Mock Apple Crisp (Zucchini)
I see memes like these two above every year when zucchini is in season. I don't understand them personally. I never seem to have enough. As a kid, zucchini bread was my favorite sweet bread. My grandmother had this mock apple pie recipe that used zucchini instead of apples that I adored. Otherwise, I hated it. My mother always overcooked it, and I found the mushy texture to be disgusting. That changed while I was doing hospice care, and one of my patients taught me exactly how to cook zucchini so that it would never be mushy. It didn't hurt that she was probably one of the best Italian cooks I have ever had the privilege of sharing a meal with. So now I can never get enough of it. I'm going to give you my grandmother's mock apple crisp recipe that was popular during the great depression. I have seen other mock apple pie recipes on the internet, but usually, they use Ritz crackers in place of the apples. I think the...
