What Ever Happened to Trish Olson?

Trish Olson was the wife of a high school friend of First Husband's, a beautiful blonde "stewardess" who gave me the recipe for these pork chops more than 35 years ago when we were both young brides and flight attendants were still called stewardesses. The friendship didn't flourish and we later heard that the Olsons had divorced, but the pork chops live on, albeit in somewhat changed form.

The original recipe calls for an onion slice, a lemon slice and brown sugar to top the pork chops; over the years, I've tried several combinations of citrus, onion and catsup. The catsup remains the constant but the other things can change, depending on what I have in the house and I usually leave out the brown sugar these days. Then, just slide the foil-covered pan into a 350 degree oven for about 45 minutes for thick cut chops, uncovering and basting for the last 15 minutes or so. It's pretty simple and the flavor is not sophisticated, like so many recipes from that era, but it is tasty.

It's easy to make, a bonus for a young married woman with a job and a new husband to impress. It was the height of "Women's Lib" when we were told we should "Bring home the bacon, fry it up in a pan, and never let you forget you're a man!" and a little dab of Enjoli perfume would take care of the latter part of that promise. Turns out that pork chops beat perfume for pleasing a man, in my experience.

What ever happened to Trish Olson? And Enjoli?