Desserts go to the heart, not to the stomach, as all lovers of sweet treats know. So there is always room for a dessert. Aunt Lisa, that is what the members of the Aarschots Jeugdkoor under Father Frans Breugelmans called her. She took care of the choir members’ uniforms: grey flannel skirt or trousers, white shirt and dark blue waistcoat. During the annual singing camps in Austria Lisa provided excellent cooking. Aarschot charities could count countless times on this queen of the kitchen. Aunt Lisa created an extensive mythical world full of dwarfs, elves and trolls living in the rocks of the Doornberg. “Aunt Lisa told me that the art of cooking had been passed on to her by the gnomes.” – Pieter Lisa was the mother of 5 children and grandmother of 10 grandchildren. Her son Paul is the manager of the gourmet restaurant ‘De Cuylhoeve’ in Geel.
Lisa’s parents had 12 children and were candle makers in the Statiestraat. Beautifully decorated Easter and 1 May candles were the speciality of the Colin firm. Lisa ran a women’s fashion shop in the Th. De Beckerstraat called ‘Mic boutique’.