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My first cookbook was a collection of recipes from our church, followed by Betty Crocker.

I have been using Crisco for years with the recipe from Betty Crocker. I find it easy to work with and I get consistent results. We recently rendered the lard that came with the half hog we had butchered for our freezer. I found working with lard to be difficult, plus I was not happy with the porky taste even though I had a very flaky crust. @eeels is correct. Pie is a special occasion dessert, so I don't think there will be health consequence being we eat so little of it.

Iowa, home of Maid Rites

This is a lovely collection of stories and traditions. For my mother-in-law's funeral, we served turkey over biscuits, lefse, and platters of fresh fruit. She had been part of a circle of women at our church who made lefse for many years. For the funeral lunch her friends got together and made lefse. The family gathered together in my kitchen the night before the service and helped pull the meat off the roasted turkeys for the creamed turkey. My mother-in-law was known for her hospitality and cooking, so we felt our menu was a fitting tribute. Lefse is usually only served at holiday meals, so it was special to serve the Norwegian treat at her funeral.

We have been eating our way through a box of Elberta peaches. Our favorite easy summer supper has been a bowl of Honey Bunches of Oats with Almonds topped with sliced peaches. One or two peaches per bowl of cereal. Oh so good!

We made a similar trip 2 summers ago. One of my favorites was the green chili at Goulding's Lodge in Monument Valley. Most memorable were the picnics within the parks. Pack sandwiches and enjoy dining in the grandeur of the park. Or enjoy eating at the historic park lodges. Sometimes it is not all about the food, and the privilege of visiting these parks is one of those times.

Fresh sweet corn. We made it to the farmer's market before they closed this afternoon. It was sooooo good.

My favorite is 'roll-up' pancakes. I made these often for my kids, now my kids cook these up for their families. Also known as Swedish pancakes or French crepes. We serve these with butter, syrup, and strawberries.

My favorite burger is cooked on my Weber topped with a thick slice of a fresh home grown tomato, a thin slice of raw onion, lots of salt and pepper on the tomato, and some ketchup.

Harrington's sweet corn in Iowa.

Absolutely. Not only the supermarkets, but butcher shops, spice stores, wineries, farmer's markets, fish shops, Wheat Montata deli for flour, apple orchards, cherry orchards, and the BeerNuts outlet. These are a few of the places we like to stop.

Aunt Olga's coffee cake, which was a yeast dough in a 9X13 pan covered with a topping of cinnamon and sugar. Oh, so good. It has been over 50 years since I have anything like it.