actually just used some good old all-purpose flour and added the baking soda and other ingredients on their own to make pancakes. Seriously, they didn’t even use Hungry Jack! Just a recipe card and raw ingredients. It’s mind boggling.
The box also always seemed to have a recipe for Strawberry Shortcake on the back and oh how I wanted to make that. I never did as I seemed to be the only person in the house who thought this was a spectacular idea. Instead, I went for the coffeecake recipe, mostly because we had all the ingredients in the house for that one. It was good and helped me learn that struesel topping is the stuff that dreams are made of. I mean really, you just can’t go wrong. I would double that part of the recipe, the cake was kind of secondary to that deliciousness!
I remember one drive home following a church potluck with my mom going on excitedly about this new dessert she found that you just blend everything in the blender and poured it in a pie pan and by the magic of science it all separated the way it was supposed to, resulting in a crusty bottom and delicious creamy center. She was not wrong to be impressed with this. I mean really, if this is your first go round with an impossible pie, you can’t help but impressed. Yeah, yeah, we have telescopes that can see farther and in greater detail than we could have ever began to imagine, but have you SEEN what happens between the blender and the oven with an impossible pie???? That is real magic!
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From this enthusiastic drive home, my mom found her happy place with the impossible pie. Specifically, she became what some might call obsessed with the impossible quiche pie. And she didn’t stop there! Once finding the joys of this savory pie type meal, she moved on to making a real quiche! And by real I mean she bought a frozen pie crust to make this in! I’m telling you, we were one fancy family. With the advent of this new and exciting dish came a multitude of jokes aimed at my father’s masculinity. Apparently, in 1982, a satirical book with the title of “Real men don’t eat quiche” came out. As a result, I don’t think a single quichey meal was served in my house without a joke being made. The whole thing caused me a lot of confusion. What is a real man? Why would they avoid quiche? Is it dangerous? Does it cause stomach distress?
In case you have a man in your life whom you were hoping to put to the test: Are they real? Can their gastrointestinal system handle the chaos that quiche seems to cause only those who are testosterone saturated? These are burning questions and fear not, I’ve got you! Whip them up an Impossible Quiche Pie tonight and sit back and watch to see what happens. Enjoy!
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